2 hour Trifid with the ED80

[Screwdriverone]

Hi All,

Hmm, well, I seem to have cracked the dodgy stars problem, I turned off the hot pixel clean feature in DSS and the cores of my stars stopped being splotchier than a bird poo on a freshly cleaned duco.

So, here, is a 2 hour effort of the Trifid Nebula with darks, flats & bias.

5 min exposures (coz I can now with the ED80 - hee hee) and using the CLS filter from Sludgetown Heights, NSW....

So, I am slightly chuffed with this one, now, on to the Centaurus A subs :)

Dropbox version here (6mb)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g1j7y4es3olek9o/Trifid%202%20hours%20calibrated.png

Cheers

Chris

[Larryp]

Looks nice, Chris :thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

Thank you Laurie,

Cheers

Chris

[cometcatcher]

Nice shooting. I've read about others having that same DSS problem too.

Good luck with Cent A. Post it up when it's finished.

[RB]

Good on yah Chris !
Nice to see you imaging again.
Lovely shot mate.

:thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

Thanks Kevin, will do, still having some issues with the colour cast on that one, but won't be long I hope.



Thanks Andrew, it has been a while, but I am loving the ED80 / Atik combo now that I have the hang of it. It didn't turn out half bad this one eh?

Cheers

Chris

[astronobob]

From Sludge Town hey, Lol. Dam awesome stuff Chris, I like it :thumbsup:
Might give that DSS point a go, Good stuff :thumbsup:
All the best ...

[Screwdriverone]

Thanks Bob, I am glad you liked it :thumbsup:

One day I may end up moving out of this light dome and get some quality subs, but for now, filtering is all I can do until I splurge on a mono camera I think.

Cheers

Chris

[gregbradley]

Nice work Chris. I used to have an observatory in my backyard at Kellyville and there was a lot of light pollution so that is a great effort.

Greg.

[RB]

Turned out very nicely mate, just imagine what you'd get from a darker site like Lostock or SPSP.

RB
:thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

Cheers Greg, I am glad I bought (sneakily) the 2" front mounted CLS filter to fit onto the focal reducer, it really does clean up the subs, likewise, the flats I took for this set smoothed the whole thing out.

There is NO noise reduction done on this either - hence why I am chuffed :D



I can only wish, but the commute would kill me :)

Cheers

Chris

[jjjnettie]

Nice work there bud. :)

[Screwdriverone]

Thank you JJJ :D

Cheers

Chris

[astronobob]

Onwards & upwards Chris, when the going get tough - the tough get going hey, besides, you have got what it takes too, plenty of smarts and dedication :thumbsup:
All the best with it.

Ive captured my '1st' set of darks for an image so'll be interesting to note/ recognise the difference :question:
Cheers ..