Long time no image!
Been busy travelling interstate. Presented at Astrofest in QLD, Judged AIPP Pro Photo awards in Sydney & visited "The Dish" - Parkes as part of the Apollo 11, 50th anniversary/David Malin Awards.
During this imaging hiatus, I decided to refurbish my gear, so it all looks as nice as it performs. I sent the Tube rings & mirror cells, Tak NJP mount & new ioptron tri-pier legs off to the powdercoaters for a custom recoat in new silver, gold & black colours inspired by Apollo 11.
Of course, the mount & 'scope had to be completely disassembled, masked, coated & reassembled so I'm grateful to my ASV colleagues Diego & Clive for their kind assistance with this project.
Here is a quick test shot of NGC 2070 & friends in LHaRGB with the Stellarvue Sv70t & recently refurbished Tak NJP mount. 2 hrs Ha & 2 hrs RGB from my light polluted suburban Melbourne backyard.
Processed in Astropixel processor & PS CC 2019 using all the HA & RGB subs as synthetic LUM, blended with Ha using the
Marco Method.
Overall I'm very happy (and relieved) with the mount's performance! Hopefully the clouds clear soon to try it out with the 10" Newt.
There's a large one
HERE and some photos of the shiney new refurbished gear and a before shot for those who enjoy Astroporn
