Noisy horsey

traveller (Bo) · #1 13-01-2015, 09:37 PM

My first attempt at the horsehead and flame. It was a warm night, so lots of noise. A mix of 30, 45 and 60 sec subs. I had issues with guiding, so couldn't go any deeper.
Canon 1100D full spectrum modded with ED80.
Comments welcome.
Bo

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #2 14-01-2015, 05:19 AM

What would the total time have been Bo?

traveller (Bo) · #3 14-01-2015, 12:28 PM

Only about 20 mins or so Kevin, so plenty of room for improvement.
Bo

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #4 14-01-2015, 01:58 PM

No worries. Yes the horsie usually needs 1 hour + for best results. Probably more in summer to combat noise.

raymo · #5 14-01-2015, 02:06 PM

Good effort for a small scope with short subs. It seems almost
monochrome, which seems to be a by product of full spectrum cameras,
so I assume that you need to do some extra processing to bring out
the usual horsehead/ flame colours.
raymo

traveller (Bo) · #6 14-01-2015, 05:15 PM

Thanks Kevin and Raymo,
I will give it a try with my QHY8 at some stage (still learning how to process FIT files) and see how I go.
I tried to process in PS on the stacked TIFF file but due to lack of data, I cannot get much colours out. Again, a OSC may be better.
Bo