NB Carina

[codemonkey]

Had tonnes of bad weather here lately, and I took all my gear out of the observatory lest the dome/shutters come off again when what was left of Debbie started heading down the coast with predicted bad winds (that never eventuated). Back up and running again now, albeit the recent "clear" nights have been with a full moon and frequented by thin clouds.

This is only 2.3hrs of data captured over two nights. Had to discard most of my Ha data because I foolishly had settling disabled so most of my Ha data got ruined by dithering that was triggering every 3 subs.

Hadn't really planned on calling it a day on this one, given the little amount of data, was only playing around with the data, so I did no decon on it before bringing it into Photoshop where I found I was reasonably happy with it, so I just applied some smart sharpening, which I don't normally use.

Have to say I'm pretty happy with the result given so little data. Oh, and zero calibration frames were used here because my sensor has started freezing up at the -20c I shot all my bias/darks at, and I had to start shooting at -10c.

As always, constructive criticism is welcome!

Full res and hardware / capture details available on Astrobin (http://www.astrobin.com/291734/?nc=user).

[Camelopardalis]

Cracking detail there Lee :thumbsup: but -20 :eyepop:

[codemonkey]

Cheers Dunk :-) I had been running at -20c for a while without issue (I always go as cold as I can consistently get) but apparently that's pushing it too hard with this camera in this humidity. if the camera was properly sealed and argon (or something) purged I'd be able to do it, but no go for now. Sadly that means re-doing hours of calibration frames, especially since I plan on doing lower gain broadband subs.

[JA]

Lee that's a fantastic Image. Hi Res is .... :thumbsup: I don't really see any downside regarding the paucity of data you mentioned.

Best
JA

[Flugel88]

Lovely deep colours :thumbsup:

[RobF]

Wow Lee, that's one smooth image. The smoothness and detail is such that I'd have happily believed it was from a 10 or 12" scope if that's what Astrobin had said.

You've done well seeing stars through recent weather too BTW.

[multiweb]

+1 The high-res is superb. Very detailed. Nicely processed too. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[RickS]

Great detail, Lee :thumbsup:

[Placidus]

Excellent result, especially for the time available. Very nicely processed.
All our favourite tiny details are there, in a very wide field. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Lee,

That is simply outstanding.

Beautiful processing, and, your choice in composition lends itself to an air of mystery.

A refreshing take on an old favourite.

Well done.

H

[DJScotty]

Very nice Lee, given the issues you are encountering and limited data.
Impressive. The Esprit looks like a quality piece(s) of glass!

[Camelopardalis]

In my experiments, I've not seen a significant deviation in the darks going deeper from -10C but each camera may be different.

[codemonkey]

Thanks JA :-) Carina's a pretty bright area, combined with the low noise and my dark skies it's easy to do a decent job of it, I just expected to need a couple more hours. Now the processing is the hard part...



Thanks Michael :-)



Thanks Rob :-) Yeah, the Esprit is a cracker. Only down side is that it does so well it occasionally has me contemplating a bigger scope...



Thanks very much Marc :-)



Thanks Rick!



Thanks Mike! I thought of you guys as I was processing this one; I tend to go with a more orange palette but this one's closer to what you guys typically do, a more natural SHO.



Thanks very much H, appreciate the kind words! :-)



Thanks Scott! The Esprit definitely has nice glass that's for sure.



Cheers Dunk. I haven't actually measured the dark signal at -10C so it may well be insignificant, lower is always better though it's just a matter of how much. Of course it's not better when your sensor freezes up and leaves nice patterns all over your images...

[Camelopardalis]

I'd imagine not :lol: ;)

[strongmanmike]

This is really nice Lee, got some good detail showing through there, the neb is clearly giving us the finger :P :thumbsup:

Mike

[alpal]

Hi Lee,
that's a nice sharp image & well processed.

cheers
Allan

[codemonkey]

Thanks Mike! heh yeah the angle of "God's finger" wasn't lost on me ;-)



Thanks Allan! :-)

[Octane]

I keep coming back to this, Lee.

Awesome.

H

[codemonkey]

Thanks very much, H! :-) To be honest I wasn't convinced this wouldn't be one of those images where you leave it for a couple of days and come back and think to yourself "How did I think that looked good?!" Thankfully I'm still happy with it a few days later.

[topheart]

Love the contrast in this one Lee!
Cheers,
Tim

[codemonkey]

Thanks Tim! :-)

[Striker]

Gorgeous Lee, love it mate

[Regulus]

Love this. Nice palette, good detail, and an interesting area full of cool things to look at.
Nicely done.

Trev

[codemonkey]

Thanks Tony! :-)



Thanks very much Trev! :-)