Hi all,
Its been pretty smokey here lately but nothing like the east coast but still not clear enough at night until boxing day.
Just finished PA then my neighbors on both side decide that their wheat is ready to harvest.
Its like daylight for about 30 seconds every 20 mins or so but it was only for a few hours so i didn't loose too many subs.
First time imaging the Rosette, I think a reducer is needed for better framing but i'm quite happy with the result. Guiding seems to be working but im sure theres some improvement the more I learn how to use PHD2. At least I got 4 mins this time.
Also a fair bit of coma as I cant crop any of the image. I'm still waiting for some adapters and spacers for my coma corrector so hopefully next time it will be fixed.
I'm liking APP but there's a few tools like noise reduction and sharpening so its back to Startools and Photoshop but i'm sure there must something in APP but i haven't found it yet.
30 X 4 mins
Darks, flats etc applied.
Processed in APP, Startools, and PS
Skywatcher 150mm Newt
Canon 450d, moded
Thanks Michael, Nik, and Anthony for your kind words and encouragement.
Its been far too hot and hazy for any astro stuff over the last couple of days. Been playing around with some data from the next night but its looking like coma again especially in the top right. Maybe I need to check collimation.
My adapters are coming soon so ill seen if i can fix my coma problem.
Still getting my head around APP but its starting to make sense.
Cheers
Andy
