[Meru (Michael)]

Hi folks,

Finally got rid of Melbourne's pesky clouds on Saturday night so had a go with the RC8 again This is more of a rough-n-dirty attempt as I was testing out a few things so not the best of images Images are the Stacked Ha, Stacked OIII, Rough edit and Final version.

Mount: NEQ6
Imaging Train: GSO CF RC8 - CCDT67 Reducer - OAG - FW - QHY9M
Guiding: Lodestar used with a TSOAG9, 2sec guiding
Ha - 300sec * 8 Subs
OIII - 300sec * 6 Subs
Image processing: Captured in Maxim 5, Stacked in DSS, Edited in Photoshop CS6
R:G:B -> Ha : (Ha+OIII Average) : OIII

I have no darks and 300sec (5min) is nowhere long enough to get the finer details so is a little noisy. I also believe I have lost some dynamic range because of how aggressively I stretched it. Plus my focus seems a bit off, which is frustrating because it looks great with the Bahtinov mask and then is always slight fuzzy! Anyways any feedback would be great

Thanks for reading and as always, clear skies!