Ic434

technofetishism (Nick) · #1 21-01-2013, 07:46 PM

Had the benefit of nice clear skies last night, had the time to set everything up, theoretically clear of all software issues (almost true, meridian flip was an issue and Phd freaked out at one point) so got to collecting 2.5 hours worth of light on IC434. Auto-focuser worked happily

and ASCOM didn't crash out, which means i sorted out which USB port is flakey.

Though i did forget to take flats.

This is just some initial processing to check what I had, there's definitely a few frames I need to discard when I reproc, but I'm happyish with the first attempt

Atik 314L+ ED80
L 12x5m
R 6x5m
G 6x5m
B 6x5m

Wookie (Ryan) · #2 21-01-2013, 09:25 PM

Beautiful work Nick!
Love the Horsehead.

You're in my neck of the woods.

DavidU (Dave) · #3 21-01-2013, 10:08 PM

Very nice Nick !! Well done

gavcol (G) · #4 23-01-2013, 09:17 PM

Good work Nick.

I would like to do some DSO Imaging but just starting off with the basics now in planetary. Maybe one day!

What suburb are you in? Are the skies light polluted?

Regards

Gavin

Larryp (Laurie) · #5 23-01-2013, 09:31 PM

Good work!

technofetishism (Nick) · #6 24-01-2013, 02:14 PM

cheers guys

gavin, bit of LP, in suburbia up around leabrook area.

alistairsam · #7 24-01-2013, 04:09 PM

Very nice Nick.
Are you using phd dither between frames? That should help reduce noise when stacking with darks. What was the camera temperature?

technofetishism (Nick) · #8 25-01-2013, 10:06 AM

I am using dither between frames, i think i might need to up the dither amount though. It definatly got rid of alot of the known hot pixels and reduced noise.