Taken sunday night when ambient temp was 19 degrees so abit of hot pixel. A face on galaxy with abit of twirl. I can also see 6 small galaxies around it . too lazy to label them all.
Do you have a permanent clear sky hole above your house?
I'm originally from Melbourne and now live in Sydney. Everyone here tells me how bad Melbourne weather is; well i reckon they wont be saying much about that at the moment. If you look at the posts there are very few photos from Sydneysiders in the last 3 months. Eric has probably posted more than all of us put together.
Eric has probably posted more than all of us put together.
Good work Eric
Paul
Bit of an imaging machine our eric,
theres a bit of detail in the arms of this one
eric if youre looking for more galaxies to do heres a list of things that currently interest me and i cant see me getting to do all of them, given you dont sleep like normal people they might interest you (youve already done some of them i know).
NGC 1792 Galaxy mag 10.8 5.6 x 2.6 transits 20.26
PK205+14 1 Planetary Nebula mag 10.3 615 arc sec --- Transits 23.30
NGC 2440 Planetary Neb mag 9.4 79 arc sec Transits 23.03
NGC 2613 Galaxy mag 11.1 7.1 x 1.7 arc min Transits 23.54 so so
NGC 2835 Galaxy mag 11.0 6.4 x 4.2 Transits 0.42 so so
NGC 2903 Galaxy mag 9.6 12.5 x 5.8 Transits 0.57 ===============
NGC 3109 Galaxy mag 10.3 19.1 x 3.44 Transits 1.27
NGC 3132 Planetary neb mag 9.2 88 arc secs Transits 1.31
NGC 3201 Globular mag 6.75 transits 1.42
Anything in eta Car area Transits 1.50 ish
NGC 3242 Planetary neb Mag 7.7 64 arc secs Transits 1.49
NGC 3268 Galaxy cluster over 15 galaxys Transits 1.54must do===========
NGC 3311 Galaxy cluster over 20 galaxys Transits 2.01
M95 Galaxy mag 10.5 7.6 x 4.5 transits 2.08
M96 Galaxy mag 10.0 7.7 x 5.2 Transits 2.11
NGC 3521 Galaxy mag 9.7 10.8 x 5.4 transits 2.30
M61 Galaxy mag 10.1 6.2 x 5.9 transits 3.46
M68 Globular mag 7.8 transits 4.03
M104 Galaxy mag 9.1 8.4 x 4.1 transits 4.04
leo triplet 3 galaxys
M83 Galaxy mag 7.9 13.4 x 12.2 transits 5.01
5286 Globular mag 7.4 transits 5.10
transit times are correct for 20/2
Last edited by Alchemy; 20-02-2008 at 04:27 PM.
Reason: put in correct transit times
I haven't been out the back for quite a while now, I've been reconnecting with my musical side ( composing ).
What are your settings for auto guiding - EQ6 and software ? I became frustrated with my setup as I was only getting about same exposure lengths with XCM2000 as I was with 350D before trailing became a problem and your guiding is always spot on so I thought I'd ask .... might get me on the right track next time I venture out.
Do you have a permanent clear sky hole above your house?
LOL i so wish that. thanks .
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Originally Posted by Dennis
Another beauty Eric - well done!
Cheers
Dennis
Thanks Dennis, glad you like it.
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Originally Posted by theodog
Looks very nice Eric.
Well composed and exposed.
I like it.
Well done.
Many thanks Jeff.
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Originally Posted by Zuts
I'm originally from Melbourne and now live in Sydney. Everyone here tells me how bad Melbourne weather is; well i reckon they wont be saying much about that at the moment. If you look at the posts there are very few photos from Sydneysiders in the last 3 months. Eric has probably posted more than all of us put together.
Good work Eric
Paul
cheers for your compliments Paul. I go "all out" when the sky gets clear. stuff eating my meals, stuff going out, stuff my family and friends, stuff working at 9am the following day, stuff it all besides me and the scope. its badd and im guility of it. hey i even took monday off work so i can pull an overnighter on sunday .. hanging until im retired that means another 30 more years to go.
