DSI images from last night

peter_4059 (Peter) · #1 10-02-2008, 12:26 PM

Had a great session with some other IIS members last night at Samford. Here's three targets captured with the DSI. All 50x15 sec unguided.

Thanks for looking.

Ric · #2 10-02-2008, 12:33 PM

Hi Peter, three very nice captures for sure. The closeup of the HH is a beauty and you've caught some great detail in the Crab nebula.

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edwardsdj (Doug) · #3 10-02-2008, 12:35 PM

Awesome images Peter

There is so much detail in all three of them.

Matty P (Matt) · #4 10-02-2008, 12:38 PM

Nice images Peter.

What was captured in the second image?

peter_4059 (Peter) · #5 10-02-2008, 01:40 PM

Thanks for the comments. It was a good to have so much help on-hand, especially to find the Crab and Horse (I've got to spend some more time with my Argo Navis - had a lot of trouble locating objects).

We had six scopes with three Gstars, a Watec 120N+ and my DSI. I'm looking forward to seeing some of these targets taken with the Gstar and Watec cameras.

Matty, The second image is NGC1365.

Peter

dcalleja · #6 10-02-2008, 04:41 PM

Peter
Really nice colours in the crab and the HH is very sharp.

peter_4059 (Peter) · #7 10-02-2008, 07:57 PM

Thanks Dan. These targets sure were faint. It took quite a bit of stretching to drag these out of the raw images.

I'd normally focus with a hartman mask but these were just eyeballed on the laptop monitor so I was lucky with the focus.

Peter

Garyh · #8 11-02-2008, 08:37 AM

Excellent DSI imaging Peter!
Look forwards to more!
cheers Gary

EzyStyles (Eric) · #9 11-02-2008, 11:36 AM

beautiful shots fromt he DSI peter esp for such short exposures.

peter_4059 (Peter) · #10 11-02-2008, 09:54 PM

Thanks Gary and Eric. I'm now working on getting my gear ready for some longer exposures. My mount needs a tune-up as there's quite a bit of backlash.

I'm also trying to decide what I need in terms of a guide scope. I'm torn between a cheap refractor or going for and ED80 and asking for forgiveness later.

I have a dovetail on top of my newt but haven't worked out what other bits I need to mount/aim the guidescope. This is a great hobby - there's always something new you need!!

Peter

AstroJunk (Jonathan) · #11 11-02-2008, 10:03 PM

Peter and his DSI won the night for imaging. Great results.

Here is my contribution - The Eight Burst Nebula NGC 3132 Taken with the GSTAR-EX on the 20" at f5. The footage wasn't so good, but these are the best 40 frames stacked.