M16 - my last bit of data from astrofest - a bald eagle

[h0ughy]

a shot comprised only of 10x150sec shots stacked in Astrofx then processed in pixinsight 1.8. probably pushed it too far but what the heck. I can see how a mono camera would pull out the sharpness in the details in this area, a OSC has no hope. I would have loved more data but for some stupid reason I went off chasing some other area. I should have stayed on task:help:

BTW this is the full frame from the Celestron Nightscape OSC n the C11 with hyperstar 3

[RickS]

A bit more focal length might have helped too but it's interesting to see in a wider field.

[pmrid]

A big positive is that you seem to have the Hyperstar well collimated. The stars seem pretty regular edge-to-edge.
Peter

[LewisM]

There is more there.

This is manipulating your jpeg, so not the best way to do it, and starts inducing artifacts.

[Rod771]

Arh yes the curse of the hyperstar, its soooo tempting to slew all over the sky, I have been guilty of this :rolleyes:

Nice field, the stars do look good from edge to edge :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

you're dead right there, maybe a converted f3 to f9 scope may work ;)

Peter i didnt touch the collimation one bit - that was part of the problem for all the other shots. i do wonder if the unit did slop around or sag



well you get that with very small 40% jpegs. it looks cr@p now

[naskies]

Looks great, David. The pillars are nicely defined, as are the head and wings of the eagle.

[jase]

You sure have had a great run of data collection from astrofest. Plenty of images on display. Great work, David.

[h0ughy]

more time may have made some more difference but the OSC is not the tool to get this - I am slowly learning:P



Jase we were very lucky with the weather, but Allan Gould bagged a heap more than me;)