Ngc 5189

[raymo]

28 x 75 secs mix of ISO 1600 and 3200.
raymo

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

I think its time for you to move up from the beginners astrophotography forums.

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Very good indeed Raymo!

[raymo]

Thank you Graham and Adrian.

Thanks for the compliment Adrian, but I don't think it will ever be time for me
to move across. I still work at the most basic level; just unguided JPEGs,
no separate darks, flats, layers, curves; and noise reduction turned on[which
wastes half my imaging time]. I have PS, but only use it for resizing images
for posting here.
cheers raymo

[RickS (Rick)]

That's very cool, Raymo.

[raymo]

Thanks Rick, if I can get the tracking good enough tonight I will try it with
a barlow.
raymo

[billdan (Bill)]

Hi Raymo,

Pretty object you have there, have you ever tried eyepiece projection?

Its times like this when an F15 scope comes in handy.

Cheers
Bill

[raymo]

Thanks Bill; I am presently imaging it again with a barlow.
Yes, I did my first eyepiece projection image in 1957. It produces the
poorest images of any method, because it introduces all the aberrations
that the eyepiece has,into the image.
raymo

[Decimus (Richard)]

A very pretty image and certainly accomplished, Raymo. Gorgeous blue in the foreground stars too!

Cheers,
Richard

[billdan (Bill)]

Hi Raymo,

That's disappointing about eyepiece projection, I did try imaging behind a Barlow once but I could never get the colours correct. Everything had a red tinge.

Bill

[raymo]

Thanks very much Richard; looking forward to some images from your new
APO soon.

That's rather odd Bill. A barlow should have no effect on the colours at all.
raymo