:(

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Last night with the 8" f6 newt and all it's gear the bloke I built it for is coming to pick it up tomorrow

Oh well, at least I have had a lot of 'test' runs

M42, 45 subs, 30 seconds at ISO 6400. Shame I forgot to take some subs for the core.

Carina, 25 subs, 30 seconds at ISO 6400.

Cheers
Jo

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Ah well, it had to happen one day. Just think of it as a learning experience for your 8" F5. The F5 is yours right?

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Hi Jo, You have really unlocked the key to Carina, absolutely SPECTACULAR !!!

[GC - South Aus]

Great work Jo

Regards

Gav

[raymo]

Stunning!!! Why would you bother with a CCD camera and hours of subs?
raymo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Ah well, it had to happen one day. Just think of it as a learning experience for your 8" F5. The F5 is yours right?

Yep, I have learnt a lot, and the F5 is mine I got another sensor coming for my super cooled camera so will soon be imaging with that.

Originally Posted by BruceG

Hi Jo, You have really unlocked the key to Carina, absolutely SPECTACULAR !!!

Thank you Bruce I like framing it this way, and the colours seem to work alright.

Originally Posted by GC - South Aus

Great work Jo

Regards

Gav

Thanks Gav!

Originally Posted by raymo

Stunning!!! Why would you bother with a CCD camera and hours of subs?
raymo

Thank you Ray! I agree, even if I had the money I don't see much advantage in a CCD. Who sees a decent CCD image with 15 minutes integration time?

Cheers
Jo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

You have probably seen some of these, but here are a few of the happy snaps I have taken with this setup.

Jo

[BruceG (Bruce)]

That's a gallery of images to be proud of Jo.
Thanks for sharing them.
Bruce.

[Asterix2020 (Paul)]

Nice pics Jo.

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Very nice pics Jo. Loving the diffraction spikes too!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

You certainly got some excellent shots with that setup.

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

Geez Jo your processing of these images is really impressive. Hard to imagine that you used ISO6400 for these considering how smooth they look.

What mounting are you using for these scopes?

Most people (like me) churn out a bunch of poorly shot, poorly processed images early on in their astrophotography "careers" but you've been nailing this from the start. Keep up the great work!
-Cam

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by Asterix2020

Nice pics Jo.

Thanks Paul!

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Very nice pics Jo. Loving the diffraction spikes too!

Pete!

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

You certainly got some excellent shots with that setup.

and Kevin!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice one Jo, nothing like setting the bar high for the rest of us

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by LightningNZ

Geez Jo your processing of these images is really impressive. Hard to imagine that you used ISO6400 for these considering how smooth they look.

What mounting are you using for these scopes?

Most people (like me) churn out a bunch of poorly shot, poorly processed images early on in their astrophotography "careers" but you've been nailing this from the start. Keep up the great work!
-Cam

Thanks Cam

The scope was mounted on an iOptron IEQ45, a brilliant mount, I wish it was mine

I have churned out a lot of poor images since I started a year ago, it's just that I had gotten over the worst stage before I joined IIS give me a few weeks to get my horse shoe mount up and running and you will be able to enjoy some trailed stars, and lots of amp glow

Jo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Nice one Jo, nothing like setting the bar high for the rest of us

Thanks Dunk!

You are joking right

[raymo]

I assume that they are raws, not JPEGS, and with darks, flats, etc.
raymo

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by BruceG

Hi Jo, You have really unlocked the key to Carina, absolutely SPECTACULAR !!!

So much this. Awesome work, Jo.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by raymo

I assume that they are raws, not JPEGS, and with darks, flats, etc.
raymo

Yes, all the images were raws, some with flats, and all with no darks.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by codemonkey

So much this. Awesome work, Jo.

Thanks a lot Lee