[Rod771 (Rod)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yep dark (and moonless) skies make suuuuch a difference, cool comparison Rod and a really nice image, with Hubble's variable neb in there too Shame you only got one clear night at IISAC though ...next year!

Mike

Thanks Mike! Yeah Hubbles variable nebula made the cut this time, no need to crop as much when you have lovely data from dark skies. I hope there's a next year at Lostock. Mike mentioned doing something different ?

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice one. The cone in RGB is always a challenge so dark skies help a lot.

Cheers Marc!

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great looking photos Rod.

A dark sky makes such a huge difference....better than a bigger scope or camera!

Having said that, your Sydney version looks very good.

Ross.

Thanks Ross! Yeah I was please with the Sydney image just a tad more subs required.

Originally Posted by IanP

Beautiful image Rod ..
May I ask what sensor temperature BackyardEOS was displaying and what was the 60Da’s Iso

Thanks Ian! The sensor temp was running between 24 and 27 degrees, the ambient temp was 21, fairly warm night with a bit of wind. The ISO was set at 800.

Originally Posted by RickS

Nothing like seeing the theory in action, Rod

Cheers Rick! Pretty exciting eh! Reading it is one thing but seeing the results with your own data is a real eye opener. I never would have thought only 43 minutes would up stage almost 3 hours at F2.