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Originally Posted by richardo
Top stuff Jase 
Love the extent of your FOV....
I haven't seen anything on this object, nor been able to image such fov's with my setup. So this to me is like being a kid at Christmas... Seeing something totally new 
Love the dark column to the R/H top corner...... the sharp little glob and there's a Bubble neb to the main nebulosity.. all very interesting!
I love Ha as it reminds me of the days of B&W emulsion prints... something about them.....(the mystery of deep space??) Ha adds a whole lot more contrast and dimension to a HII b&W neb image..
Great write up on both the object and how you processed the image...
Scope looks to be performing most excellently as is very apparent from the pin point stars right out to the edge....
Top shelf all around, and the added RGB data will just be the icing on the cake...
Now I'll be a happy laddie if only these poxy winterish cloud bands would take a hike south  ...... typical, get new things sorted, then get nothing but TV nights.... ho hum.. 
All the best
Rich |
Thanks for the comments Rich.
Indeed the image displays an immense amount of detail - what you'd expect though a Ha filter though. Actually, this wide field view doesn't do much justice when looking at the details.
Attached are two crops of interest - the dark tower and some small globs of dust and gas. I'm itching to get some RGB data into this image, but it won’t happen for a couple of weeks until this moon peaks and wanes. While I can process out the gradients (a pain), I'd prefer to wait until I can get some clean chrominance data. In the meantime, I'll continue to shoot some other Ha targets on my list as the moon won’t affect these. The Precise Parts FSQ/STL adapter is shipping from the US today so I'll be a much happier chappy when I can finally square the camera on the optical axis.
Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by Ric
That's a wonderful image Jase. I looking forward to the colour version when you collect the extra data.
Chers
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Thanks for your kind comments Ric.
Please don't hold your breath for the chrominance image - it maybe a while away.
Wooohhoooo - The custom made 72mm adapter is ready from Precise Parts. - Pic attached.
Now have to wait a few days for delivery. Finally, a clean optical axis is on the way (I hope) for the FSQ.