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Startrek
03-09-2021, 09:02 AM
Decided to capture this incredible nebula again for one last time before it departs out skies in a month or two. Beautiful conditions on Wednesday night down here on the South Coast NSW, great seeing , no dew , very light wind , no moon and possums scampering around looking for food
NexDome Obs
8” f5 GSO newt
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom to highest dynamic range Gain 0 , cooled to -10C
Optolong L Extreme filter
2hours of data (3 min dithered guided subs)
Tracking and Goto EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.70 arc sec error total )
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear Data set
Synthetic Luminance version ( Mono )
RGB version
Various OSC narrowband Bi colour SHO versions using the Matrix presets
Comments welcome
Thanks
No.7
We are after revealing detail and information.
A very good display M :thumbsup:
gregbradley
03-09-2021, 04:41 PM
The 1st one is superb Martin. Perhaps your best image to date. Terrific detail in the core.
Greg.
Startrek
03-09-2021, 07:38 PM
Peter,
Thanks very much
No. 7 is very dynamic , bordering on psychedelic
Kudos goes to Ivo Jager the developer of Startools for giving us humble beginner astrophotographers fantastic intuitive software to work with which allows us to process and create wonderful images
Cheers
M.
Startrek
03-09-2021, 07:41 PM
Greg,
Thanks , very much appreciated
You must have an eye for detail , no.1 is the only image I spend a little more time on with some additional minor sharpening, Decon , HDR and Entropy
Cheers
Martin
RyanJones
03-09-2021, 07:53 PM
Number one is fantastic Martin. Really clean. Well done 👍
Emuhead
03-09-2021, 09:42 PM
I quite like number 5.. something you don't see very often. Then number 1.
Startrek
04-09-2021, 07:29 AM
Ryan,
Thanks so much
M8 is such a great target under dark skies
Cheers
Martin
Startrek
04-09-2021, 07:29 AM
Thanks Andrew
multiweb
04-09-2021, 11:41 AM
Nice set of M8s Martin. Hard to pick one in particular. :thumbsup:
Startrek
04-09-2021, 04:28 PM
Marc,
Thanks very much
Greg picked no.1 as his preferred choice which was in fact the only one that I spent about more time on in further fine processing
Cheers
Martin
strongmanmike
04-09-2021, 05:10 PM
Meah...another M8 :zzz2: in fact 8 more M8's :scared:...:lol:...but seriously, I agree with Greg :thumbsup:
Mike
Startrek
08-09-2021, 03:31 PM
Mike,
Thanks
Yes we all know M8 gets too much “exposure” but hey isn’t it a great celestial object to both observe and image
Couldn’t help but give it another shot before it bids farewell in a month or so
Cheers
Martin
Sunfish
08-09-2021, 09:38 PM
Great imaging. Superb detail. It is good to refine a target. Ichi ban for me also.
After that the middle yellow one or the final blue one. The others just seem a little flocculent.
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