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ballaratdragons

13-05-2007, 09:15 PM

These are my latest 3 images with the Modified Toucam and the ED80. No Focal Reducer this time.

Yes, I know, lots of Amp Glow in the top left corner.

1. Tarantula
2. Trifid
3. Keyhole, Eta, and CR230 Open Cluster

Ric

14-05-2007, 12:47 AM

Great images Ken, your deep sky imaging with the little Toucam is nothing short of impressive.

Great stuff

Harpspitfire

14-05-2007, 03:20 AM

geez, ill tell ya truth- i think these images are much impressive then those meade DSI cameras costing a good bit more!

ballaratdragons

14-05-2007, 12:09 PM

Thanks Harps.
Maybe the Meade can do the same, just that I push the boundaries with this one.

I push all the levels to extreme, and I push the exposure rates until it is bordering on complete white-out! Then I back off until it is at its maximum without the white-out. Pushing it all this far is OK as Stacking gets rid of most of the noise, but not the Amp Glow.

atalas

14-05-2007, 04:33 PM

Ken,If I hadn't seen It I wouldn't of believed It ! well done .

ballaratdragons

14-05-2007, 04:49 PM

Thanks Louie.

I feel that they aren't as good as some of my others but I wanted to try imaging without the focal reducer. Due to the fact that the magnification is increased, the light is decreased, making them harder to get a good image. Especially Trifid which I had to process heaps to get any of the Neb to show up!

Oh well, it was worth a try. I have put the Focal Reducer back in for tonight.

Dr Nick

14-05-2007, 04:56 PM

Nice, is there a reason the tarantular neb. looks so dim in the center, but it is still burnt out?

Oh, and look how much your keyhole looks like mine (http://users.nsw.chariot.net.au/%7Eduffell/deep/Eta%20Carinae%20LRGB%2018-58.jpg)!
Yours looks a little better.

ballaratdragons

14-05-2007, 05:01 PM

Yep Nick, coz I had to do a very loooong exposure to get the detail and it burnt the core out, but the whole pic looked terrible so I had to reduce the over-exposure which toned the whole image down. The Toucam burns out really easily on long exposures, and several shorter ones just don't make the grade.

Yep, they are almost the same image!!! What camera did you use?