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Originally Posted by Alchemy
Bit of an imaging machine our eric,
theres a bit of detail in the arms of this one
eric if youre looking for more galaxies to do heres a list of things that currently interest me and i cant see me getting to do all of them, given you dont sleep like normal people they might interest you (youve already done some of them i know).
NGC 1792 Galaxy mag 10.8 5.6 x 2.6 transits 20.26
PK205+14 1 Planetary Nebula mag 10.3 615 arc sec --- Transits 23.30
NGC 2440 Planetary Neb mag 9.4 79 arc sec Transits 23.03
NGC 2613 Galaxy mag 11.1 7.1 x 1.7 arc min Transits 23.54 so so
NGC 2835 Galaxy mag 11.0 6.4 x 4.2 Transits 0.42 so so
NGC 2903 Galaxy mag 9.6 12.5 x 5.8 Transits 0.57 ===============
NGC 3109 Galaxy mag 10.3 19.1 x 3.44 Transits 1.27
NGC 3132 Planetary neb mag 9.2 88 arc secs Transits 1.31
NGC 3201 Globular mag 6.75 transits 1.42
Anything in eta Car area Transits 1.50 ish
NGC 3242 Planetary neb Mag 7.7 64 arc secs Transits 1.49
NGC 3268 Galaxy cluster over 15 galaxys Transits 1.54must do===========
NGC 3311 Galaxy cluster over 20 galaxys Transits 2.01
M95 Galaxy mag 10.5 7.6 x 4.5 transits 2.08
M96 Galaxy mag 10.0 7.7 x 5.2 Transits 2.11
NGC 3521 Galaxy mag 9.7 10.8 x 5.4 transits 2.30
M61 Galaxy mag 10.1 6.2 x 5.9 transits 3.46
M68 Globular mag 7.8 transits 4.03
M104 Galaxy mag 9.1 8.4 x 4.1 transits 4.04
leo triplet 3 galaxys
M83 Galaxy mag 7.9 13.4 x 12.2 transits 5.01
5286 Globular mag 7.4 transits 5.10
transit times are correct for 20/2
Exactly what i need Al!. Ive been searching Starry Night for objects to image and im loosing track of it all. I think have imaged a few on that list already but 1/2 of them i still havent. cheers for that.
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Originally Posted by bluescope
Nice galaxy Eric !
I haven't been out the back for quite a while now, I've been reconnecting with my musical side ( composing ).
What are your settings for auto guiding - EQ6 and software ? I became frustrated with my setup as I was only getting about same exposure lengths with XCM2000 as I was with 350D before trailing became a problem and your guiding is always spot on so I thought I'd ask .... might get me on the right track next time I venture out.
Cheers
Hi Steve, havent heard from you in while mate. what instrument do you play? yes for my autoguiding on the EQ6 + the DSI, i have complied a tutorial how to set this up here:
Nice worl Eric
Now thats what I like to see, a dedicated astro imager willing to safeifice other things to collect as many photons as possible
to go from f5 to f10 would need 4x the exposure to maintain the same "deepness". making the subs 4x longer might mean too much noise (unless its cooled)and possibility of guide errors, so instead could simply do 4x the number of subs (would be an all nighter on one object).
A F10 SCT may do better as its a sealed tube wheras a Newtonian is not (unless active mirror cooling is used)
I once did a few 1/2 hour subs on the Helix, but I compared the result with 3x 10 subs and the single 1/2 hour shot was noisier. That was with my camera though, Ive yet to test the cooled DSLR on really long subs.
Scot
Hi Steve, havent heard from you in while mate. what instrument do you play? yes for my autoguiding on the EQ6 + the DSI, i have complied a tutorial how to set this up here:
I played guitar for 22 years for a living but I also play a bit of keyoards, drums, bass, blues harp and I sing ( well used to, now I croak, no practice ). I just bought a Yamaha MO8 music production synthesizer that has re-ignited my writing interest. I also bought a Lexicon Lambda desktop recording setup with Cubase LE4 software so I can record guitar/keyboard/vocals etc direct to my notebook.
If that confuses you .... it means I can now record everything digitally i.e. no tape hiss and cut and paste editing etc. Brilliant !!!
