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Old 21-09-2009, 05:35 PM
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Barambah Dark Sky Camp - Images.

Heres some of what I got done at Barambah the past 3 nights..

Firstly, I wanted to get some colour to add to my M8 - M20 Ha Luminance... What I actually ended up with was 54x5min (4hrs 30min) of data...

I have posted 3 versions of this shot.

#1 - OSC Data only - 54x300sec, 24x Darks, 13 flats.
#2 - (R+Ha)GB image - 54x300sec RGB, 18x1200sec Ha, full calibration
#3 - Ha(R+Ha)GB - Data as above. (Cropped, the camera angle of the Ha image did not match that of the RGB shots.. so I cropped out the areas that were not boosted by the Ha.)

I personally think the 2nd one is the best, although the nebulosity looks the strongest in #3, and the star fields look nicer in #1.... I suppose, Work in progress...

Next Up, M33.
This one is a mix and match..
13x5min + 5x20min, 24x5m darks, 5x20m darks 13 flats

M45.. This one had to be cropped down, as the camera rotation was changed slightly on night one.

26x5min, 24x darks, 13x flats.



Still to come :
NGC 253 - 18x600sec.
IC434 - 24x300sec RGB + 12x1200sec Ha (Processing Nightmare.)

Thanks for looking - Higher res images will become available.. After I get some SLLEEEEP!!
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