Tarantula from last night

[ballaratdragons]

Here is another image from last night.

Tarantula.

10 x 180 seconds. Unprocessed to keep the nebula all there. (even the hot pixels are still there :lol: )

[mick pinner]

picking up some decent detail there Ken but what is causing the square appearance on the stars?

[ballaratdragons]

Mick, the artifacts causing the wierd stars are from Blooming. Overloading of the pixels, which means I have pushed the Toucam beyong it's theoretical limit.

If I take shorter exposures it isn't as bad, but at the sacrifice of detail in Nebs, Galaxies etc. I have tried imaging and stacking lots of shorter images but no detail is visible. Just cleaner stars.

I'm afraid I have reached (and gone beyond) the limit of what the Toucam can capture as usable data. The longest exposure I have been able to achieve is 320 seconds before the whole screen goes white and the stars are large black blobs!

Looks like it's time for me to step up to something else. :thumbsup:
The poor Toucam is about to have Cardiac Arrest if I push it any further!

[mick pinner]

you've done well to get to this point Ken, l've PMed my ph no, l may have an option for you.

[Dr Nick]

Nice, isit possible for you to use this technique (http://www.nicksastronomy.com/burns.php) to make the nebula not be burned out but keep the lot there?
I would love to see this... ;)

[leon]

Good one Ken, :thumbsup:

That little Cam of yours will be worn out soon, anyway how did you get out last night, i tried but was clouded out, so how come... hu, hu, :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers Leon :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Hmmmm, I must try that. Thanks Nick :thumbsup:



Hey Leon, wrong 'last night'. :lol: