First light for Borg 55FL f/3.6 - Horsehead to M42 in Ha

[RickS]

Testing the little Borg, unguided on a Star Adventurer with a very quick polar alignment :) ASI1600mm Pro camera and Chroma 3nm Ha filter. 922 x 30s and 90 x 2s subs over two nights from light-polluted St Lucia. I might have gone a little longer than 30s if I had a better polar alignment but even at 30 seconds the core of M42 was blown out. Processed using a beta version of PixInsight 1.8.6.

Big version here: https://www.astrobin.com/377112/0/

Cheers,
Rick.

[multiweb]

That's subzero cool mate. Lots of good stuff will come out of this rig. Rogeliobernalandreolesque methink. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Andy01]

veeeeery nice Rick - that rig sure delivers, looking forward to seeing more :)

[peter_4059]

Wow. That is looking good. Worth the wait to get it set up.

[RickS]

Thanks, Marc! I'm doing a RBA workshop in Jan 2019 in San Jose as I happen to be in the vicinity for a work trip.



Ta, Andy. It did do a good job. Collecting NB data should be easy. It's the RGB that will be difficult.



Thanks, Peter. A lot of mucking around so far but hopefully it's results time :)

[multiweb]

Ask him to do something about the interest rates :p

[Retrograde]

Excellent stuff Rick - looks like this little portable rig is a winner!

[Logieberra]

Rick, looks like Borg are very proud of your initial results:

https://digiborg.wordpress.com/2018/11/14/borg-55fl-f3-6-borg-2-compression/

[h0ughy]

Wow really resistance is futile

[RickS]

What's your target rate, Marc? I'll see what I can do :)



Thanks, Pete!



Ta, Logan. I sent a pic to Ted @ Astro Hutech and he must have liked it.



Especially if you're a photon, Dave :lol: Though it's not as fast as your RASA :thumbsup:

[ozstronomer]

Beautiful widefield Rick, plenty to like with that scope/camera combo :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Thanks, Geoff!

[cometcatcher]

Fantastic image Rick! Welcome to the bazillion x 30 second unguided club. :P

[RickS]

Thanks, Kevin :lol:

[gregbradley]

Looks great Rick.

Is that a 55mm focal length F3.6? Or is it 55m aperture F3.6 which is a 198mm focal length?

Greg.

[RickS]

Thanks, Greg. It's the latter: 55mm aperture, 200mm focal length.

[gregbradley]

Sweet. Fluorite lenses are the best. It'd probably work nicely on a mirrorless full frame camera as well.

How much are they?

Greg.

[RickS]

Greg, here's the model (with USD price) that I ordered: https://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/products/BorgPackage/2.htm

[gregbradley]

Thanks Rick.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Rather lovely result from what looks like an awesome little bit of kit Rick. Looking forward to seeing some masterpieces :)

Mike

[Regulus]

That's a great result, and bodes well for the future. Excellent detail, and just an all-up nice photo.

Trev

[RickS]

Thanks, Mike! Size doesn't matter :lol:



Thanks very much, Trev.

[Geoff45]

Looking good Rick. Is there a colour version on the cards?

[RickS]

Thanks, Geoff. I'd like to get some colour data. If the clouds clear at home and the moon gets out of the way I'll give it a go from there, but hopefully next new moon I can get some good quality RGB from a darker site.

[willik]

That is one nice image and great detail :thumbsup:
Martin

[RickS]

Thanks, Martin!

[Bart]

Colour please!


Lots of dust, nicely processed so far.

[RickS]

Thanks, Graham. Will work on it :)