M42, The HorseHead and M33

[jjjnettie]

Taken a couple of nights ago.
M42 is a composite of 164 frames at 32x integration and 260 frames @ 128x. It's my first attempt at this process to try and tame the trap.
The Horse Head. 362 frames @ 128x.
M33. 500 frames @ 128x.
Camera Gstar-Ex
Mount- Ioptron Alt/Az Cube
Scope- Ioptron 80mm F5 refractor.
Filters- IR cut
Processed in Paint Shop Pro.

[RB]

Image? :whistle: :D

[jjjnettie]

Yeah yeah. I know.

[RB]

Very nice, I really like the HH. :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

Ta RB

[strongmanmike]

Nice work Jeanette!

Is the 32X, 128X etc mean 32sec, 128sec..?

Have you used sharpening? If so, perhaps back off on this a little but great little set of images that :thumbsup:

So what, had you said you would never do imaging or something..?

Mike

[theodog]

Nice images J.
And away we go down the imaging pathway......follow the yellow brick road. HeHe.
Well done.

[AlexN]

Nice images JJJ... Im thinking of attacking the horsehead this evening if I can stay up untill it rises over the house roof...

[Liz]

Well done jjj :thumbsup: how rewarding is that with those wful pics coming through, luv the Horsehead neb ..... Orion is coming, yeah.

[Jen]

:thumbsup: very nice jjj the orion is my fav im glad its back :D :thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Some lovely work there Jeanette. You are really pushing the boundaries of your equipment and doing a mighty fine job. Well done.

Cheers

Dennis

[Matty P]

Excellent work JJJ. :)

They have all come out great. I'm really looking forward to Orion returning to the evening sky.

Well done :thumbsup:

[drmorbius]

That's great Jeanette, you're getting pretty good at this aren't you?

[Jeffkop]

Looks to me like you tamed the trap ... and did a pretty good job of it !!

[jase]

These would have to be some of the finest G-star images I've seen to date. Lovely work JJJ. Look forward to seeing more.

[h0ughy]

well done JJJ

[coldspace]

The 32X and 128X are the intergration or shutter exposures used in the range of astro video cameras out there.
128X is max intergration and equals about 2.5 second exposures,so when the video camera such as the g-star is set on this it is doing 2.5 second exposures and the image on the screen such as a TV or LCD is refreshed every 2.5 seconds or there abouts.
At 64X it is about half the 2.5 seconds so every second or so and at 32X about a 1/4 of max and so on. Shows the sensitivity of these low light video cameras. Very nice images Jeanette.

Matt.

[Ric]

Very nice JJJ, the Horsey looks fantastic.

Is it Orion time again, blimey that was quick.

Cheers

[jjjnettie]

Thanks for looking everybody.
Glad you liked them.
I was totally stunned with the Horse Head. What I saw on the monitor was a few stars and a vague sort of shadowy spot. Who would have though that THAT would be the end result.
Star bloom is a big problem when you push this camera to it's limits. I should really lower the integration rate and capture more images to compensate. Next time maybe.
Mike, Matt explained about the in camera frame integration.
As for RB's comment, well, I forgot to post the images with the message.:doh:

[winensky]

Love the Horsehead too! Great work with that cam. The density of the nebulosity in M 42 is really impressive as well.

[Craig.a.c]

Nice images. I prefer the black and white look as it gives a more realistic image of what they will look like when viewing them.