NGC2239 - 80ED first light

[peter_4059]

Finally some good weather an a chance to try out my Meade 80ED sporting a new moonlite focuser. This is 6x10min Ha subs using the QSI (no flats yet).

Pretty happy with the flattener also.

[RickS]

Looks good, Peter!

[allan gould]

Nice

[Rastas]

Very nice. You must be happy with that

[peter_4059]

Thanks Rick, Allan and Rastas.

[Tandum]

Great field of view Pete. You'll have fun with that.

[Larryp]

Very nice, Peter:thumbsup:

[ozstronomer]

The specs in CCD Inspector look great, first image looks spot on:thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Peter.

Good luck.

Ross.

[stevous67]

That's a pretty good result Peter, plenty of detail, and great star shapes right out. Have fun with it.

Steve

[troypiggo]

Oh yeah, mate. Lovely. Get some flats and colour in that quick! :)

[gregbradley]

What a great image. And look at those lovely round stars! So tight. It still gives me a thrill today to get round stars in an image. I know how hard it is to achieve that.

Greg.

[telecasterguru]

A very nice image indeed.

[dvj]

Wow, nice! Better star images than I got with the RH200 4th time out. :eyepop:

[David Fitz-Henr]

Peter, is that the best you can do for a first light image? Stars round across the field, oodles of detail, low noise, etc ... heh, heh - well done mate!

[multiweb]

Test shot. Gotta try harder Peter. :lol: Superb work. :thumbsup:

[peter_4059]

Thanks Robin, really enjoying it now. That new focuser has made a huge difference.



Cheers Larry



The Orion flattener seems to be doing the job at the default (55mm) spacing.



Thanks Ross



Pretty happy with the stars. I was getting pacman shaped stars with the original focuser however this seems to have cleared up now.



Thanks Troy. Got flats done last night for all filters.



Cheers Greg - really happy with how it has worked out. So much easier to guide than the 10" newt.



Thanks Frank


Cheers John - it has been a few years in the making!



Thanks David - I've been able to run 10min subs with this setup so much easier to get some clean data.



Thanks Marc - finally some clear nights. :D

[strongmanmike]

Agreed :thumbsup:



Agreed X 2 :D I love watching the guide star centroid plot (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/141334127/original) in Astroart...mesmerising :P

Mike

[RobF]

The big newt will have turned you into a guiding perfectionist, so not surprised the 80mm seems forgiving Peter. Wonderful Rosette too BTW! :thumbsup:

[whzzz28]

Looks great! Much better than my Meade 5000 ED80.

May i ask if this was with a reducer or straight out f6?
If with a reducer/FF, what did you use?

Cheers.

[peter_4059]

Using the Orion FF for short tube refractors. No reduction.

[LewisM]

Not a lover of B&W astroimages (narrowband or normal) , but WOW to the detail!!!

[jjjnettie]

Nice work :)

[ChrisM]

Peter, I would be very happy with that image! Another one to add to the list!
Chris

[astronobob]

I Like that alot Peter, Great details and very well executed :thumbsup:
very inspiring for this duck ,,

[peter_4059]

Finally got around to reprocessing with some flats....

Full res version here:
http://astrob.in/36122/B/

[batema]

Fantastic image. Can I ask what the image of the blue and green circle is and what it is for.

Mark

[peter_4059]

Thanks Mark. The blue image is a screenshot of CCD Inspector's analysis of a frame taken through this scope. As I understand it measures the shape and size of stars across the image and infers the field curvature and collimation of the scope.

http://www.ccdware.com/products/ccdinspector/