IC 2944 in Ha

[Chris85 (Chris)]

Hi all,
I'd like to share my first light image with my new GSO RC 10" truss.
Only 4 x 30 min Ha subs with darks, with curves and dead pixel removal the only processing.
Top left corner shows my collimation needs to be tweaked, but over all I'm pretty happy with how the scope, and especially the mount, has performed. I do plan on adding more Ha along with some O3 once these clouds bugger off.
Larger version can be found here http://www.astrobin.com/169856/0/
This is also my first excursion outside of the beginners forum, so be gentle!
Thanks for looking!
Chris

[SpaceNoob (Chris)]

Boom! Now that's a first light! 30min subs from a tripod against a deep southern target, ballsy! Once the collimation is sorted you'll be rocking some cool stuff. Pretty sharp details too.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Nicely done Chris!

I like sharp details too

As an experiment, try stretching this image more aggressively and see if you can pull out some fainter stuff.

Your tracking is top notch.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a superb shot. The high res is wonderful. Really well done.

[Amaranthus (Barry)]

Good focus and sharp detail. Nice.

[RickS (Rick)]

Great first light, Chris. As others already said it's very sharp!

[Ross G]

A beautiful monochrome photo Chris.

So sharp with amazing details.

I love the composition and smooth tones.

Ross.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

awesome work Chris - 30 min subs worked like a charm!

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Pin point stars and clean non-clipped Bok globules. Excellent result.

[DJT (David)]

Great first Light, Chris. Great deatils in the image

[jwoody (Jeremy)]

Nice and sharp, well done.
RC10 eh? Mmmm my RC6 may not be big enough!

[Chris85 (Chris)]

Originally Posted by SpaceNoob

Boom! Now that's a first light! 30min subs from a tripod against a deep southern target, ballsy! Once the collimation is sorted you'll be rocking some cool stuff. Pretty sharp details too.

Cheers Chris

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Nicely done Chris!

I like sharp details too

As an experiment, try stretching this image more aggressively and see if you can pull out some fainter stuff.

Your tracking is top notch.

Cheers Slawomir! I had a go at stretching the image a bit more and used some slight noise reduction within Nebulosity, what do you think? http://www.astrobin.com/169856/B/

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's a superb shot. The high res is wonderful. Really well done.

Thanks a lot Marc!

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Good focus and sharp detail. Nice.

Cheers Barry

Originally Posted by RickS

Great first light, Chris. As others already said it's very sharp!

Thanks Rick. I must say I'm very impressed with the optics

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful monochrome photo Chris.

So sharp with amazing details.

I love the composition and smooth tones.

Ross.

Thanks Ross, I appreciate the comments

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

awesome work Chris - 30 min subs worked like a charm!

Cheers Rus. 30 min subs is the way to go - I've never worked with such smooth data before!

Originally Posted by Placidus

Pin point stars and clean non-clipped Bok globules. Excellent result.

Much appreciated Mike. Getting right in close to image Bok's was one of the main reasons for going the bigger, longer focal length scope.

Originally Posted by DJT

Great first Light, Chris. Great deatils in the image

Thanks David!

Originally Posted by jwoody

Nice and sharp, well done.
RC10 eh? Mmmm my RC6 may not be big enough!

Haha cheers Jeremy! The 6" is a great scope to learn the ropes on how these scopes operate. You can have first dibs on the 10" when I decide to go bigger again

Thanks again to all for the comments
Chris

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Originally Posted by Chris85

Cheers Slawomir! I had a go at stretching the image a bit more and used some slight noise reduction within Nebulosity, what do you think? http://www.astrobin.com/169856/B/

Well done, Chris! I personally like modifying histogram and applying different stretches to the same data. NASA's FITS Liberator (free software) can also help with achieving a balanced stretch.

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