As regards the guiding, I checked your website after I posted the question and found your tutorial, cheers mate. The thing I was curious about was your guide image timing interval settings i.e. 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec .... I hope you get what I mean. It's been a while since I've done any imaging and I can't remember the specifics of the setup but my guide star would fairly quickly run off the guide chip when trying to do long exposures and the result would be bad trailing after about 30 sec. Ofcourse the smaller field of view of the XCM2000 doesn't help matters either. I found that track and accumulate mode was giving me better results than auto guiding which is not the idea of buying the camera in the first place. That takes me back to the same process as using the 350D and DeepSkyStacker in effect, the only difference being that the stacking was done automatically in CCDOPs and exposure times were also auto. Anyway I waffle too much !
niceee thanks lance. can get a better fov and whats around it from that image.
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Originally Posted by tornado33
Nice worl Eric
Now thats what I like to see, a dedicated astro imager willing to safeifice other things to collect as many photons as possible
to go from f5 to f10 would need 4x the exposure to maintain the same "deepness". making the subs 4x longer might mean too much noise (unless its cooled)and possibility of guide errors, so instead could simply do 4x the number of subs (would be an all nighter on one object).
A F10 SCT may do better as its a sealed tube wheras a Newtonian is not (unless active mirror cooling is used)
I once did a few 1/2 hour subs on the Helix, but I compared the result with 3x 10 subs and the single 1/2 hour shot was noisier. That was with my camera though, Ive yet to test the cooled DSLR on really long subs.
Scot
Yes totally agree with you scott. arh looks like the SCT's go well with CCDs only than with CMOS.
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Originally Posted by bluescope
Hi Steve, havent heard from you in while mate. what instrument do you play? yes for my autoguiding on the EQ6 + the DSI, i have complied a tutorial how to set this up here:
I played guitar for 22 years for a living but I also play a bit of keyoards, drums, bass, blues harp and I sing ( well used to, now I croak, no practice ). I just bought a Yamaha MO8 music production synthesizer that has re-ignited my writing interest. I also bought a Lexicon Lambda desktop recording setup with Cubase LE4 software so I can record guitar/keyboard/vocals etc direct to my notebook.
If that confuses you .... it means I can now record everything digitally i.e. no tape hiss and cut and paste editing etc. Brilliant !!!
As regards the guiding, I checked your website after I posted the question and found your tutorial, cheers mate. The thing I was curious about was your guide image timing interval settings i.e. 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec .... I hope you get what I mean. It's been a while since I've done any imaging and I can't remember the specifics of the setup but my guide star would fairly quickly run off the guide chip when trying to do long exposures and the result would be bad trailing after about 30 sec. Ofcourse the smaller field of view of the XCM2000 doesn't help matters either. I found that track and accumulate mode was giving me better results than auto guiding which is not the idea of buying the camera in the first place. That takes me back to the same process as using the 350D and DeepSkyStacker in effect, the only difference being that the stacking was done automatically in CCDOPs and exposure times were also auto. Anyway I waffle too much !
Keep up the good work.
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nice going Steve!. 22 years of experience must be pro yes, my guide image time intervals are set at 1sec or 0.7sec depends on how dark the sky is during that time. for 30sec shots, you shouldnt be getting any trailings at all. Are you sure the autoguider is doing its thing?
nice going Steve!. 22 years of experience must be pro yes, my guide image time intervals are set at 1sec or 0.7sec depends on how dark the sky is during that time. for 30sec shots, you shouldnt be getting any trailings at all. Are you sure the autoguider is doing its thing?
Was a pro .... recording ( top 40 ) .... T.V appearances ( CountDown etc ) .... a long time ago now though ! Always a musician at heart !
I believe the autoguide is working since I had a new cable sent to me by a helpful IIS member. I'll try and get out soonish and give everything a whirl again. Thanks for the tip on timing.
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cheers for your compliments Paul. I go "all out" when the sky gets clear. stuff eating my meals, stuff going out, stuff my family and friends, stuff working at 9am the following day, stuff it all besides me and the scope. its badd and im guility of it. hey i even took monday off work so i can pull an overnighter on sunday .. hanging until im retired that means another 30 more years to go. 
