16 minutes in a sucker hole - M42 from the doghouse plus a 50min shot
7timer indicated to me this morning that tonight was going to be clear, and it ended up clearing this evening after 7pm with a full sucker hole by 7.40 - then i tried to redo the southern pleiades - only to be thwarted by low fast moving cloud. I quickly spun the scope around to see a setting Orion - so by the time i focused the Ed127 and found a guide star the cloud was getting closer - the shots i took ended up being affected by severe light pollution, high and low cloud. But anyway some photons are better than none - i love the observatory - easy to pack it in....
for the record - 8 x 2 minute shots iso 800 processed in Pixinsight1.59
I had to go look at stoves and cooktops for our new kitchen (damaged in a fire). I neeeearly went out to Kurri but it just looked a tad too fickle to go all that way armed with a new as yet untested kit, I would rather a high degree of certainty of clear skies for my first "test" night out there, given all the tries and tribulations that are bound to appear first up...god dam it! I wish I had an observatory in my backyard
I had to go look at stoves and cooktops for our new kitchen (damaged in a fire). I neeeearly went out to Kurri but it just looked a tad too fickle to go all that way armed with a new as yet untested kit, I would rather a high degree of certainty of clear skies for my first "test" night out there, given all the tries and tribulations that are bound to appear first up...god dam it! I wish I had an observatory in my backyard
Thanks Mike - you can trust me - i will look after your toy camera for you
(In my best Homer Simpson voice) Mmm...Observatory.
Spending ages setting up with no chance of polar aligning, a slight chance of a sucker hole & a greater chance of unseen tropical downpour just doesn't get me jumping to my feet.
(In my best Homer Simpson voice) Mmm...Observatory.
Spending ages setting up with no chance of polar aligning, a slight chance of a sucker hole & a greater chance of unseen tropical downpour just doesn't get me jumping to my feet.
David you're a lucky man to be in the Doghouse.
yes it is good not to do all of those things for an evening's imaging. It has happened several times to me where i have set up and then the cloud rolled in and had to pack up without even drift aligning. it is a pathetic image, but its mine and i took it out of the observatory - so to me its special - Just like me
Thanks Mike - you can trust me - i will look after your toy camera for you
I was watching a Toyota Yaris advert on telly last night - they are worth only slightly more than my camera+filterwheel+filters ...can't see millions of lightyears into space with them though
New image - 50 minutes before the cloud rolled in again
tried the same area last night - gee i love the observatory. What i thought was going to be a long night ended up only being 50 odd minutes as the cloud rolled in. Have done a quick process just to show the difference in length of time for the shot. 50 minutes iso 800 ed127 and the cooled camera and a very quick stack in DSS and processed in Pixinsight 1.6 - the focus looks a little soft for some reason - could be due to the high cloud and i know the trap region is too bright but i forgot to take some short exposures
Not bad Dave, for a short and dirty shot through the muck
Second shot alright too, but as you said the Trap' region is a little overcooked. Hey, you could "cheat"...cut and paste the Trap from your first image into the second one and feather the edge to blend it in
Not bad Dave, for a short and dirty shot through the muck
Second shot alright too, but as you said the Trap' region is a little overcooked. Hey, you could "cheat"...cut and paste the Trap from your first image into the second one and feather the edge to blend it in
...can't see millions of lightyears into space with them though 
and i know the trap region is too bright but i forgot to take some short exposures
