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12-12-2013, 03:59 PM
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Horse Head
The nice thing about h-alpha is you don't need to worry about the moon or light pollution.
Perhaps I need to give this a snappy title, like "Storm rider"  ... anyway, silly theatre aside....
I think the image does have some drama to it
Here is the link
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12-12-2013, 05:12 PM
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Yep, that is gorgeous.
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12-12-2013, 05:13 PM
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Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full...
Yeah, don't listen to those colour freaks like that Sidonio guy... there's nothing wrong with greyscale for we who must contend with artificial light pollution 
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12-12-2013, 06:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full...
Yeah, don't listen to those colour freaks like that Sidonio guy... there's nothing wrong with greyscale for we who must contend with artificial light pollution |
I got "good-tone" Goose 
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Yep, that is gorgeous.
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Thanks Greg...Kinda works for me... I'll eventually do colour as well, but I like the light and shade with H-alpha only.
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12-12-2013, 07:32 PM
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Yep....love the ' filaments ' rising out the top...good shot.
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12-12-2013, 07:33 PM
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Great image, Peter
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12-12-2013, 07:40 PM
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That's very cool. Did you have to manage alnitak in anyway post process or is that the raw luminosity? What was the subs' duration and total integration time?
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12-12-2013, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by multiweb
That's very cool. Did you have to manage alnitak in anyway post process or is that the raw luminosity? What was the subs' duration and total integration time?
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Thanks Marc...no special attention paid to Alnitak, all adjustments were global.
I suspect the lack of scattering is due the smoothness of the AP optics. 6x 15 minute subs. Registration and stack with PI. The rest (curves) in PS6.
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Great image, Peter |
Ta Laurie
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Yep....love the ' filaments ' rising out the top...good shot.
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Glad you like it Col
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12-12-2013, 07:51 PM
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Quote:
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6x 15 minute subs.
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It is quite remarkable not to blow that star on a 15min sub. There is no hint of internal reflections either.
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12-12-2013, 08:33 PM
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It is quite remarkable not to blow that star on a 15min sub. There is no hint of internal reflections either.
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You think so  ....... sure, there are reflections, but I suspect they are being controlled by fairly strongly curved optics with excellent RMS smoothness..... I certainly wasn't doing anything fancy.
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12-12-2013, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
You think so ....... sure, there are reflections, but I suspect they are being controlled by fairly strongly curved optics with excellent RMS smoothness..... I certainly wasn't doing anything fancy. |
Oh no, that's what I meant. The optics are flawless. I don't know of any other fast corrected system that would come even close to that result without light bouncing everywhere.
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12-12-2013, 08:56 PM
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Nice one Peter. I think it looks better in Ha.
Cheers
Steve
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13-12-2013, 01:03 PM
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Nice one Peter. I think it looks better in Ha.
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Appreciated Steve.
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Oh no, that's what I meant. The optics are flawless. I don't know of any other fast corrected system that would come even close to that result without light bouncing everywhere.
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Weelll...no problem with that
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13-12-2013, 02:45 PM
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Hi Peter -
stop making everyone jealous. 
Seriously though - that's an amazing wide field in such a short time.
You've convinced me to use my Ha filter when the Moon is out.
cheers
Allan
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13-12-2013, 02:59 PM
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Nice Peter, very, very detailed. Hurray for NB in the city!
Regards
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13-12-2013, 07:53 PM
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Amazing amount of detail.
Well done.
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13-12-2013, 08:10 PM
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One of the finest monochrome images I saw. Who needs colour when there is so much going on here
Thanks for the view.
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13-12-2013, 08:30 PM
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Peter, did you use the wrong darks again? I could have sworn I looked at this a few days ago and it had more noise, but today when I took a look it looks better. Its a great image for its integration, I would love one of these scopes.
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13-12-2013, 09:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter.M
Peter, did you use the wrong darks again? I could have sworn I looked at this a few days ago and it had more noise, but today when I took a look it looks better. Its a great image for its integration, I would love one of these scopes.
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No...but I did get the time to apply a little Pugh inspired noise-reduction-post-imaging magic.
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Originally Posted by alexch
One of the finest monochrome images I saw. Who needs colour when there is so much going on here
Thanks for the view.
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A pleasure Alex.
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Originally Posted by dutch2
Amazing amount of detail.
Well done. |
Thanks.....hopefully might get some more data soon.
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Originally Posted by stevous67
Nice Peter, very, very detailed. Hurray for NB in the city!
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Yep, H-alpha rocks
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Peter -
stop making everyone jealous.
Seriously though - that's an amazing wide field in such a short time.
You've convinced me to use my Ha filter when the Moon is out.
cheers
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NB certainly opens up otherwise lost opportunities.
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