Last night on the south coast NSW conditions were excellent, very light wind , no dew , no moon and good seeing
Took the opportunity to image M16 which I’ve only imaged once before and changed my mind at the last minute to use the L Extreme filter even though no moon around and Bortle 3/4 skies ( glad I did )
NexDome Obs
Home made Dome rotation control system
8” f5 Bintel GSO newt
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom at HDR and cooled to -10C
Optolong OSC NB L Extreme Filter
55 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
Goto and tracking EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Framed focused and captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.70 to 0.80 arc sec error total )
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear Data Set ( used Bi Colour Preset )
In hindsight should have captured more data ( another hour or two ) due to the great conditions but tiredness got the better of me ( my Obs is semi automated not fully automated or autonomous)
Original Frame
Cropped frame to show central area pillars and associated details
Thanks Greg and Peter
Very happy with the results
The fine quality detail that these new ZWO cameras capture is astounding, makes Astrophotography so satisfying especially after upgrading from my old DSLR midway through last year.
