Dark Tower (another work in progress)

RickS (Rick) · #1 08-08-2014, 10:07 AM

I have been collecting Ha on the Dark Tower for several nights now. Just hoping that I'll get decent conditions for a new moon night in the next couple of months so I can get RGB data at a dark site.

Scope was a Ceravolo 300 at f/9, camera an Apogee U16M. This is a total of about 22 hours with individual subs of 30 minutes.

There's a high res version at Astrobin: http://www.astrobin.com/112028/0/

Cheers,
Rick.

Octane (Humayun) · #2 08-08-2014, 10:13 AM

That's going to be epic! Awesome effort so far.

H

RickS (Rick) · #3 08-08-2014, 10:18 AM

Thanks, H. There are a couple of very nice images of the DT around already so I have a tough job ahead of me to produce something that doesn't look sad by comparison

Cheers,
Rick.

multiweb (Marc) · #4 08-08-2014, 10:43 AM

That looks excellent Rick. All those jets are very well defined.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #5 08-08-2014, 10:47 AM

Very nice Ricki, is that the full FOV at F9?

Mike

RickS (Rick) · #6 08-08-2014, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by multiweb

That looks excellent Rick. All those jets are very well defined.

Thanks, Marc!

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very nice Ricki, is that the full FOV at F9?

Ta, Mike. It's rotated and cropped a bit so that's 3569x3163 of the original 4096x4096.

Cheers,
Rick.

gregbradley · #7 08-08-2014, 10:27 PM

That's a beauty Rick.

Looking very good.

Greg.

Paul Haese · #8 08-08-2014, 10:39 PM

Yep; I am looking forward to seeing that finished. Nice field of view; I can also see some faint striations around the outside of the tower. Very nice.

RobF (Rob) · #9 08-08-2014, 11:11 PM

More please! Was that from the back yard Rick?

Ross G · #10 09-08-2014, 07:34 AM

Amazing detail Rick.

It's going to be a great photo.

Ross.

RickS (Rick) · #11 09-08-2014, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a beauty Rick.

Looking very good.

Greg.

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Yep; I am looking forward to seeing that finished. Nice field of view; I can also see some faint striations around the outside of the tower. Very nice.

Thanks, Greg & Paul!

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Originally Posted by RobF

More please! Was that from the back yard Rick?

Ta, Rob. Yes, 3nm filters and automation vs the lights of Brisvegas

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Originally Posted by Ross G

Amazing detail Rick.

It's going to be a great photo.

Ross.

Thanks, Ross. I hope so!

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #12 09-08-2014, 09:44 AM

Great work Rick!

Awesome amount of detail, looking forward to the final result on this one.

Cheers,

Justin.

RickS (Rick) · #13 09-08-2014, 09:11 PM

Thanks, Justin!

Regulus (Trevor) · #14 09-08-2014, 10:31 PM

I really like that photo as it is Rick and really looking forward to the final product.

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #15 09-08-2014, 10:39 PM

Looking forward to seeing that one finished Rick - verrrry nice indeed!

Cheers, Marcus

RickS (Rick) · #16 10-08-2014, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Regulus

I really like that photo as it is Rick and really looking forward to the final product.

Thanks, Trevor.

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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Looking forward to seeing that one finished Rick - verrrry nice indeed!

Cheers, Marcus

And thanks, Marcus! I especially like your HaRGB image of the Dark Tower. That's what originally made me add it to my list of cool objects

Cheers,
Rick.

atalas · #17 10-08-2014, 10:44 AM

Good start Rick....should be a good one.

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #18 10-08-2014, 08:56 PM

Great Ha image Rick, should look great with RGB added

RickS (Rick) · #19 10-08-2014, 09:40 PM

Thanks, Louie & Geoff!