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[alistairsam]

hi

Its been a while since I posted anything worthwhile, this is a semi decent image I acquired from lake eppalock, vic.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/210770/E/

I know the colours are off and details aren't great, but its something.

Details below

4 x 10mins R, 2 x 10mins B, 1 x 10mins G.
15 x 5mins L , 3 x 15mins L

Paramount MyT
10inch F4 CF Newt
STF8300m Mono
Baader RGB, IDAS LPS-P2 for L.
Processed in Startools

Comments welcome

Cheers
Alistair

[RickS]

Looks pretty damn good, Al. Especially since it is based on very little data...

Cheers,
Rick.

[strongmanmike]

I'm with Rick Alistair, more than semi decent I recon :thumbsup:

The details look lovely and fine structured, perhaps a tad yellow/green and looks to be a bit vignetted, did you use flats?

Nice work though :thumbsup:

Mike

[Atmos]

For such a small data set you've done a really good processing job :)

[alistairsam]

Thanks Rick, it took a few attempts, happy with the result



Thanks Mike
I did struggle with the colours.
I didn't use any calibration on this, not even darks.
glad you like it



Thanks Colin
The F4, dark skies and startools really helped.

Cheers
Alistair

[SimmoW]

Only one major criticism Alistair.

Update your signature for the MyT!

Lovely image, esp for the low exposure time.

[Paul Haese]

Alistair, this contains quite a bit of detail despite the low amount of data. Colour is muted as you say but with some more data it would boost your colour. I generally like to aim for 100 minutes of more if I can.

If you did some flats and darks the image will improve in my opinion. Like you say it is still something. Though I think potentially it is more than just something.:)

[Regulus]

Nice one Alistair. There's a lot off good detail in there and I can see it becoming something a lot better than 'something' if you keep adding to it.
Really nice to look at.

Trev

[alistairsam]

Thanks Simmo, done. forgot about that.



Thanks a lot Paul. did you mean 100mins per colour channel?
I ordered the Gerd Neumenn flat panel, but it got lost in transit by DHL. they're sending another one so hopefully should start getting flats.
i'll have to build a dark library when its cloudy.



Thanks Trev, glad you like it

Cheers
Alistair

[Paul Haese]

Yes Alistair, that is what I meant. 100 minutes per colour channel. :)

[Rex]

Hey that's pretty good Alistair. As has been said, for the small data sample the details are quite good.