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Peter Ward · #1 04-12-2013, 07:28 PM

Paul's very good recent posting of this patch of sky jogged memories of my recent attempt at almost the same patch of sky. Thin cloud and crappy weather
had me letting it go to next year's hit list.

I only managed 90 minutes of Luminance data in the Honders, but suspect it's worthy of a look. The opportunity to gather some colour data would have been nice....

The link is here

multiweb (Marc) · #2 04-12-2013, 07:36 PM

Superb Lum. Looking forward to more data + colour. That should be epic.

pvelez (Pete) · #3 04-12-2013, 07:45 PM

Peter, that is a big big field

very nice

Pete

alpal · #4 04-12-2013, 07:51 PM

That's fantastic - such a good area of the sky -
our Southern galaxy cluster jewel.

gregbradley · #5 04-12-2013, 07:56 PM

Wow, look at those stars. Sublime. What a scope.

A fantastic field. NGC1365 is in an excellent imaging position at the moment so why do you say not til next year? Are their trees blocking your view of it?

Greg.

Peter Ward · #6 04-12-2013, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Wow, look at those stars. Sublime. What a scope.

A fantastic field. NGC1365 is in an excellent imaging position at the moment so why do you say not til next year? Are their trees blocking your view of it?

Greg.

Ta Greg... well no...but the clouds sure are....plus I've only got 3 more days of "down time" before work takes me off-shore.

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Originally Posted by alpal

That's fantastic - such a good area of the sky -
our Southern galaxy cluster jewel.

Indeed, a magical patch of sky

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Originally Posted by pvelez

Peter, that is a big big field

very nice

Pete

Thanks Peter...a nice thing about the RHA is the stars are beautifully corrected to the very edge of the field .

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb Lum. Looking forward to more data + colour. That should be epic.

Yep. More data...but I doubt I'll match Paul's heroic effort.

Paul Haese · #7 04-12-2013, 09:02 PM

Nice field Pete, in fact i really do like it more than my field. There so many more galaxies that i missed.

If though you had full automation you could be imaging while you are flying.

RickS (Rick) · #8 04-12-2013, 09:07 PM

Waiting with bated breath until next year

Peter Ward · #9 04-12-2013, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice field Pete, in fact i really do like it more than my field. There so many more galaxies that i missed.

If though you had full automation you could be imaging while you are flying.

Thanks Paul.... but while I enjoy my hobby, the day job simply doesn't allow distractions, so I'd like to retire with full benefits intact

Peter Ward · #10 04-12-2013, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RickS

Waiting with bated breath until next year

Makes two of us Rick!

Paul Haese · #11 05-12-2013, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Thanks Paul.... but while I enjoy my hobby, the day job simply doesn't allow distractions, so I'd like to retire with full benefits intact

I just meant you start the session prior to leaving the terminal and it does its thing while you are doing your thing. Not suggesting you monitor it whilst flying. If you do, just tell me so I am not in the air at the same time.

clive milne · #12 05-12-2013, 11:23 AM

Peter, was the AO unit in-situ when this was taken?

prokyon (Werner Probst) · #13 05-12-2013, 11:57 AM

Very nice, great details!

Peter Ward · #14 05-12-2013, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by prokyon

Very nice, great details!

Thanks...hopefully more data soon...

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Originally Posted by clive milne

Peter, was the AO unit in-situ when this was taken?

G'day Clive...the AO wasn't attached, I grabbed the data a little over a month ago while still waiting on an adapter from Precise Parts.

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I just meant you start the session prior to leaving the terminal and it does its thing while you are doing your thing. Not suggesting you monitor it whilst flying. If you do, just tell me so I am not in the air at the same time.

OK will do

allan gould · #15 05-12-2013, 12:42 PM

Great image with excellent depth.
Allan

clive milne · #16 05-12-2013, 12:54 PM

Ah... ok.
The reason I ask is that Ray is concerned that the chromatic aberration induced by the plano element would be significant at f4. (my gut feeling is it wont) but I was wondering if you had a straight luminance image to inspect...

regards,
c

Peter Ward · #17 05-12-2013, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by allan gould

Great image with excellent depth.
Allan

Thanks Allan, You (and others) might want to re-load the page....I just discovered I had used the wrong dark frame data....

much cleaner looking image now!

IanP · #18 05-12-2013, 01:23 PM

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Superb Lum. Looking forward to more data + colour.

+1

allan gould · #19 05-12-2013, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Thanks Allan, You (and others) might want to re-load the page....I just discovered I had used the wrong dark frame data....

much cleaner looking image now!

That really is smooth and Im amazed that the dark frame data made such a difference. It really is a superb image - I want your setup!.
Allan

Peter Ward · #20 05-12-2013, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by allan gould

That really is smooth and Im amazed that the dark frame data made such a difference. It really is a superb image - I want your setup!.
Allan

So you want my set-up.

Sure! Every man has his price

(just kidding....it's not for sale)

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Originally Posted by IanP

+1

Ta. I've added some more cropped and annotated sections to the same URL...many more faint-fuzzies can be seen at full-res.