This is my first process of M8 so far, I really do need to go back and drizzle it to round off the stars a lot more. Seeing was quite reasonable on Sunday so I've got squarish stars. I am never quite sure whether I am hitting the limit of what my EQ6 can achieve, I know I can get round stars at 1800s without too much effort (when the gremlins aren't around) but I have a feeling in doing so, it is at the expense of FWMH. Looking forward to the new mount arriving soon
At that point I'll be able to better differentiate between seeing and mount tracking.
Image Acquisition:
Sky Rover 130mm Sextuplet
QHY22
Modded EQ6
Astrodon 3nm Ha
16x900 (4 hours). Not any serious amount of data but it is a very bright object. I am going to have to do a 10x60s to tone down the very bright core which is just a bit saturated.
Hoping for a clear Friday night so I can grab some OIII and SII. Eventually I'd like to toy with doing a HaOIISIILRGB of the area over the next full moon (weather dependant).
Wasn't too careful as I am planning on drizzling this for the final result, half a dozen of the brighter stars have been mangled, didn't realise that they weren't in the star mask until I'd near finished processing
Enjoy!
High Res
EDIT:
Reprocess which has been drizzled and a lot less harsh.