After years of wanting to image this object I finally managed to get some of it. Taken on those hot nights a few weeks back, I gave up deleting satellite trails after 6 exposures and added them to the 25x 10 minute stack.
QHY8, 190 Mak- Newt. EQ6 mount
Clear skies Ken
Nice one Ken, I too, always wanted to get this broom lady and had many attempts, which in the end finally payed up, you have done well, and this area, as I found certainly attracts heaps of sattelites.
I have been trying to capture this, wide field, with the only lens available to me, which is a bit to slow really for the job. 11 x 7min subs at ISO 800 barely shows it. Its on my list for next year, around mid Oct when I will be able to get about 3 hrs worth of data in one hit.
Yours is a very nice effort on the major part of the Hag.
Regards
Trevor
Thanks for the replies Leon, Alex, Trever & Craig. I tried to image her last year with my Ed80 but I think she put a hex on me with wind and clouds the first two nights and circuit board in the EQ6 dying on the third I gave up
Clear skies Ken
This turned out really well Ken.
Congrats!
Stars look nice and round as well as you've retained some good colour in them.
Needed all of the exposure time to get as good as you've got.
Bet you're pleased you finally bagged the old girl
Very nicely done Ken looks good with some nice fine details coming through.
Isn't the QHY cooled..?
You have a very similar FOV to my ProLine on the AP, it's very versitile huh?
BTW, not sure if you know but I found a suitable locality nearer to home than your place (as I was after), so far it is proving quite good but thanks for the offer again (will come out one day ):
Thanks Renormalized, Clive, Frank. Greg I did use the Median combine in stacking but I guess the trails were just to bright and reappeared when the image was stretched.
Rich the guiding worked well with the OAG even if the polar align was a bit off. Mike the QHY8 is cooled but you cant set the temp. it just does its best on the hot nights. Any how I sold the 8 and bought the 9 the smaller 14x18mm sensor will change my FOV a little.
Do you mean I cleaned all the junk out of my old observatory for nothing glad you found a suitable site closer to home.
Clear skies Ken
Something just clicked about the way you worded the title of this thread Ken...." Witch with Mak-Newt"....sounds like something Brunhilde would say casting a spell
Nicely done Ken for such a faint target! Have you tried some sort of focal reducer/flattener on the OTA. Should help alot with these sort of faint ones.
cheers Gary
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glad you found a suitable site closer to home.
