First Light M83 New gear

[benklerk]

First image though my new gear, M83 at 10min Lum sub. In bortle 3/4 skies

GSO 14" RC
Ioptron CEM120EC
G4-16000 full frame CCD

Took longer then expected to get my new gear up and running. I'm still learning on how to use a CCD coming from CMOS. Not to sure of 10min is to long but the core still looks good to me. I'll be doing 10min RGB also.
Any tips I should know about

[multiweb (Marc)]

Most excellent. Nice image scale. Fun ahead with that set up.

[xelasnave]

Looks good to me.
What are your impressions on the GSO RC 14 Inch are you using a reducer?
Alex

[Peter Ward]

Looks to be a good result...but why the screen-shot?

I'd like to see the original uploaded somewhere so we can poke-around for a closer look...

[benklerk]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Looks good to me.
What are your impressions on the GSO RC 14 Inch are you using a reducer?
Alex

Hi Alex


I don't use a reducer, just a field flattener. So the scope is at its native f/8.

At this stage, Im quite happy with the scope, I can now pick up the faint objects and start to bring a lot of detail into objects.

[benklerk]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Looks to be a good result...but why the screen-shot?

I'd like to see the original uploaded somewhere so we can poke-around for a closer look...

Hi Peter


Here is the link to the raw image https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JWd...ew?usp=sharing


if you use pixinsight just do what you normal do to auto adjust.


Mind you, I was in 30Kmh + winds with wispy high clouds, so I did get some dirty images.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by benklerk

Hi Peter


Here is the link to the raw image https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JWd...ew?usp=sharing


if you use pixinsight just do what you normal do to auto adjust.


Mind you, I was in 30Kmh + winds with wispy high clouds, so I did get some dirty images.

Thanks for the link. Which field flattener are you using?

[benklerk]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Thanks for the link. Which field flattener are you using?

Hi Peter

I use the TS-Optics RC 3" Flattener. I'm 4mm short from the field flattener so I still need to order a M68 extension. Trying to get one for a decent price during the current times is proving to be a bit hard. I can get one for about $40 euro, but they charge quite a bit for postage.

Ben