DSO's with a DMK

[PeterO]

Hi all,

Anyone using or any thoughts on using a DMK41 mono on DSO's, the scope would be a 8" f4. Can the supplied capture software be setup similar to Nebulosity/IP and capture in FIT'S? I,ve checked out thier site but cannot seem to find this info. Any help would be great.

Peter

[AlexN]

I've played with using my DBK31 (color) for deep sky shots... did a few subs of M20, and a few of M8 through my 8" F/6, The field of view was pretty narrow, but it can be done.

Theres a great thread on the forums all about this.. I'll find it and post a link..

I used the standard software to capture the images.

They actually came out pretty good considering.. There are some people taking amazing photos with the DMK's + color filters..

[AlexN]

Ok... firstly Here is the forum thread covering how to do it, and there are a few sample images in there too...

Here - you will find some absolutely amazing images captured with a DMK camera...

Good luck with it..

[Matty P (Matt)]

I've used my DMK21 for DSO imaging. The results were quite impressive for the relatively short expsoures I used.

I'm not sure how sensitive the DMK41 is compared to the DMK21 but looking at the images Alberto Mayer have taken you shouldn't have any problems with the DMK41.

[PeterO]

Thanks guys I will follow them up. It was just a thought as against the qhy2 pro which is another $1000 dollars dearer which has cooling but the same ccd chip. My initial thoughts were to stick some cold fingers on and see what happens.

Peter

[richter56]

Hello to all...
i'm been far for some months always trying something new even in the Lunar field.
The Imaging Source Blog didn't publish my latest DSO effort yet.
Recently I wanted to try NGG 6960 and NGG 6992 from my town terrace.
Honestly i was almost hopeless because those nebulas are really hard but the results made me really happy!
In guess that NGC6992 is my personal best DSO until now.

Yesterday I gave a quick welcome to M42 for the year 2008.
I'd like to buy even a DBK31 in order to record the Chroma channels even using the 2x2 or 4x4 binning because i learnt that the chroma channel can be even very very at lower resolution.
I posted the images there (fully captioned):

http://www.makina.it/astro/080901-NG...or-caption.jpg
http://www.makina.it/astro/080908-NG...or-caption.jpg

http://www.makina.it/astro/081107-M42-color-Caption.jpg

I really like this camera (bought for moon and planets)

Alberto

[iceman (Mike)]

Very nice work!