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Old 06-04-2014, 05:09 PM
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M83 now with colour and a Sidonio

Damned clouds!!!!!!
Managed to get 3hr of 10 min subs L, 50 min G and B but NO R frames before the weather changed while I was using the GSO 10" RC scope with QSI583 camera. So i thought I may as well process what I have until the weather clears in a few days and I can get the R frames.
I was really impressed in that I was able to sync to a reference frame and goto the same position as an image I took last year to within 3 pixels using Sequence Generator Pro and plate solving. Focusing routines etc were a breeze and made imaging a pleasure.

ADDENDUM
Managed to get some more luminance data as well as the blue subs last night. This gives 5hr of L (1x1) and 50 min RGB (2x2)
Really not happy with the colour as I think its off due to the light pollution from BrisVegas but it was the best I could do under the conditions.
I was pleased to see several other small galaxies in the background other than the usual duo.

Sidonio done and softened stars and colour as suggested by Alpal

Comments welcomed.
Allan
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Last edited by allan gould; 09-04-2014 at 12:31 PM. Reason: Added colour data
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