Just for something a little different
This nowhere near finished, however I think (With my "I've been up for 29 hours" eyes) that its worth posting the current progress.. I think if I were to double the exposure time I might get a bit more detail and be able to pull a little more out.. especially with regards to colour..
Details:
Captured 25km from Brisbane CBD
Field centered around :
RA: 9hrs 37min
DEC: -49° 45'
Center of this FOV lies 9° 7" SE of Gum17 in Vela.
Image Scale : 2.32 Arc Seconds per Pixel
Field Of View : 96.7 x 128.5 Arc Minutes
Acquisition details.
LRGB (120:15:15:15)
All 5 minute subs, RGB binned 2x2..
15x5m darks (B1 and B2)
20 flats (B1 and B2)
Equipment:
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/6
ST8300M @ -10C
FLI CFW 2-7
Astrodon I series LRGB filters
HEQ5 Pro
QHY5 + OAG Guiding.
50% Resolution - 800kb
Small image - 195kb
Reprocess using Greg Bradley's information regarding Deconvolution.
50% resolution
Small image
A thank you goes out to Tom Davis, for both the inspiration to chase dust, and his helpful guide to processing widefield images.
Cheers for taking a look..
Alex.