First Light in New Observatory

[avandonk]

Finally got a clear night after three months. Tried out the new observatory and the fridge temperature controller. The temperature in the fridge stayed at -10.0C all night. So I did not use ICNR. With constant temperature the darks exactly match the lights.
Details Canon 5DH, 150mm f/4.5 Achro, Astronomik 13nm HA filter, 12x16 minutes at 800 ISO. Flats and darks with ImagesPlus, Stacked with Registar and finished in PS.
Below is a full frame and a 100% crop. I am doing a HDR composite of HA and O3 and full colour to get star colours so more nights needed.

It was a real pleasure to shut the roof and just go inside at dawn.

Bert

[tornado33]

Excellent work Bert. You will get so much more done without the hassle of setting up each night.
Thats a lovely deep Helix there, shows the Northeast Arc very well. Cant wait to see the finished result in colour
Scott

[Jen]

u lucky bugger hope you enjoy cheers

[sheeny (Al)]

Congratulations Bert!

Al.

[leon]

Good on ya Bert, Glad it all came together and now I suppose we will all have to lift our game, as you will be imaging non stop, nice Helix by the way.

Leon

[avandonk]

Originally Posted by tornado33

Excellent work Bert. You will get so much more done without the hassle of setting up each night.
Thats a lovely deep Helix there, shows the Northeast Arc very well. Cant wait to see the finished result in colour
Scott

Yes Scott it started raining as soon as I fell asleep! Tonights the night for the O3!

Originally Posted by Jen

u lucky bugger hope you enjoy cheers

Certainly will.

Originally Posted by sheeny

Congratulations Bert!

I hope the all the building work does not exceed the setting up and taking down effort.

Al.

I doubt it!

Originally Posted by leon

Good on ya Bert, Glad it all came together and now I suppose we will all have to lift or game, as you will be imaging no stop, nice Helix by the way.

Leon

Leon the Helix Neb is VERY dim and if you notice just over three hours at an ISO of 800 at f/4.5 with a 150mm diameter achro!

All jokes aside I can now spend my time doing something constructive rather than being an animal of burden just carrying stuff around.

bert

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Seems that a few images of late have taken me back to my good'ol days of film astrophotography. This image Bert reminds me of watching an image develop on paper in the darkroom, sitting in the fixer bath, with my heart beating just hainging out to see it with the white light on....

Mike