I've been on leave and we have been travelling for most of July (QLD & VIC) and sadly I've missed many clear nights up at Eagleview . So, after returning from APP in Melbourne on Sunday and for my last night at home before returning to work , I shot up the mountain
Glad I did, beautiful night despite the seven day old moon and the seeing was excellent. I managed to grab 245min of Ha on The Eagle (well, the Moon is growing, so I wanted something bright ) before the humidity rose and some fog/low cloud decided to roll over the mountain around 1am.
Ave FWHM, manually measured across frames, as per MaximDL, of individual 5min raw subs, hovered around 1.6" the whole night, with a best of 1.4" and worst 1.8" (seems to be the normal range up there)
Looking forward to completing the whole image over winter, just thought I'd share something
Quick preliminary processing (Plan is to get lots more data over the coming months and No BlurEx was used ) M16 Ha Pillars
Love a finer image scale ...have I said that already?
Looks very promising Mike.
Ha always gives such interesting detail.
I look forward to the final full colour version.
cheers
Allan
Thanks Big Al, see how it goes, not sure if I'll do a narrowband only or LHaRGB don't really want to spend too much time on it, too many galaxies to image
Thanks Big Al, see how it goes, not sure if I'll do a narrowband only or LHaRGB don't really want to spend too much time on it, too many galaxies to image
Mike
Thanks Mike,
galaxies - which ones?
galaxies up high in July?
Just checked out Stellarium:
Wow Mike, that's close and personal, I too will look forward to the finished product. No doubt it will be spectacular. You were keen getting out there after such a busy weekend. I grabbed a bit of Ha under the quarter moon last night on your Fighting Dragons because it was a nice clear night. Few and far between these days in Melbourne.
Well done for squeezing some imaging time just before going back to work. Great start and looking forward to seeing how the image evolves with more data.
Mike, that’s just insanely good. Tight stars, excellent resolution producing phenomenal Hubble like detail. What’s not to like? Looking forward to seeing what more data can achieve.
Thanks a lot guys I did a couple of processing versions, this crop was from one, just as a taste, who knows what the final image will look like
Mick, I'd been either on the road holidaying or in front of a screen online judging (a lot of work and concentration actually, so many entries and most requested feedback too ) all of July, so yeah I was hanging to collect some photons, I had missed quite a few clear nights. I was actually meant to go back to work on Tues but grovelled (it was short notice) to my manager . Yeah baby, go Angie's Fighting Dragons!
Mike, that’s just insanely good. Tight stars, excellent resolution producing phenomenal Hubble like detail. What’s not to like? Looking forward to seeing what more data can achieve.
Cheers mate, I have said it before but I need more image scale up there..I want a bigger scope too, I want to go remote...I want...I want..I..
Mike,
Stunning resolution and detail up nice and close
Hey but what else do you expect from the king of the mountain
Looking forward to seeing the finished product and some of your Galaxy work over the coming weeks and months , a real joy to view
Cheers
Martin
PS: Been away OS for a couple of months and hopefully some imaging tonight in ol Sydney town ,nice and clear for the next 2 nights but Dew could be heavy later into the evening. Still nice to get out and fire up the rig again
Excellent! Looking forward to the final image now (and judging by the resolution in this little appetiser it will be worth waiting for ).
Cheers Pete, yes appropriate name huh?
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Originally Posted by Startrek
Mike,
Stunning resolution and detail up nice and close
Hey but what else do you expect from the king of the mountain
Looking forward to seeing the finished product and some of your Galaxy work over the coming weeks and months , a real joy to view
Cheers
Martin
PS: Been away OS for a couple of months and hopefully some imaging tonight in ol Sydney town ,nice and clear for the next 2 nights but Dew could be heavy later into the evening. Still nice to get out and fire up the rig again
Thanks Martone, because you can shoot Ha and SII in them (less so OIII), nebs are good to shoot when you have a little bit of moon to contend with but in moonless dark skies, galaxies are the most fun for me and best represent deep astro .
Nice detail, but I'm curious why you're happy to use RL Deconvolution but seem opposed to the use of BlurX, which is essentially automated selection of (and then application of) optimal decon parameters... ?
Nice detail, but I'm curious why you're happy to use RL Deconvolution but seem opposed to the use of BlurX, which is essentially automated selection of (and then application of) optimal decon parameters... ?
Hi Richard, I'm not opposed to the use of BlurEx, it's another tool in the shed, all good I don't have Pixinsight so I can't use it. I do however see many images where the use of BlurEx is very obvious. I think anything other than a careful, gentle application, looks unrealistic.
Of course it could just be me...and that unrealistic high contrast "look" to the details will just become accepted as the new norm...but I hope not.
Hi Richard, I'm not opposed to the use of BlurEx, it's another tool in the shed, all good I don't have Pixinsight so I can't use it. I do however see many images where the use of BlurEx is very obvious. I think anything other than a careful, gentle application, looks unrealistic.
Of course it could just be me...and that unrealistic high contrast "look" to the details will just become accepted as the new norm...but I hope not.
Mike
couldn't the same criticism be applied to decon in general though, which has also been fraught with oversharpening and other artifacts (eg the dreaded worms) over the years. Seems to me that BlurX has simply made decon more accessible.
couldn't the same criticism be applied to decon in general though, which has also been fraught with oversharpening and other artifacts (eg the dreaded worms) over the years. Seems to me that BlurX has simply made decon more accessible.
Yes, indeed the famous "worms" and "detail turned into dots" would be equivalent to the unrealistic high contrast unnatural look that BlurEx can impart
. So, after returning from APP in Melbourne on Sunday and for my last night at home before returning to work 
, I shot up the mountain 
) before the humidity rose and some fog/low cloud decided to roll over the mountain around 1am.
) 
...have I said that already? 
don't really want to spend too much time on it, too many galaxies to image 
) all of July, so yeah I was hanging to collect some photons, I had missed quite a few clear nights. I was actually meant to go back to work on Tues but grovelled (it was short notice) to my manager 
...a solid improvement 
