M42 - All I managed to get at IISAC

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #1 02-11-2008, 05:40 PM

There was a two hour clear spot on Thursday evening - enough to get polar aligned (just) ad only just start the imaging process. Oh well - next time!

M42, not nearly enough data, but at least I managed to get something!

mick pinner · #2 02-11-2008, 05:45 PM

nice capture all the same Chris.

gregbradley · #3 02-11-2008, 05:59 PM

Nice quick capture. Its the nature of the game. I have had the same where I set everything up whilst it all looked clear and by the time everything was ready clouds started to appear.

Makes you philosophical!

Greg.

iceman (Mike) · #4 02-11-2008, 06:18 PM

Very smooth for a small amount of data! nicely done Chris.

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #5 02-11-2008, 06:21 PM

Thanks Mick, Greg and Mike

Mike - yeah - not enough time to really absorb a decent amount of light, but thems the breaks.

I didn't intent to do it really, it was more of a alignment/focus object.

How did you go with the data you got on B33? It was looking promising during that short stint! I was just starting on it as the clouds came back.

iceman (Mike) · #6 02-11-2008, 06:26 PM

I've ran it through IP but not Photoshop yet - hopefully will get time to finish it off tomorrow. It did look good on the laptop, here's hoping.

h0ughy (David) · #7 02-11-2008, 07:22 PM

i was hoping someone was imaging

multiweb (Marc) · #8 02-11-2008, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omaroo

There was a two hour clear spot on Thursday evening - enough to get polar aligned (just) ad only just start the imaging process. Oh well - next time!

M42, not nearly enough data, but at least I managed to get something!

That's just amazing you managed to image this with the weather for the past few days.

AlexN · #9 02-11-2008, 08:05 PM

Looks nice Chris..

You did very well considering the trying conditions!

Tilt (Michael) · #10 02-11-2008, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

i was hoping someone was imaging

Hehe, So that explains the missing hot water on Saturday morning

Michael

RB (Andrew) · #11 02-11-2008, 09:06 PM

Very nicely captured, glad you got something, the conditions were very difficult indeed.

Ric · #12 02-11-2008, 10:59 PM

Very nice Chris, I think you've done a great job ith this one.

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #13 03-11-2008, 08:50 AM

Thanks fellas. At least I now know the scope works.

atalas · #14 03-11-2008, 06:33 PM

Nice shot Chris.

Octane (Humayun) · #15 03-11-2008, 07:10 PM

Chris,

How much exposure did you get on it in total? There's so much potential there!

Regards,
Humayun

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #16 03-11-2008, 07:30 PM

Thanks Humayun

I took quite a few JPG's first, becaue ImagesPlus Focus Control wants JPG rather than RAW images to play with - and I forgot to swap back.

All in all, there are about 6 JPG's ranging from 240 to 600 seconds plus a couple of RAWs at around 360 secs.

After talking with Mike, I was going to go with 15 x 15 sec subs followed by 10 x 60, 10 x 240 and 5 x 360 sec shots. The clouds killed that off!

Hagar (Doug) · #17 03-11-2008, 10:14 PM

Very nice Chris. Looks like you need another scope with a wider FOV. Better get another dog.

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #18 03-11-2008, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Chris. Looks like you need another scope with a wider FOV. Better get another dog.

LOL Doug!

Luckily....Jenny announced that another Pug is coming, so here's my chance to balance the books and get that FSQ.... shhhhhhhh!!

Great meeting you by the way!!! Looking forward to the next star party.