a few quick ones - now with added sulphur

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

Well ... we all know about the weather ... it has not been good.

Clear night last night but windy/gusty as till about 3 (not forecast :/

so decided to nab some quick data on eta carina and later when it turned still i went for the antennae galaxies.

i have had some tilt issues which became more evident in using the qhy22 http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=141200 so got a 2" extension tube to the focuser from moonlite. It may be slightly too long as part of the focuser tube is now inside. i might need to get the 1" externsion tube. I think it is an improvement.

Anyway 2x eta Ha and Oiii (Ha-HaO3-O3 and Ha O3 O3) the antennae is a blend of old DSLR colour data (only about 25 mins worth) and about 40 mins of Luminance from the qhy22 (first time using luminance -still awaiting RGB filter delivery ...).

I might get some S2 tonight for carina if i have time, I really wanted to nab the rosette neb but i'm running out of time (trees!).

higher res https://www.flickr.com/photos/803366...blic/lightbox/


EDIT added 2 versions now with 1 hr S2 (one subdued one fluoro) Hubble Palette

EDIT 2 added a new antennae mix

https://www.flickr.com/photos/803366...blic/lightbox/
Clear skies

Russ

[Atmos (Colin)]

Your Antennae look a lot nicer than what it did through my eye piece on Friday night. Through a 5" scope it looked like a barely disernable smudge hehe Probably would have been a bit better a few hours later on in the evening; higher in the sky.

[RickS (Rick)]

Good to see someone is getting clear skies and data, Russ!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Not too bad Russ and well done making the most of the elements...always worth it You have some nice detail showing that Antennae too

Mike

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

Your Antennae look a lot nicer than what it did through my eye piece on Friday night. Through a 5" scope it looked like a barely disernable smudge hehe Probably would have been a bit better a few hours later on in the evening; higher in the sky.

cheers, yeah a bit of an experiment- not too shabby i think for a dirty 25 mins or so of warm dslr on a dim target. hope you had a good w'end of scoping

Originally Posted by RickS

Good to see someone is getting clear skies and data, Russ!

cheers Rick - it's about time! .. too bad about the wind though.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Not too bad Russ and well done making the most of the elements...always worth it You have some nice detail showing that Antennae too

Mike

Yep indeed been a long while, plus still working on getting the system working its kind of hard to get close when sessions are so far apart.


Managed to nab 1 hour of S2 last night so added it to the Carina, i think it does a lot of good. 2 versions added to OP.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

Managed to nab 1 hour of S2 last night so added it to the Carina, i think it does a lot of good. 2 versions added to OP.

Yes, I like this colouring

Mike