Having admitted that my biggest maxi data was shorter than Mike S' mini , I thought it was time to leave the Hyperstar in the cupboard and go long , in both focal and exposure length. It was a nice clear week in Sydney last week and despite the wind and crappy seeing I was out imaging M20. Definitely not the ideal conditions for my over sampling rig but who cares, it was clear during new moon week .
I decided to image without the CLS LP filter this time and kept to the middle of the sky with confidence Pixinsights DBE tool would help me out, which it did.
Imaged with Canon 60Da. C11 Edge HD using .7x focal reducer (1960mm). Guided with TS OAG9 / Lodestar, PHD2 .
50 x 300 sec exposure ( I had more data but left out 2 hours from one night, the seeing was very poor compared to the other nights)
Processed with Pixinsight. With darks, flats and bias.
Thanks Mike I ran Pixinsights "dark structure enhance" script with a mild setting.
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Originally Posted by RickS
Nice work, Rod!
Thanks Rick.
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Originally Posted by cometcatcher
Best DSLR M20 I've seen.
Wow! Thanks Kev , much appreciated.
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Originally Posted by sjastro
Excellent image Rod.
Steven
Cheers Steven
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Smooth and with a very nice smokey look to the whole field. Great colour saturation and nice shaped stars. Well done.
Thanks very much Paul. Guiding is getting easier, I think PHD2 is more user friendly than PHD. Still a little room for improvement in RA but Im inspired by the progress.
Looking real sharp Rod, check the fine strings in the dark dust , , Top resolution with the C11 Edge, gotta be stoked with that
Thanks Bob . I was quite happy with this one. Under normal seeing conditions at home I'm over sampling at 0.45"/pixel , just means I have to capture more data and be more selective when choosing which subs to use.
Stars little muted but great shot. Excellent details and focus. Love it.
Thanks Marc! Glad you like it.
Ah yes, most stars particularly the three brightest ones are over exposed. I usually take some shorter exposures for the stars and add them to the main subs with the HDR composition tool in Pixinsight but forgot this time .
, I thought it was time to leave the Hyperstar in the cupboard and go long 
, in both focal and exposure length. It was a nice clear week in Sydney last week and despite the wind and crappy seeing I was out imaging M20. Definitely not the ideal conditions for my over sampling rig but who cares, it was clear during new moon week 
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I ran Pixinsights "dark structure enhance" script with a mild setting. 
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