Eta Carina SHO

[Atmos (Colin)]

Been a long time since I've really been playing with a mono camera but I'm finally started to get back into the swing of it. Been playing with the new BeamTech of late, spent a bit of time initially using a OSC with it but now that the QHY600 is up and running (baring some minor tilt) it's time to get crackin'!

Eta Carina is my first SHO attempt so far that I haven't either had miscollimation or some pretty terrible seeing. Admittedly, the SII data isn't great but as it doesn't really add detail it's not as important in that respect.

I've made a couple of attempt with this one so far just playing around with colour palettes. Not sure if this will be my final colour palette thought. My previous renditions have had a stronger Ha component making the OIII regions less of a deep electric blue but I kinda like this one for that reason. I'll have to sit down at some stage and compare colour palettes against Hubble and ESO and see if matching those makes a more "pleasing" colour rendition.

Full Resolution Image for you pixel peepers.

For Mike, this hasn't been "blurred"

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Oooooh look, steroids...bah, botoxed images like that are a dime a dozen now ...its the slightly blurrier au naturel versions that are all the rage I'm afraid

He he...looks good

Mike

[alpal]

Originally Posted by Atmos

Been a long time since I've really been playing with a mono camera but I'm finally started to get back into the swing of it. Been playing with the new BeamTech of late, spent a bit of time initially using a OSC with it but now that the QHY600 is up and running (baring some minor tilt) it's time to get crackin'!

Eta Carina is my first SHO attempt so far that I haven't either had miscollimation or some pretty terrible seeing. Admittedly, the SII data isn't great but as it doesn't really add detail it's not as important in that respect.

I've made a couple of attempt with this one so far just playing around with colour palettes. Not sure if this will be my final colour palette thought. My previous renditions have had a stronger Ha component making the OIII regions less of a deep electric blue but I kinda like this one for that reason. I'll have to sit down at some stage and compare colour palettes against Hubble and ESO and see if matching those makes a more "pleasing" colour rendition.

Full Resolution Image for you pixel peepers.

For Mike, this hasn't been "blurred"

That is very sharp Colin.
look at the detail in the "finger of God" and the "Misty Mountain" jets.
Wish you'd post with stars though.

What telescope are you using?
Is it the Takahashi Mewlon 180C or the BeamTech you mention
which would be a CDK250 ?

Is that taken from Melbourne? -
I haven't seen any nights clear enough to setup for ages.

cheers
Allan

[Atmos (Colin)]

I did run some deconvolution on a synthetic luminance (combined SHO) which combined to 1.62” FWHM. There are some pretty interesting rings around the brighter stars. A single bright ring is a reflection off of the cover slip on the QHY600.
The repeating ring pattern around Eta Carina has been identified, not as the airy disk per say but a oscillating pattern caused by the airy disk that only really shows itself in narrowband filters under good seeing.
There has been some very long and heavy discussions on it over on the other unmentionable forum

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by alpal

That is very sharp Colin.
look at the detail in the "finger of God" and the "Misty Mountain" jets.
Wish you'd post with stars though.

What telescope are you using?
Is it the Takahashi Mewlon 180C or the BeamTech you mention
which would be a CDK250 ?

Is that taken from Melbourne? -
I haven't seen any nights clear enough to setup for ages.

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan. There are SOME stars :wink: I’m still playing with reinserting the stars without ruining them and other things at the moment. Tried a few techniques but I’m also trying to preserve the homunculus a bit.

This was taken with the BeamTech over a month ago, the last time we had clear skies
Was taken from my Melbourne suburban backyard. I have learned that if there is no dew then the seeing is most likely terrible and not worth the effort.

[alpal]

Colin,

Thanks Allan. There are SOME stars :wink: I’m still playing with reinserting the stars without ruining them and other things at the moment. Tried a few techniques but I’m also trying to preserve the homunculus a bit.

This was taken with the BeamTech over a month ago, the last time we had clear skies
Was taken from my Melbourne suburban backyard. I have learned that if there is no dew then the seeing is most likely terrible and not worth the effort.

Thanks Colin,
I look forward to seeing the version with stars.
Do you have anymore info about the BeamTech that you'd like to share?
Is it a modified CDK from Planewave?


cheers
Allan

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Colin,





Thanks Colin,
I look forward to seeing the version with stars.
Do you have anymore info about the BeamTech that you'd like to share?
Is it a modified CDK from Planewave?


cheers
Allan

It’s a 10” F/5.8 CDK built by our very own Stefan Buda. Apart from the ZWO EAF I believe that everything else is made in house; short of melting the glass for the mirrors and lens’

BeamTech website

[alpal]

It’s a 10” F/5.8 CDK built by our very own Stefan Buda. Apart from the ZWO EAF I believe that everything else is made in house; short of melting the glass for the mirrors and lens’

Stefan must be a genius -
they are seriously good optics.



cheers
Allan

[Dave882 (David)]

Gear pic! That high res is super sharp. Optics look fantastic!