Trifid Nebula with QHY8

[Hagar (Doug)]

A compilation of 7 X 10 minute exposures, fully calibrated with Darks,Flats and bias shots.
Camera: QHY8
Gain: 20%
Offset:120
Telescope: Takahashi FS102 guided by QHY5 and ED80
Captured with Nebulosity
Stacked in IPlus
Cropped and final adjustments in CS2

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah yes, a fully calibrated image, makes a difference huh?

It looks a bit soft, was this from the seeing or a focus problem perhaps?

Nice work non the less, the Trifid is one object that's hard to get sick of looking at images of.

Mike

[Hagar (Doug)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ah yes, a fully calibrated image, makes a difference huh?

It looks a bit soft, was this from the seeing or a focus problem perhaps?

Nice work non the less, the Trifid is one object that's hard to get sick of looking at images of.

Mike

I think the seeing may have had a little to do with it. I swung the scope around onto Jupiter and could not even make out the moons and Jup was in full rap dance mode.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nicely done, Doug

[Lester]

Good one Doug.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice to see you finally doing darks and flats. Makes a huge difference. Great image.

[Ric]

Great image Doug, there is a lot of colour and detail in this one.

A fine effort.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

tres a whole swathe of objects i want to do in that area... still plenty of time left in the season for them.

pity about the seeing .... but at least you have clear skies, down this side of the divide its been attrocius. " cloud city "

Still colors are good

[AlexN]

great shot with plenty of detail and close to accurate coloring. Very impressive!

[skeltz (Rob)]

Gee,s doug you must be the only person around here with clear sky,s.
Oh yeah and a nice trifid too.

[dcalleja]

Really nice image - I've heard a lot of good things about the QHY8. Are they direct imports or is there a distributor?

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Originally Posted by dcalleja

Really nice image - I've heard a lot of good things about the QHY8. Are they direct imports or is there a distributor?

theo is a member of this forum and will answer all your questions..check out his site

http://web.aanet.com.au/gama/QHY8.html

[Terry B]

Doug
Your really getting the hang of that camera.
Shame about the slightly soft stars but great colour and a very nice image.

[winensky]

Firstly a lovely shot, colors good and a lot of contrast in the daark nebulae. I know what you mean about the seeing recently right across the ranges. Fairly clear skys but everythings got the shakes.