Here's my main pic from this astrofest. Did 4 panels of the milkyway at the zenith across 4 nights with a Pentax 150mm lens and a QHY8 guided with a lodestar on a G11. Panels are ~10x600s each, some more, some less depending on the conditions on the night. Also added a pic of the rig.
The bright star to the right is Saturn. The field is a slice of the central part East/West. North is up.
Registered in Prometheus, stacked and calibrated in CCD Stack and colour balanced in Goodlook. Registar used to do the mosaic scaffold then blended panels in PS.
Wow Marc!....that looks bloody great, loved surfing around it, well executed, good job... what a great project for a star party like Astro Fest with its good weather record
The big version shows so much detail - Bigfoot, fine detail in the Pipe nebula, the Snake, and above the Snake, a back-to-front "3", all crisp and crunchy.
Wow Marc!....that looks bloody great, loved surfing around it, well executed, good job... what a great project for a star party like Astro Fest with its good weather record
Mike
Thanks Mike. Yeah weather turned out alright overall. I haven't had a bad astrofest to date actually.
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Originally Posted by Ryderscope
Very impressive Marc. Love the home brew configuration with the mount set up as well.
Thanks Rod. It was a very messy setup but I made it work in the end. Last time I imaged with this config was well over 4 years ago. First night I got the balance and the guider offset wrong, second night I had forgotten the cut filter behind the lens and didn't stop it far enough. Third night I realised I had binned 2x2 over 3h of subs. Maybe it was the wine.
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Awesome!
The big version shows so much detail - Bigfoot, fine detail in the Pipe nebula, the Snake, and above the Snake, a back-to-front "3", all crisp and crunchy.
Glad to see you back in the saddle, too.
Thanks Mike. I had a great time catching up with all the blokes. Good break from work and the smoke.
Really nice Marc, that higher red version is great to view around I've always found colour balance with a DSLR a bit irritating as green likes to seep its way through.
Lovely mate. Always enjoy looking at the wider fields of view and seeing objects in context and relative to each other.
No worries mate. So glad you approve.
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Originally Posted by Atmos
Really nice Marc, that higher red version is great to view around I've always found colour balance with a DSLR a bit irritating as green likes to seep its way through.
That Pentax lens is a beaut!
Thanks Colin. I actually paid maybe $60 for it off eBay. I did some Ha with it in the past and it was sharp so I ventured in colour and it turned out ok. Need two stops down and a fringe killer though. I got a green problem as well but it's not the DSLR type of issue (ask Troy) .
great work Marc 
I've always found colour balance with a DSLR a bit irritating as green likes to seep its way through.
