M24 Region

atalas · #1 01-09-2011, 07:33 PM

Hi Guys

Ok,so last weekend saw round 2 for the new ML8300 and as always with me, there is still mechanical issues to sought out.

Hope you enjoy It anyway.

Object: M24 Region

Exposure: Lum:12 X 4min/RGB:6min x 4 each

Camera: ML8300

Telescope: BabyQ/Reducer

Mount: GPDX/SS2

Software: AA5/CS4

http://tiny.cc/h3oil

midnight (Darrin) · #2 01-09-2011, 10:12 PM

It's such a rich field and those star colours! I like it! I'm really struggling with my stars - they're turning out to look like someone just hit my image with paint flicks.

Very nice Louie.

Darrin...

multiweb (Marc) · #3 01-09-2011, 10:34 PM

Yeah very nice. Gorgeous colors and I also like the details in the dark lanes. Well done.

RB (Andrew) · #4 02-09-2011, 09:03 AM

A lovely field there Louie, great star colour saturation too.

CoolhandJo (Paul) · #5 02-09-2011, 01:11 PM

Nice colours and field!

John Hothersall · #6 02-09-2011, 04:19 PM

That is a glorious result of a super rich area with dark dust patches and great star colour.

John.

TrevorW · #7 02-09-2011, 04:21 PM

Lovely Louie

renormalised (Carl) · #8 02-09-2011, 05:03 PM

Great shot Louie

The colours are brilliant

atalas · #9 02-09-2011, 11:06 PM

Hey Thanks everyone! much appreciate the feedback.

richardo (Rich) · #10 03-09-2011, 01:08 PM

This worked out very well Louie!
I think the Baby Q and the K8300 chip are a good match.
Colours look nicely saturated and gives you a good deal of real estate!

Ah, there's always something with new gear to sort out mate...
4 min subs (my old mark) getting flexure ??

Still, with the overall coverage of this combo, even 4 min subs will yield some very good results as this shows!

Cheers
Rich

atalas · #11 03-09-2011, 05:27 PM

Hey thanks Rich! yeah mount issues...totally stripped the GPDX down and cleaned and re greased every all worms and found the source of backlash from the dec! should have It purring next round!hehe.

The BabyQ,that's another story cause I believe at this time the source of tilt I'm seeing is more than likely coming from the focuser draw tube not being square.....that's going to be more difficult without any way to adjust It! at this point I feel like shoving It back up the manufactures you know what! honestly,companies should stop selling expensive paper weights!

Paul Haese · #12 03-09-2011, 11:38 PM

Nice work Louie, I really like the overall field and I had to do this with two frames using the TSA and KAF8300.

atalas · #13 04-09-2011, 09:48 AM

Thanks Paul.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #14 04-09-2011, 10:18 AM

Looks good to me Louie. Nice colours and a very well framed field.

Cheers

Steve

Rigel003 (Graeme) · #15 04-09-2011, 11:43 AM

That's a beautiful image Louie, the variety of colours especially. Did you find the move from one shot colour of your Starlight Xpress camera to LRGB processing to be a difficult one? The processing in this looks so accomplished.

Ross G · #16 04-09-2011, 06:36 PM

Hi Louie,

Just got back from a week of rest and no internet.

Wow, what a beautiful photo!

You have produced an amazing range of balanced colours and tones that draw you into the photo. What a great shot.

You, the Takahashi and the ML8300, what a trio.....the three Amigos!

Thanks.

Ross.

atalas · #17 05-09-2011, 10:22 AM

Steve,Graeme and Ross...Thanks for the feedback guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rigel003

That's a beautiful image Louie, the variety of colours especially. Did you find the move from one shot colour of your Starlight Xpress camera to LRGB processing to be a difficult one? The processing in this looks so accomplished.

Well,actually Graeme I've done quite a bit of LRGB and Ha work with other people data,so got some practice in.

The transition to mono cams? not hard(I did start off with a ST7)but the pre and post processing is more time consuming.

gregbradley · #18 05-09-2011, 06:53 PM

A sensational image Louie. Such a beautiful range of subtle colours. Your image has them all. That swathe of beautiful stars on the right with the delicate Ha nebula mixed in with it plus the lovely golden stars up top really make a great scene.

The slight elongation in the corners is not distracting and I know we aim for perfection with our gear but really I would not fixate on it as it is really is a minor issue.

I think most scopes with a fast reducer and relatively wide field are likely to have issues.

I was wondering how the 8300 would go with fast refractors as theory would have it being a top match. Your images are proof of that - its a great match and creates a very pleasant image scale at high resolution.

The ML8300 is a dream camera though right?

Greg.

atalas · #19 05-09-2011, 09:12 PM

Hi Greg and thanks very much....ML8300,yep dream camera mate! very pleased with It's sensitivity and It's cooling.