M83 - Southern Pinwheel - AstroFest 2014

[RobC (Rob)]

My first IIS Image shot at Duckadang AstroFest 2014

Scope - Meade 10" F8 OTA ( slightly out of collimation )

Mount - AZ-EQ6

Guiding - Celestron OAG with QHY5L-II guide camera

Image Camera - Starlight Xpress SXVR-M25C single shot colour

Images 10*10 min subs , 10 * 10 min darks + bias + flats

Enhanced in PixInsight and touched up in Photoshop


Rob

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Lovely Rob lots of detail and colours. Did you apply any sharpening? Looks like there's more there to see...

[RobC (Rob)]

Thanks Dunk.

Did a little bit of sharpening in Photoshop. However I am a total novice with PixinSight and Photoshop and I am not sure if I applied the correct workflows for getting the best out of an image. Its a long learning curve.

Cheers

Rob

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice going, Rob! Didn't realise you were at AF. Sorry I didn't make it up...

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

I feel your pain

I reckon you could dial up the sharpness a bit in Photoshop...only really two outcomes better or worse

[Spookyer (Brett)]

Good one Rob, good to see some images coming out of the new scope.

Brett

[Sarge (Rod)]

Nice one Rob, one of my favourite galaxies. I see you've updated your gear, that is some scope and camera outfit.

Haven't been up your way for some time, hope we can catch up in the not to distant future.

Clear skies

Rod

[RobC (Rob)]

Thanks rod. I will pm you tonight

Rob

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Well, that looks good Rob! Very nice first post. Looks like you got the OAG sorted out well done!

Cheers

Rod

[RobC (Rob)]

Thanks Rod.

I am glad I took your advice and purchased the OAG. It works like a charm and saves a lot of hassle with weights and balancing. I have never had to rotate it to get a guide star. I also downloaded the PHD2 source code and rebuilt it after adding my own modification to bin * 2 the QHY5L-II guide image.

Rob