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LewisM
11-10-2013, 03:50 AM
...may be almost as sweet :)

2hr 20 on NGC 7293 with the DED108SS and SXVR-M25C one shot colour CCD. Taken over 2 nights from my courtyard in suburbia.

Could do with a lot more photons yet, but the detail is getting there.

Better detail: http://www.astrobin.com/59577/0/?mod=none

Larryp
11-10-2013, 07:07 AM
Looking good, Lewis!

Shiraz
11-10-2013, 08:38 AM
Looks like it is all coming together Lewis.

jjjnettie
11-10-2013, 09:04 AM
It's a faint little so and so isn't it.

E_ri_k
11-10-2013, 09:52 AM
Nice one Lewis:thumbsup: One of my elusive favourites. Never imaged it properly. Good to see it. Great result with the OSC :)
Erik

LewisM
11-10-2013, 03:25 PM
When I capture through MaxIM, it shows VERY well in the screen transfer at 100% view. If I bin it, fuggedaboutit!

This one was mostly PHD guided too :P (50/50 with MaxIM/PHD)

Yeah, I didn't mask the stars before stretching - mea culpa.

LewisM
11-10-2013, 03:26 PM
Oh, and this one HAD a SEVERE yellow gradient through it - bloody vapour street lamps

astronobob
11-10-2013, 07:12 PM
Well done Lewis, dig the colour processing which I believe is not easy from the Burbs, did you use a filter on this at all ?
Seeing some outer shell there also, good one :thumbsup:

LewisM
11-10-2013, 07:47 PM
No filters at all. Just an SX OSC CCD and some processing tips gleaned from a few experts.

It still had a gad awful yellow gradient, which wasn't too bad to remove.

Thanks for the compliment.