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Originally Posted by ejcruz
This is my first post in IIS, I'm still very new to CCD imaging have been doing mainly macro photography so this is a big learning curve - it's definitately a different ball game to marco. Purchased QHY8 last month and have been experimenting since.
My setup, scope WO FLT 110 f/7 Triplet, SkyWatcher 70x500 for Guide,
HEQ5 Pro (GOTO) mount, camera QHY8, QHY5 for guiding, Nebulosity2 for capturing, PHD for guiding, ImagesPlus 3.50a and CS3 for prosessing.
This image:
1x2min,1x5min,10x15min (total of 2H 37min)
Ba'ader Fringe Killer+Moon & Skyglow filter
Gain: 01 with Offset: 110
Camera temp was ~ -25C
Stacked and processed in IP and masked using CS3
Taken on 30/11/08
http://mywebsite.bigpond.net.au/ejcr.../CV_Final5.JPG
Comments welcome.
Eddie |
Hi and welcome Eddie. Very nice image with loads of detail.
Just read your camera settings and was a little surprised at the offset setting. I have played a lot with Neb2 and qhy8 and found the offset of about 60 to 70 gives me a nice histogram towards the left hand side which allows the full dynamic range of the camera to be used.
Lowering this may go somewhere to reduce the very black background you have. The black point seems quite clipped.