My first effort at NB processing. I bought the remaining two NB filters recently and during a run of clear weather in SEQld, I setup my rig in the backyard and collected 4-6hrs of data per filter over several nights using CCD Commander whilst I studied the inside of my eyelids.
The data was processed in PI. I followed a processing recipe for Ha images and applied that to the Ha, SII & OIII images. I then combined these in PixelMath as per the usual Hubble Palette (SII:Ha:OIII)
Rigil is 10, Hadar is 6 and Toliman is 3... Astrofest this year was challenging as there were so many clear nights, so there were a few all nighters and most of the early nights were 3:00 am, however a late morning for the kids was around 7:00 Both Anne-Louise and I were like zombies and we still haven't caught up properly. It was great to be out in dark skies, and with some very fine company (even Houghy )
Thank Troy & Darrell. Mike - would that shelf be strong enough for you?
Happy to show you CCDC Troy - Allan's already been onto me as well. Might be easiest to organise a tutorial session in my backyard for the Brisbanites!
Great work David. Love the detail you've pulled out, and made it look so easy.
Must confess I'm a CCDC convert now too. Its the only way to go from the 'burbs. Set to shoot multiple objects as they're visible away from trees etc, then run the same program a few nights in a row, get it to "phone home" if it gets into trouble or strikes cloud. Not too proud to leave it running in the wee hours at a dark sky site either if I need to ensure sufficient beauty sleep for important social engagements following day
(Once everyone is doing this we'll be whinging if any image on IIS doesn't have a good "100hrs data" though - "you know, that really could have used another 50hrs data to tame the noise.....")
Turns around the old paradigm of having to have an observatory, and lets you maximise use of valuable clear sky time, particularly for NB where stacks of data required.
I agree Rob - I'm starting to use it out at Leyburn. I'd much rather get a few hours of untinerrupted sleep and be safer driving home the next day. What do you mean by phone home?? Email?? Are you setting a computer to beep madly at you in the event it receives an email from CCDC??
I agree Rob - I'm starting to use it out at Leyburn. I'd much rather get a few hours of untinerrupted sleep and be safer driving home the next day. What do you mean by phone home?? Email?? Are you setting a computer to beep madly at you in the event it receives an email from CCDC??
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Telstra/optus don't seem to allow emailing to SMS as CCDC is able to do for overseas telcos, however you can get an error script in Maxim to call your phone using Skype. Only works if you have internet access, but that's fine at home and many dark sky sites. If you don't answer the call, doesn't actually cost anything (other than putting a little on Skype to open an account in the first place). I don't usually bother though if I know from forecasts rain is unlikely. Just let CCDC fail through to Park if problems.
As i said before..just sensational, you should be very proud.....awww c'mon...not your first, you've done this before surely...
I'm just coming to terms with CCD Commander for SN searching... i now have it automagically refocussing for me regularly, and also automagically resynching the scope as it wanders off target...wooohooo..a SN hunter's dream come true....i'm sooo happy, sooo happy
, looks awesome 
lots of detail there.
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Both Anne-Louise and I were like zombies and we still haven't caught up properly. It was great to be out in dark skies, and with some very fine company (even Houghy 
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