Eyeless In Gaza, (Monoceros)

[graham.hobart]

Hello my friends.
Here is a 7nm Baader Rosette (NGC 2237-39+NGC 44 or Caldwell 49 for you pedants)
Being as I work full time and have kids and live in cloudy mountain terrain in Tas this represents 3 hours Hydrogen Alpha. Thats as good as it got recently.
So not banking on any more just yet.so if you ask for LRGB you are yanking my chain!
However, I bow down to ISS and it's myriad past posts. I think I solved my issue with flats and the FLI and Starlight Xpress filter wheel by reading an old post mostly populated by Pete (pvelez), Jase (Jason), and Bassnut (Fred). What happened to Fred? is he/she/it still a member?
Thats why I love IIS.
Anyway , Eyeless in Gaza was a 1936 novel by Aldous Huxley about a man finding his way in life, the eyeless bit comes from a John Milton poem about Samson (biblical Samson, getting his eyes poked out I think).
Reason I chose it?
I rotated the Rosette to please me, and it suddenly seemed to be an eye staring at oncoming clouds of stuff, almost like the staring eyes of Malcolm McDowell in Clockwork Orange- when he is forced to watch the "vids" for psychological reconditioning. Maybe should have called the eye of the droog!!
Thanks for everything all.
cheers
Feel free to criticise- I know I am terrible at processing. I just find the acquisition so much more fun!!!
graz:eyepop::thumbsup::rofl::D

[lazjen]

Nice image. When do we get the rest of it? ;)

I'd like to see uncompressed image because this version makes me think there's slight faults in some stars (elongation). But I think it might be my eyes tricking me.

[rustigsmed]

nice work Graz, great shot. good to hear you've ironed out a few of your issues :thumbsup:

[graham.hobart]

Hi folks, thanks
I think the elongation is right espec top left, bottom right. I have a feeling part of the subs were taken with a simple compression adapator and the others when I got my screw fit adaptor- maybe the camera alignment wasn't spot on?
Also could be that there was flexure as I looked at my guide scope last night and it was way out of alignment with the main scope.
I aim to pop my OAG back on this weekend.
I will check my PA as well-haven't checked that for ages :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Looks good, Graz, just a little noisy. When will you add the other 27 hours? :lol:

[graham.hobart]

Hi rick
I am hoping the clouds obey my mind melter tonight so could get some photons then!
Cheers
Graham

[gregbradley]

Nice one Graham. What did you end up doing that solved the flats issue? Was it the spacing with the filter wheel?

Greg.