Hi all
This was taken on the Saturday night at Wee Jasper (well, actually Sunday morning). Saturday night had the longest clear spell, after the clouds parted at about 10:30pm. It was clear till about 2am, in which time I captured Eta Carinae (still processing) and Omega Centauri.
Unfortunately my run on Omega Centauri was cut short due to the clouds - I had a run setup to take 10x10s, 10x60s and 10x180s, but I only managed to get the 10x10s and 9x60s before clouds rolled in.
- Scope + Camera: ED80 + WO 0.8x reducer + unmodded Canon 350D.
- Mount: EQ6
- Guiding: Guided through 400mm f/5 refractor, using DMK21AU04 + PHD software
- Lights: 10x 10s + 10x60s @ ISO800, flats calibrated.
- Darks: ICNR used
- Flats: 15x 1/3s median combined
- Processing: ImagesPlus for Flats Calibration and Deep Sky stacker for registration and stacking. Photoshop for everything else.
I'm not happy with the image because there's absolutely no colour
I needed the longer exposures to get the deep colours, but didn't get a chance.
Anyway, it's a tease for me for next time.
Thanks for looking.