[Alchemy (Clive)]

ERIC very nicee Clive. love the m20 shot.

thanks eric it looks like m20 is the favorite having a squiz at the other replys. you know its about time you got that 10 inch scope out and travelled out from the bright lights for a night and got your hand back in, i miss the way you used to image.

Both really nice shots Clive but I agree with Eric M20 looks great, with lots of outer nebulosity and some nice greeny brown dust visible.

Mike

thanks mike , i just wished i got more usable shots from the 15 frames i took, if the sky clears i would like to add more to this image.

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MULTIWEB M20's awesome. What gain and offset did you use with the QHY8?

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i used gain of 50 and offset of 117...... i find it interesting that people are shooting with a gain of 1 or 2 yet with DSLR cameras no-one shoots at ISO 100 , given the camera is so noise free why wouldnt you bump it up a bit. (my 2c worth)

Brown dog Wow - that M20 is a very nice image. It looks great on my monitor.
Nice capture and nice processing.

Thanks browndog , there is so much difference in some monitors its hard to know if you got it just right, i use my laptop mostly so i can be semi sociable while i process the images with my wife, (she doesnt mind because she gets to watch what she wants on the TV then) my worry is the greens which dont show up too well on this screen.

Have you tried a reinforcing plate/base under the focuser to strengthen the OTA.
I have heard that the focuser causes flexure problems with the tube wall bending under the weight of the focuser/gear attached. I shall be doing this with my OTA. Might be worth checking out as well?
cheers Gary

thats a peice of gold gary, i dont recall anyone here having done it here before, what gauge and type of metal would you consider using and how big.... its quite possible that could be happening as 12 inch is a large tube and its pretty thin too. (Congrats on the image for the Malins it was a beauty )

HAGAR Very Nice Clive, You seem to have it all working well. Question: How did you get the clouds to part? Help needed.

I wish i knew doug , we need some help here too, this was shot 2 weeks ago, i can only reprocess it so many times so i need more data to work with now. i think i have accumulated about 10 hours in 3 months

Pride of the fleet Clive...very very nice indeed!

kind words peeb61 but i think theres quite a few much better than i. still glad you liked it

Both great shots. The M20 is the standout but then NGC6357 is not a very photogenic target.

Greg.

thanks greg, ive got lots of other things to image .... this weather down here in melbourne has hampered things somewhat, still want to do Ms 16 and 17 sometime this year

Very nice images, well done Clive.

thanks lester, the big observatory in your Avatar.... that yours??



thanks all for looking. clive