managed to get a few hours on this last night the image here is only a sub from the set. according to 7timer the seeing was at its worst - I believe it too. there were some clouds and you could see the dust in the air and the air was turbulent, even though I had sharp focus the seeing made the objects soft. Sample short shot of acrux - zoom in on the bugger and you can see that its all over the shop. the only real victory I got last night was I fixed my autoguiding issues. I setup and loaded the ATiK IC16 - running it not one problem operating on win7 64bit and no dropouts using its own cables and power though its refresh rates are noticeably slower than the DMK21 and i focused and was guiding uninterupted from sevenish until midnight. probably got about 4 hours data. i am sick to death of the next door neighbour turning on the outside light and leaving it on all night until they go to bed, am am very lucky that the dome shielded the direct light but the light spill in the air locally was horrendous - even the dog track was operating. anyway the samples attached are as shot in the camera - will process the rest and post that up later (lots of processing). I still think it looks more like a galah
EDIT - Added the 1st process of this 4h 15min iso 800 127ED cooled canon 40D processed DSS, Pixinsight and PS
The seeing here in Newie is crap and the sky glow herendous - end of story. Doing Narrowband work with a mono chip is the only way to cut through and produce a decent image in my opinion - time the Doghouse gets an FLI .
Re the neighbours, I think you have no choice but to ask them what the chances are...? It's always a little nerve racking approaching neighbours over this issue but you have nothing to lose and everyting to gain, not like you have to explain much they can see a wopping great observatory in your backyard...it's pretty obvious, just ask Tania
The seeing here in Newie is crap and the sky glow herendous - end of story. Doing Narrowband work with a mono chip is the only way to cut through and produce a decent image in my opinion - time the Doghouse gets an FLI .
Re the neighbours, I think you have no choice but to ask them what the chances are...? It's always a little nerve racking approaching neighbours over this issue but you have nothing to lose and everyting to gain, not like you have to explain much they can see a wopping great observatory in your backyard...it's pretty obvious, just ask Tania
Good luck mate.
Mike
so its like chicken maryland eh? That would be like Alans shots LOL. So is this official - you are giving me the FLI ("time the Doghouse gets an FLI ." )
maybe one day
yes i am going to have to do something about that - especially if they turn it on tonight
Regardless of the difficulties I think that's a respectable chicken. With respect to your neigbours, the best thing is to talk to them but it can be intimidating. My neighbours are very cooperative.
Looks pretty good Dave, well done ubder the conditions, what's on the list for tonight?
I've got a formal funtion tonight in town unfortunately plus I am still just over the flu so maybe tomorrow night for me...?
Mike
boring eta then later try helix
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
Regardless of the difficulties I think that's a respectable chicken. With respect to your neigbours, the best thing is to talk to them but it can be intimidating. My neighbours are very cooperative.
Cheers
Steve
Thanks Steve - they are out tonight
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Originally Posted by Ross G
Hi David.
Processed photo looks very good, especially considering the conditons.
Guiding looks spot on.
Thanks.
Ross.
thanks Ross - shot with a CLS filter - cant be without it in the city suburban area
well the usb raised its ugly head again - different camera, cable and drivers and i lost 90min of eta through it closing the usb port - its win7. just found the advanced power settings and turned off the suspend usb setting
well shock horror they turned it off, the seeing is shocking - water forming in layers and the dog track is in full swing, but at least next doors lights arre off on the outside - but they dont even have any blinds on the back windows but they do on the front. Redoing some shots of eta tonight while waiting until the helix rises
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...need some help? 
