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Old 19-10-2014, 10:11 PM
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Hi Guys, this is the imaging run I was doing the other night when I took the Rosette. Lost about 50% of the subs dew to passing clouds stuffing up the guiding, so would have been a cracker if that hadn't happened. Anyway still turned out ok. I was surprised to see how many background fuzzies there were so I attached a plate solved annotated version from PI as well.
34 x 300sec @ ISO1600 with the gear in my signature.

Larger version here:http://www.astrobin.com/full/129706/0/
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Old 19-10-2014, 10:33 PM
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Quite lovely Rex.
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Old 19-10-2014, 10:38 PM
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Showing us how it is done great work
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Old 19-10-2014, 10:41 PM
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Stunning amount of detail Rex. Setting a new benchmark for Beginner Astrophotgraphy!
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Old 19-10-2014, 10:54 PM
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Great stuff Rex. The annotated reference image is a nice touch.

Time to move out of the beginner section i think
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Old 19-10-2014, 11:37 PM
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Looks great
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Old 20-10-2014, 08:58 AM
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Good work, Rex!
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Old 20-10-2014, 10:45 AM
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Great image Rex, tried 253 over the weekend but the clouds in Melbourne had other ideas and I only managed about 10 subs of 2 mins each.
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Old 20-10-2014, 08:09 PM
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Stunning image Rex... I must say that your results are brilliant!
I tried this one a little while back and got nothing I'd like to post in this section... Great work!
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Old 20-10-2014, 08:23 PM
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Awesome shot Rex. This is a main forum class image.
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Old 20-10-2014, 09:39 PM
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Thanks very much guys for all the comments and encouragement. This is definitely one of my best results.

I didn't really think about where I was posting this, so I apologize if I offended anyone by posting it in this forum. It wasn't an intentional thing, I just posted it where I always post my images. I will have to give some thought to it in future before I post.

I have no problems if the Mods want to remove it.
Thanks again for the comments.
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Old 21-10-2014, 07:17 PM
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Great shot Rex! Nice colour too; mine's looking quite sick and green compared to yours here. Need to fine tune my colour calibration I think.

Not to detract from a really good shot, but I've noticed there's something unusual going on with the stars on the left of your frame. If you look closely, some of the larger stars, particularly in the top left, seems to have odd colour fringing where they're red on one side but not on the other. The effect seems to become less apparent to the right where it ends up looking equal. MIght be something there to tweak going forward.

What sort of camera were you using here? Mono or OSC? I had a similar problem recently when shooting mono that I think in the end was a combination of not refocusing between colour filters and the front element accumulating a very slight amount of condensation in the green frames.
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Old 21-10-2014, 08:18 PM
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Hi Lee, Thanks for the feedback mate. Yes I did notice the stars, I used to have some really bad focuser tilt at one stage and I spent about 3 hours one Saturday afternoon totally dismantling the focuser, secondary and the spiders. After re-assembly it was much better but still a small amount was apparent. I have been slowly adjusting it some more each session to hopefully eventually get rid of it. I also think it has something to do with deconvolution, as this process seems to make it worse. I have been playing with settings etc to try and eliminate it but as you know the learning curve is steep, I'll get there just takes time. My camera is a modded 1100D. Not cooled although this coming wet season I am hoping to do a peltier cooling mod on it.
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The version in Astrobin is fantastic ! Very beautiful color and details.
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Old 23-10-2014, 05:57 AM
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Yes a really good result, well done!
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Old 23-10-2014, 10:03 AM
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That's a keeper Rex. The detail is superb!
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Old 23-10-2014, 12:44 PM
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I didn't mean to scare you off! You don't need to apologize for anything. You can post it wherever you are most comfortable.

It's not just a pretty image. Technically it shows you have quite some advanced skill in capturing and processing.

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Thanks very much guys for all the comments and encouragement. This is definitely one of my best results.

I didn't really think about where I was posting this, so I apologize if I offended anyone by posting it in this forum. It wasn't an intentional thing, I just posted it where I always post my images. I will have to give some thought to it in future before I post.

I have no problems if the Mods want to remove it.
Thanks again for the comments.
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Old 23-10-2014, 03:21 PM
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Very nice image Rex , looking forward to more of your images.
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PS what king of coma corrector are you using?
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Old 23-10-2014, 08:16 PM
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The version in Astrobin is fantastic ! Very beautiful color and details.
Thanks again Jorge, I'm glad you like it.

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Yes a really good result, well done!
Thanks Simon.

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That's a keeper Rex. The detail is superb!
Thanks very much Cam.

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I didn't mean to scare you off! You don't need to apologize for anything. You can post it wherever you are most comfortable.

It's not just a pretty image. Technically it shows you have quite some advanced skill in capturing and processing.
Thanks Kevin, it's OK, I didn't take offence to any of the comments, I was merely saying that I should stop and think a bit more before acting. One of my many floors. Dive in head first without a thought.

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Very nice image Rex , looking forward to more of your images.
Regards philip
PS what king of coma corrector are you using?
Thanks Phillip. I use a Baader MPCC, the old model. Why's that mate?
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Old 23-10-2014, 08:20 PM
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Thanks Phillip. I use a Baader MPCC, the old model. Why's that mate?[/QUOTE]

The field is lovely and flat
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