It's alive ....,

[Tandum]

Got some data on the hard drive at last. First deep space data since early November by the looks :sadeyes:

Between Lightning strikes, ex Tropical Cyclones, getting new gear to work lots and lots of rain and general laziness, images from here have dropped to zero.

But everything is working again and we got 2 clear nights the other week so I got a bit of eta in NB to make sure everything was stable and working.

I only got 2 x S2 subs and it shows but now the weather has closed in again for another month or so, that's all I'm gonna get by the looks.

FS-102@F6, new starlight wheel, new baader unmounted NB filters, new QHY5L II guider, Atik 11000 no flats.

[h0ughy]

great you got some data - i havent imaged since Astrofest

[Tandum]

Pretty slim pickings eh Dave. I really thought it would start to clear towards March but it just looks to be getting worse :(

[h0ughy]

slim - i would be over the moon with the data you have - i am suffering photon envy. storms due through here tomorrow, wet friday and cloudy and cruddy for the next week after that. I am over it. the forecast for the next month isnt that good - I will miss the comets, Orion, and a few northern objects. This just gives me hope that there is a tomorrow

[Tandum]

JackD's on special at the moment to sooth your soul :)

I did get my first video just after Xmas but Shiraz (Ray) had to align the colours for me as I buggered it up and couldn't fix it. QHY5L II mono. I've since bought a colour version which has not been out of the box :rolleyes:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=130846

FS-102 + 5x powermate.

[RobF]

Great contrast Robin - nice one

[dynamo]

Spectacular!!!
:eyepop:

[Larryp]

Love it!

[Stevec35]

I like it! A beautiful vibrant image.

Cheers

Steve

[allan gould]

Good one Robin, but I don't know where you got the clear skies from as they have been few and far between. Very nice image with vibrant colours.

[RickS]

Nice work, Robin! You must have better weather over on the Southside. I haven't noticed any clear nights here either. I suppose you have the advantage of a dome and can sneak in an hour here and there...

[cybereye]

Certainly the clear skies on my part of the southside have been few and far between! As for the image - fantastic!!

[inline_online]

What an amazing image. Well done:thumbsup:

Please excuse my ignorance (as I haven't been into astrophotography for about 12 years now) but what is the cause of the orange colours? :question:Most nebula photos that I have seen have been a deep red colour but i'm seeing more of this type of photo recently and it's got me a bit confused.

Cheers,
Dan

[Tandum]

Cheers guys, looks like it could be April before we see stars again :shrug:

Dan, that's shot with narrowband filters and RGB is mapped as S2,Ha,O3.
For me it helps with getting around light pollution.

[gregbradley]

Nice work Robin.

Greg.

[acropolite]

A feast for the eyes, very nice.:thumbsup:

[ozstronomer]

Great image Robin, nice to see someone is gathering data.

[alan meehan]

Nice shot Robin love the colours,how did you find a hole to get this one
well done
AL

[inline_online]

Thanks Robin.
Did a bit of Google searching and the AstroDon website (along with your comment) has cleared it all up.
Spectacular looking pictures.

[strongmanmike]

Nice work Robin, lovely and bright to the eye and pleasing colours...but probably needs to be viewed as a larger file size for best effect.

Mike

[Tandum]

Cheers guys, it's good to have everything working again, it took a while. I still need to do an automapper run to ensure the dome slot and scope are tracking together over the entire sky which won't happen till it clears but I'm pretty sure I got the numbers right in poth.

Sorry Mike, but a big image will reveal all the clone stamping in the image :lol:

[Ross G]

Nice photo Robin.

Great detail.

Ross.