Nobody in their right mind would have been imaging from Sydney last night but I had to make the most of the new moon despite the uncertain weather. Having a new toy also means I'm going through a 'tragic' phase.
I got quite lucky and managed a bit over 2.5h in 5min subs on the HH. Baader 7nm and QHY9 with FSQ106N on G11. My sharpsky pro focuser is now installed and working reliably so I go the focus right without running back and forth to the pier.
Weather didn't play ball too well, high altitude haze on and off, first quarter moon and a bit of LP picked up by the passing clouds conspired to make a lot of sky glow and background noise in some of the subs.
Still reasonably happy with the result. Contrast would have been a lot better with a clearer view and that's the best processing I could come up with. I used Noise ninja to get rid of some of the grain but left a lot of noise in still or the details would be smeared.
I have a bigger one
here with some details. It's a 4MB file.
Enjoy the view. To be revisited very soon.
