Thor's Helmet

[Paul Haese]

Been still having trouble with guiding but think I know what it is.

This image is comprised of 2 subs at 10 minutes. The moon killed off the chance of getting more data. Next time.

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Comments welcome

[batema (Mark)]

Great image. How good does this object look. Will have to have a go at this as soon as the clouds disappear
Mark

[browndog (Ian)]

Wow - that is a great image and nicely processed.
and only 2 x 10min subs.

I can't wait to see this when you have more subs.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nice shot, Paul

2 x 10min subs...that's good

[Matty P (Matt)]

Very nice indeed. Lots of detail showing for only two subs.

[AlexN]

Paul.. Still having guiding troubles with the EM400 are you? stars look a little bit eggish.. Apart from that its a great effort with only 20mins of data!

Alex.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Come up well considering just 2 X 10 min subs. Guiding still seems to be giving you grief. Must be a fix for it some how. Your camera seems to be sensitive enough as this is not an easy target with the Tak.

[spearo (Frank)]

That's a fine shot
Love this target
cant wait to see how it ends up looking after a few more subs
frank

[Paul Haese]

Thanks all,

yes I am still having problems with guiding but like I said I think I have a fix. Stars start out looking good at about 45 degrees up, however as the mount moves higher and rotates further in RA the stars start becoming elongated. From what I have read and heard this is flexure. So I am using an under and over setup rather than a side by side setup.

Stand by for better image and with a lot more subs.

[gregbradley]

Lovely result for only 20mins. It is a very faint object.

Greg.