A DOH! moment

[strongmanmike]

After a big 50th Birthday bash last night (for moi :D) I was looking forward to recovering with some image processing :computer:. Just sat down to put together about 15hrs of data...and after doing all the preprocessing...wondered why my brand new set of flats wasn't working properly for my OIII calibration, then I realised when I had re loaded my Astroart software recently after a hard drive failure, I must have assigned the wrong labels to the filters in the filterwheel control panel? Lo and behold when I used the SII flats (collected before the software reload) my OIII data flattened out beautifully. So my 6hrs of OIII was actually 6hrs of SII :doh::doh::doh:..Dang! it was OIII that I wanted because it is a tiny Planetary :doh:...I wondered why the OIII data looked so similar to the Ha :question: :rolleyes:.....now I need another night...and the Moon as growing fuller and the weather isn't looking good over the next three days, I need no Moon for OIII...fun hobby :sadeyes:

Mike

[lazjen]

Yeah, been there, done that - I mixed G & B one time. It was a bit of a pain to realise and unravel. :)

[RickS]

My commiserations, Mike :P

[strongmanmike]

Was really looking forward to nursing my (only slight) hangover after my 50th bash last night :drink:, with some image processing therapy...:(

I'm gunna do the RGB anyway...that'll be some consolation at least.

Mike

[Slawomir]

Sometimes things like that can help us discover something new. I'm sure you will find a way to put those 6 hours of SII to a good use Mike :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Quite right Suavi, quite right, I should now end up with a full SIIHaOIII and may well finally crack the elusive 20hr exposure mark with the AG12 :D...I'm just impatient :rundog:

Mike

[DJT]

Awe now, no one said congrats on the big 50. Many happy returns:thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Cheers Dave :thumbsup:

Mike

[LewisM]

Blah blah blah 50. Now go get that data :)