Bunyip 12.5 Inaugural Image - NGC6744

[David Fitz-Henr]

I have just finished processing the first image (not counting simple setup / focus testing subs in the final stages of building) with my new scope - a 12.5" Newtonian Astrograph (aka the Bunyip 12.5) :D.
It took me a while just to remember the little that I knew in Photoshop :confused2:, and the raw data had a strong green cast that seemed to give me some trouble. I also forgot to set the colour working space for my new Dell U2410 monitor (wide gamut) which confused me for a while :confused2:.

Full size image:
http://www.pbase.com/david_fitz_henry/image/146014676/original

Small version:
http://www.pbase.com/david_fitz_henry/image/146014676/large

[cventer]

Birlliant image. Nice tight stars across whole frame. Excellent color balance. Well done. You must be very happy with that.

What do you use for guiding ? The integrated guider with CCD Soft ?

If so be curious to see what guide settings you use in terms of exposure and then min max move settings for this camera scope combo

[Nico13]

Nice one David,gotta be pretty chuffed with that :thumbsup:

[stardust steve]

an absolute joy to look at. :thumbsup:

[Moon]

David
I've really enjoyed watching you put this monster together.
That's a really nice image and proves you know what you're doing :)
James

[David Fitz-Henr]

Thanks Chris, though I didn't get the colour quite as nice as other images I have seen - not enough red in some of the galaxy, but when I tried the stars became too red.
I used the integrated guide chip in the STL11000 in conjunction with CCDSoft / DirectGuide. I believe I set the "Aggressiveness" to 0.8 (from memory) but I don't recall the min / max settings - I'll check for in the next day or so on the notebook attached to the scope.


Thanks Ken - yes quite happy with the scope's performance so far!


Thanks Steve!


Thanks James! I'm still learning as I go and have one or two tweaks left to make as well. I'm taking it slowly to get to understand how the scope behaves though ...

[Martin Pugh]

Congrats on the new kit and a fine image to boot
cheers
Martin

[DavidU]

Very nice :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Great looking galaxy photo David.

Ross.

[Larryp]

That's really great!

[David Fitz-Henr]

Thanks Larry!


Thanks Ross!




Thanks Martin!

Actually, on reflection (and looking at the image in the daytime with unbleary eyes), I think that all the comments are an indication of the quality of the scope; however my processing skills are very rusty from even my prior novice level (too much sharpening, etc and doesn't do it justice), so I have reprocessed the data from scratch and will post a new thread in the next day or so as it is significantly better (thanks to Marc4DarkSkies for some advice here). What's the etiquette on repro's - not too soon is it?? :P

[marc4darkskies]

No, not too soon at all David. Mr Sidonio has set the gold standard here. Post the original, then reprocess & post every other day for a month (or more)! :scared3: ;)

Cheers, Marcus

(luv ya Mike! :D)

[multiweb]

The field looks incredible. You did a terrific DIY job on this one. So many background galaxies in your shot and with very refined structures too. Impressive rig. :thumbsup: