Another first light: Samyang 135mm f/2 and ASI294MC Pro

[RobF (Rob)]

Yes, looking very nice for suburban imaging Rick.
Would be interesting to see what this image looked like with similar exposure time from a nice dark sky site - fingers crossed weather wise for you.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Glad to see you’re enjoying and getting pleasing results with cameras from the dark side

The cooling was the clincher for me compared with a DSLR, those hot and humid Queensland summer nights are a nightmare for imaging otherwise.

Thanks, Dunk. I didn't like what my D800 did to the colour of saturated stars either.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looking good Rick, fun journey ahead me thinks

Thanks, Mike. It's good to do something different.

Originally Posted by RobF

Yes, looking very nice for suburban imaging Rick.
Would be interesting to see what this image looked like with similar exposure time from a nice dark sky site - fingers crossed weather wise for you.

Thanks, Rob.

[PeterSEllis (Peter)]

Originally Posted by RickS

As well as a new ASI1600mm Pro mono camera I also got an ASI294MC Pro OSC camera. The plan is to run them simultaneously and collect a motza of data in the brief periods of cloud free darkness that we are blessed with. Sorry, but the test subject is the bloody Lagoon again

I'm actually pretty impressed with the result of 180x30s subs from a sky where you can only see a handful of stars - a few kms from the Brisbane CBD.

Bigger version: https://www.astrobin.com/full/369682/0/

Cheers,
Rick.

Hi Rick,
That is a great shot. Fighting bad light pollution is not easy, but thanks to digital technology and modern processing, we are not dead in the water yet.

Cheers
Peter

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by PeterSEllis

Hi Rick,
That is a great shot. Fighting bad light pollution is not easy, but thanks to digital technology and modern processing, we are not dead in the water yet.

Thanks, Peter. I plan to do mainly narrowband from home but once I have a dual set up I might as well capture lots of RGB at the same time.