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jjjnettie
13-06-2010, 07:02 PM
:D 2nd light for the RC8!
Short but sweet, 7x5min, manually guided.
Poorly framed and focussed, but it can only improve from here.:lol:
5 @ iso800
2 @ iso1600
Darks taken, no flats.
Stacked in DSS and processed in both CS3 and PSP.
multiweb
13-06-2010, 07:30 PM
Great colors- bit soft on the focus. Top shot. :thumbsup:
Hagar
13-06-2010, 07:47 PM
Well done Jeanette. The little RC is something different from the wider field scopes and takes a bit more work but you seem to be grasping it better than I am. Focus needs work but you already know that. More exposure better focus and you will be laughing.
h0ughy
13-06-2010, 07:56 PM
love the shot JJJ.
Made me Jealous;)

upfront apologise for this but i ran it through Pixinsight to perform Dynamic Background Extraction to remove the gradient and some secret herbs and spices (didnt do much as it is a great shot) hope you think it helped - i did not change your colours.
TrevorW
13-06-2010, 09:02 PM
More data is all that it needs

and tighter focus also some star elogation bottom left and right, alignments, sag or tracking ???
jjjnettie
13-06-2010, 09:14 PM
Cheers Dave. I don't mind at all.
I've been trying to reproduce the effect in CS3.
Trevor the image has been cropped and rotated. Here's what it looks like straight out of DSS. I'll be needing to take care with my framing.
TrevorW
13-06-2010, 10:36 PM
Thier is a tracking issue apparent on the left hand side of the image with egg shaped stars (see attached) although could be focuser sag which is indicative of the RC8 if you are using a stock focuser

By the way could you please PM me instructions on how Loreal works, thanks
peter_4059
13-06-2010, 11:01 PM
Nice start with the RC8 JJJ. It's great to see you kicking a goal early in the narrow field game!
RobF
13-06-2010, 11:08 PM
Your not turning into a manual guiding advocate perhaps JJJ? :)
Nice Lagoon for the RC. How was Cambroon last night?
gregbradley
14-06-2010, 10:58 AM
Nice start with the new gear. As mentioned it appears the focuser has some sag causing the "coma" in the bottom left corner. Screw adapters may help with that.

What is the problem you are having with autoguiding?
I may be able to advise.


Greg.