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Old 04-06-2014, 02:40 PM
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Spiral Planetary NGC 5189

This is my 1st attempt at this object and second attempt using the De-Rotator, the 3 min unguided subs had much sharper stars than the 5 min unguided subs so maybe 3 or 4 min unguided subs will work best for now.

Spiral Planetary NGC 5189

2 x 3 min subs at iso 800 Unguided
2 x 5 min subs at iso 800 Unguided
12” Meade LX200 at f6.3 (alt/az De-Rotated)
Sony Nex-3 dslr Camera
Processed with DeepSkyStacker, Startools and GIMP

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Old 04-06-2014, 02:42 PM
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Great detail and colour! That's a really nice capture Wayne.
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Old 04-06-2014, 06:06 PM
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Beautiful Wayne!
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Old 06-06-2014, 06:02 AM
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Interesting subject. The derotator is working well by the look of it.
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Old 07-06-2014, 10:28 AM
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I must repeat: interesting object! It was well registered.
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Old 07-06-2014, 01:25 PM
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that is a most interesting object wayne and a fab colour too!
it must be tracking very well also for 5 minutes unguided
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Old 08-06-2014, 07:28 PM
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Thanks everyone, I Just downloaded the latest DeepSkyStacker 3.34, it can handle the Sony ARW raw files, I am impressed at the difference using raw files makes with the Spiral Planetary NGC 5189 image. There is a huge difference in quality so I will be using nothing but raw ARW files from now on.
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Old 08-06-2014, 07:54 PM
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Wow! You should post that The Deep Sky images section.
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Old 08-06-2014, 08:38 PM
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Double wow! The raw is a huge improvement.
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