Grabbed a handful of photons

[LewisM]

And added them to the previous M8 data.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/305853/B/

I can safely say it is my best image yet, which is not saying much at all

CCDStack was giving me the sheets with registering the new data and the old data (note the weird edges), so here it is rough and dirty tonight, fresh off the press I'll process it again tomorrow with a refreshed set of eyes and a more attentive brain (as it is, I forgot to debayer the stack 5 times before registering...yeah....).

The whole fetid enchilada is done with an Esprit 80ED, an SBIG OSC (with Baader UV/IR and LP filters), and a veteran Vixen GPD mount. Hand focused yet again because Aus Post has decided I am not ready for my Sharp Sky Pro still...

I dunno if the crop below is the same as the big bass-turd on Astrobin, but you get the eye-dear.

[atalas]

What.....10 words is saying too much quite nice really and showing improvement every time dude! still,I do enjoy It when your hard on yourself Lewis.....so keep It up.

ps.fix your registration problem you lazy sod!

[LewisM]

Yeah yeah yeah... gimme time....I am trying to figure out WHY it's gone apepoo on me - I might try a manual star selection, as it's centreing on the nebula core stars. Might try selecting more peripheral stars.

[LewisM]

PS: actually passed 2 hrs total integration on this - that's a record for me

And I haven't lost interest in finishing it yet either. I must be getting old.

[atalas]

Stop feeding It bananas....worked for me

[LewisM]

I might feed it my fist soon

[atalas]

Originally Posted by LewisM

PS: actually passed 2 hrs total integration on this - that's a record for me

And I haven't lost interest in finishing it yet either. I must be getting old.

Whats that you say sonny....your going out

[atalas]

Originally Posted by LewisM

I might feed it my fist soon

Try being nice to It.....then feed It your fist

[Atmos (Colin)]

Are you saying this is better than what you got with your FSQ106N?

[atalas]

No....he saying It's hungry and he's going to feed It!

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by Atmos

Are you saying this is better than what you got with your FSQ106N?

You extrapolated THAT from the mean or the median Col?

[atalas]

Originally Posted by LewisM

You extrapolated THAT from the mean or the median Col?

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

You extrapolated THAT from the mean or the median Col?

Or maybe from...

Originally Posted by LewisM

I can safely say it is my best image yet, which is not saying much at all

[Octane (Humayun)]

Excellent.

What's your next target?!

H

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by Octane

Excellent.

What's your next target?!

H

Gordon

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

A nice result Lewis

I think your issues with registration are due to a tilt in your optical train, and perhaps also spacing needs fine-tuning. Data processing looks very good.

[Octane (Humayun)]

lol. You're welcome to pop round!

H

Originally Posted by LewisM

Gordon

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

A nice result Lewis

I think your issues with registration are due to a tilt in your optical train, and perhaps also spacing needs fine-tuning. Data processing looks very good.

Tilt maybe but don't think so. Not spacing. Examining individual subs shows a flat field.

I also changed uv/IR filters since the prior run so that threw off my standard focus position and other issues.Oddly the Baader uv/IR gave worse results than the $100 cheaper Optolong! Swapping back and will use the Baader for visual

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks a bit like the Lagoon?

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks a bit like the Lagoon?

Not much