Hi all
Great minds think alike, with Paul , myself, and others doing imagine in Sculptor of late.
After watching the Tigers win the footy grand final (yay) I couldnt resist the urge to set up the scope. The night was unusual in that the seeing was quite steady and the sky in suburban Wallsend was as dark as ive seen for some time. The histogram on the images indicated darker skies than usual
NGC253,
[IMG]http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4919&st c=1
1 x 10 and 1 x 15 mins ISO 400,Lumicon Coma Corrector (borrowed from a mate), stacked in photoshop with gradient exterminator plugin applied.
Saturn nebula,
[/IMG]http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4920&st c=1
1 x 120 sec ISO 200
NGC246
[IMG]http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4921&st c=1
1 x 15 and 1 x 20mins ISO 1600 with Baader UHCS and the coma corrector. The warm night and long exposures at high ISO meant lost of noise that couldnt be fully removed with subtracting a dark frame in Photoshop.
47 Tuc,
[/IMG]http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4922&st c=1
1 x 200 secs ISO 200, with coma corrector.
Scott