almost makes a person cry - it certainly has the wow factor Doug
Thanks David. I just love Ha, It takes very little work to finish off if the data is good to start with.
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Originally Posted by atalas
Beautiful Doug.
Thanks Loui.
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Yep second that wow, lovely how u processed it to show off the highlights.
Thanks it's quite easy to achieve this with straight Ha.
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Originally Posted by Ross G
Hi Doug,
So sharp and so much detail.
Nice tones too.
A great photo.
Thanks.
Ross.
Thanks Ross. It all works as long as you don't push it to hard.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
This is quite a treat Doug! I'd be stoked with one like this one. Superb!
Thanks Marc. Last night was probably the best night here for 12 months but I had to work today so had to cut it short, otherwise I might have had a crack at something else.
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The second crop is awesome Doug, very clean, a heap of depth. Wonderful work.
Very good looking image with good detail mate
But where do you get these clear night's from ????
C'mon fess up
Just clouds and more clouds here, i can't even test the latest beta from the G2
Very good looking image with good detail mate
But where do you get these clear night's from ????
C'mon fess up
Just clouds and more clouds here, i can't even test the latest beta from the G2
Thanks Martin, Just a lucky night without cloud for a few hours. Doesn't happen very often I might add so I have to grab it while I can.
I was very happy with this image and how it turned out for so little exposure. I think one of my better images.
Wow, mate. As beautiful as the crops are, I adore the full frame that you've presented here. The hydrogen alpha processing definitely gives a sense of scale. Very, very smooth processing, too. Glad to see you've toned the sharpening down a touch.
The only thing I would suggest is if the main attraction was more centred. Other than that, magic. I will have to give this a go with the FSQ and Extender-Q 1.6x.
Thats much better, remarkably smooth, clean and detailed, top work.
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Absolutely love the full frame Doug, Smooth and a 3D effect. Really nice work.
Darren
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Originally Posted by Octane
Doug,
Wow, mate. As beautiful as the crops are, I adore the full frame that you've presented here. The hydrogen alpha processing definitely gives a sense of scale. Very, very smooth processing, too. Glad to see you've toned the sharpening down a touch.
The only thing I would suggest is if the main attraction was more centred. Other than that, magic. I will have to give this a go with the FSQ and Extender-Q 1.6x.
Cheers!
H
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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Beautiful work Doug!
Thanks everyone, I was really happy how this one turned out for a relatively short exposure time. Everything just worked for once.
Very well resolved and processed Doug, how do you compare the QHY9 to Atik you had
Thanks Trevor, Two very different cameras indeed. The Atik was a big full frame 35mm CCD with 9um pixels. The QHY9 is a smaller CCD with much smaller pixels which much better suits my scopes. The QHY9 also has better cooling which suits me during the summer months. I really cannot complain about either camera as they did exactly what they were designed to do and did it well.
I will say that the QHY cameras have evolved into a range of cameras quite able to stand next to many of the much more expensive cameras out there, provide a real cost saving and some features that the others do lack. This at times does make them harder to initially come to grips with but in the end provide some extra features not available to the others such as a variable gain and offset. Usefull at times but can also be set and forgotten as well.
I have seen the QHY range mature and am very happy to use them as my prefered camera. Theo is also something else providing an aftersales service which is hard to beat.
