May Challenge Image - M104

[rumples riot]

This is my updated version.

12 x 3 minutes
ISO 1600
D70
LX200 10"

This is better than my first image but this is really a very hard target. When I shoot nebula at this time frame the images come out great, Galaxies on the other hand obviously need many hours to get good images.

Anyway enjoy.

[toetoe (Peter)]

Good dust lane in there Paul.

[iceman (Mike)]

Great shots Narayan and Paul!

You're still getting great images out of that ETX seeker! Have you hooked the atik up to your C8 yet?

paul, nice improvement! Well done!

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Well done Paul! You must have gotten some decent weather. It hasn't stopped raining here for nearly two weeks.

Galaxies are the hardest to get fine detail with. Typically significant detail is on a much smaller scale to nebulae so the conditions have to be great to resolve them. As with webcam images, the most detail can be obtained by combining many images. I use the sigma-rejection combination method exclusively as it tends to reject the most noise and bring out the most detail.

[videoguy]

Though I'm not really a DSO imager as a rule, just thought I'd mention that nice DSO pic's can be also obtained with integrating video cameras too. Yeah ok..I'm pushing the video thing but it's just another option.

Here's my contribution to the Sombrero Galaxy clan using with a Mintron 13V1 integrating video camera at maximum integration mode of 2.6 seconds and RGB filters. This is a stack of 300 images per colour channel captured from S-VHS video tape with dark and light frames processing. Best of all is that it was taken from the obtrusive lighting of suburban Sydney.

If you'd like to see additional DSO pic's from video then check out my website: http://members.optushome.com.au/ssmassey/deepsky.html

[videoguy]

Whoops..don't know what happened with the attachment there...let's try again

[atalas]

Well Steve your right ! DSO's can be achieved via video .
Good Work !



Louie

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice one Steve! Some of the images on your site are fantastic, I love NGC253 and M83!

[EddieT (Eddie)]

Yes well done Steve! That does look great. In my previous post I said Webcam but I meant video

It's certainly a capable imaging method with it's own set of methods to master. My attempts at video have been pretty mediocre but I know the fault was not with the equipment so I certainly want to get further into it sometime.

[tornado33]

Hi all
Heres my effort, 10 inch F5.6 scope EOS 300D
two 10 min ISO 200 shots


http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/temp/104.jpg

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

here's my M104 with 8 inch newt, canon 300d

[atalas]

Very nice Narayan!looks cute.


Louie