Thanks gents! Narrowband imaging - especially through 3 nm filters - is such a godsend
In fact, it was the main reason why I decided to switch from DSLR to CCD imaging.
Oddly enough, now that I have my backyard set up running smoothly, acquiring the 86 hours of data for this image actually took less time than packing / driving / setting up for a single dark sky weekend
However, a
lot of time obviously went into getting my menagerie of poorly behaved equipment to work... the 86 hours of data is nothing compared to what I've thrown away from failed experiments so far this year
Like most of us, I have dreams of one day having a remote dark sky obs...
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Originally Posted by dvj
I think the artifacts that Mike is referencing look like a speckled noise pattern across the entire image. This not evident in the 2 close up images you posted here. you have really good data to work with. Worth a re-process. |
Thanks for the feedback, John. It sounds like it would be definitely worth a re-process for a smoother background and to fix up some of the other artefacts.
I'll keep it in mind for a rainy day... but in the mean time, we're getting another rare run of crystal clear nights from dusk-to-dawn
