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DaveNZ
31-03-2018, 10:22 AM
Ha data collected from home so far with my newish 12" scope and litecrawler focuser. 3hrs of 10 minute Ha subs @ f4

Im now working on SII 3nm which is looking rather dim compared to the Ha.

Cheers Dave
Saturnine
31-03-2018, 10:33 AM
That's pretty impressive already, look forward to a finished result !
DaveNZ
31-03-2018, 12:19 PM
Thanks Jeff.

Ha, SII, OIII and RGB stars is the plan. SII seems to work well with the Easter full moon along with a few Easter eggs :)
strongmanmike
31-03-2018, 04:48 PM
Looks good Dave :thumbsup:

Mike
Geoff45
01-04-2018, 05:12 PM
Beautiful rendition Dave.
RickS
01-04-2018, 07:00 PM
Great detail, Dave. Look forward to the full NB treatment...
multiweb
02-04-2018, 08:17 AM
Nicely done. Good contrast, depth and details. :thumbsup:
Placidus
06-04-2018, 03:35 PM
Dave, that's an amazing result for the time and aperture. Nicely processed. Well done.
Ryderscope
07-04-2018, 04:58 PM
Nice one Dave. Keep the data coming :thumbsup:
Paul Haese
08-04-2018, 05:11 PM
That looks pretty good so far Dave. The 12" looks to be settled now. How are you finding the Litecrawler? I have my Nitecrawler going ok. It does take a while to rotate though. Focus seems quite repeatable though.
DaveNZ
09-04-2018, 03:31 PM
The scope is now working quite well, there is some tilt that I need to deal with but it is not bad. Perhaps the next full moon.

The Litecrawler is working well and yes the rotation is slow. I did notice last week the focus position had moved in about 1500 steps. This may have been due to removing the camera and reinstalling it a day later which had pushed the focusing tube in slightly. A re-calibrate fixed this.