[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Awesome colors. You make it all look too easy.

Thanks Marc. Easy? Well certainly getting good raw data helps, the better that looks, the less I have to process afterwards .

Originally Posted by clive milne

As per your usual form, a very aesthetically pleasing image Peter.
While I am sure the equipment you use helps, kudos for the processing.
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Thanks Clive, I'm not too sure about the gear though...old technology Kodak chips and SBIG cameras after all

Originally Posted by LewisM

I feel your pain. In 9 of my M78 images I took recently I have either satellite or meteor streaks. One odd one though was an asteroid - I watched it live in the guide cam - quite bright, and took 2.5 minutes to go from the top to the bottom of the frame. Maybe a geo-sync, but not sure.

Don't ***** to me about gradients or I will corner the bacon stock cube market! I am going to HAVE to purchase a sodium vapor filter.

Almost certainly a geosynchronous satellite..... But still, at least there are work arounds.

Originally Posted by dvj

Really small stars!

Ta John, I think the 9 micron pixels work well with the RHA. At full res the sampling still looks good, but with good signal gain as well.