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Originally Posted by Bolts_Tweed
On ya mate. This gear is the go isnt it?
I particularly like the Vela dust image. Was planning to chase some dust myself tonight in Orion,
They look great mate - I have never had much luck with 4945 but it looks the goods there as well for you.
Hope you have some skies tonite down there as well.
Mark
Will emaill you ater (the Losmandy will be on its way to Deception Bay tommorrow night)
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Not wrong mate.. The 8300 coupled with a quality refractor really cuts the mustard... I just cant wait till winter when the nights are colder and more importantly, longer!
Skies here have closed in... Its still "Possible" that it will clear, but I've called it and packed everything in.. Looks like a movie night for me tonight..
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Originally Posted by mill
First image looking really good Alex with nice star colours and very sharp.
Second image already starting to show a lot of promise.
The second image would look really good with a scope with twice the focal length so the galaxy would take upa bit more real estate, but a galaxy floating like that in space has it's own charm  |
Thanks mate.. Personally I think it needs longer subs.... I pushed on with 5 minute subs due to local light pollution, however I would have been better off to push it out to 10 min subs and process out any pollution.. Live and learn I guess.. That said, I am happy with the result..
I agree 4945 would have more impact at 800~1000mm FL. I'm sure I can make something workable from this data.... At full resolution there are heaps of background galaxies.. Interesting enough from that perspective I suppose
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Looking pretty good Alex
I think any object can be just as valid at several image scales, the mass of stars pock marked with little galaxies plus the main cigar of 4945 has an attraction of its own. Should look good once the colour has been added too.
The dust looks rather interesting and is probably a good sort of target for eyes with a little colour imbalance 
Mike
BTW...how come you were only shooting at -10C  |
True... Nothing like a different perspective to make an area more interesting... I seem to recall a wide field galaxy cluster image recently that opened my eyes a little (and my jaw!)
The dusty image wasn't overly hard to process. Considering my eyesight, thats a good thing... All thanks are to Tom Davis I suppose... Wide field shots of random patches of dust are going to become more and more frequent from me this coming year... Interesting, rarely seen, colours I can discern
haha..
Shooting at -10c because I was too cheap to buy the FLI ML8300 and too impatient to wait for the SBIG STX-8300.. It was at -10c @ 55% cooler load last night.. I'm sure it could have easily held -15c, but my dark library taken at the height of summer was taken at -10c... Coming into winter I'll re-shoot darks at -15c or -20c and image cooler during winter...
Cheers..
Alex.