Catching a Cat

[mynameiscd (Andy)]

Hi all,
Its been a while since I've posted as I've got a few projects on the go.
Had a couple of goes of this but I think this one from a few weeks ago Is the best rendition. Cant wait to get some Ha data to bring out the subtle and fine areas.

26x5 mins (2 hours 19 mins ).
Canon EOS 450D
Skywatcher BD 150 mm Newtonian.
HEQ5

Cheers
Andy

[xelasnave]

Great image so natural looking, I want to have a go at it with the 115 mm if the shy clears .well done.
Alex

[mynameiscd (Andy)]

Thank You Alex.
I think this area needs a wider field. I had to crop it a bit because halfway through i did a meridian flip and had some stacking defects.
Your 115mm will be perfect.
Cheers
Andy

[Sunfish (Ray)]

It is a good cat.
Lots of the background Nebulosity which is hard to catch .
You did well in a few hours.
I will take a few more hours to get that. Maybe the difference between f6 and f5?
I am going to give a newt a spin and see. What is your guiding system on a newt?

Originally Posted by mynameiscd

Hi all,
Its been a while since I've posted as I've got a few projects on the go.
Had a couple of goes of this but I think this one from a few weeks ago Is the best rendition. Cant wait to get some Ha data to bring out the subtle and fine areas.

26x5 mins (2 hours 19 mins ).
Canon EOS 450D
Skywatcher BD 150 mm Newtonian.
HEQ5

Cheers
Andy

[PKay (Peter)]

Well done Andy.

What image format did you use?

[mynameiscd (Andy)]

Thanks Ray and Peter,
I use a 50mm/190mm FL Guider with a ZWO ASI120MC/S colour camera and run PHD2 to EQMod and Stellarium.
I'm not sure what you mean by format Peter. I take all my subs in Raw.
Also forgot to put processing details

Captured in backyard EOS
Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor
Gradients etc removed in PI
Final stretching in Photoshop.
Saved for Web in Photoshop and reduce to 40% to get it under 2mb for IIS format.
No set size format, I only cropped the edges off because of the flip.
I also captured this when I was streaming live which i'm doing a fair bit lately.
Hope that answers the format question
Added a screenshot of my Twitch Screen.
Cheers
Andy