Hmm, well, I seem to have cracked the dodgy stars problem, I turned off the hot pixel clean feature in DSS and the cores of my stars stopped being splotchier than a bird poo on a freshly cleaned duco.
So, here, is a 2 hour effort of the Trifid Nebula with darks, flats & bias.
5 min exposures (coz I can now with the ED80 - hee hee) and using the CLS filter from Sludgetown Heights, NSW....
So, I am slightly chuffed with this one, now, on to the Centaurus A subs
One day I may end up moving out of this light dome and get some quality subs, but for now, filtering is all I can do until I splurge on a mono camera I think.
Nice work Chris. I used to have an observatory in my backyard at Kellyville and there was a lot of light pollution so that is a great effort.
Greg.
Cheers Greg, I am glad I bought (sneakily) the 2" front mounted CLS filter to fit onto the focal reducer, it really does clean up the subs, likewise, the flats I took for this set smoothed the whole thing out.
There is NO noise reduction done on this either - hence why I am chuffed
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Originally Posted by RB
Turned out very nicely mate, just imagine what you'd get from a darker site like Lostock or SPSP.
One day I may end up moving out of this light dome and get some quality subs, but for now, filtering is all I can do until I splurge on a mono camera I think.
Cheers
Chris
Onwards & upwards Chris, when the going get tough - the tough get going hey, besides, you have got what it takes too, plenty of smarts and dedication
All the best with it.
Ive captured my '1st' set of darks for an image so'll be interesting to note/ recognise the difference
Cheers ..
