Quick M104

[Maurice]

A couple of hours of M104 from this morning in Luminance.
Seeing was pretty good, but I'm having a light ingress problem with my Flat fields that is causing a bit of grief.

This is about a 75% crop of the full frame at 70% size.

GSO RC14 QHY9 Baader L OAG + ASI 120MM as guider
Original image 22 frames at 2830mm fl & 0.38"/pixel x 400s/frame

Cheers
Maurice

[Shiraz (Ray)]

impressive resolution Maurice. It looks to me like it will hold up at full scale with just a bit more data. looking forward to the colour version.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Excellent.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Very nice Maurice! As Ray says, the resolution is impressive. I just compared it to one of my own from last season, that I captured at ~ 1.12" and drizzled x2. I'd considered my effort to be ok, but yours is showing much better resolution already even with minimal data.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yes, a nice B&W hat Maurice

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Yes, well done, Maurice

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

impressive resolution Maurice. It looks to me like it will hold up at full scale with just a bit more data. looking forward to the colour version.

Thanks Ray..towards the end of the night I was getting FWHMs of about 1.6" in 400s subs in Luminance..
We don't generally get that often here in Melbourne...
You are right; some more data & it might be good at full res..

Originally Posted by Placidus

Excellent.

Thanks M&T

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Very nice Maurice! As Ray says, the resolution is impressive. I just compared it to one of my own from last season, that I captured at ~ 1.12" and drizzled x2. I'd considered my effort to be ok, but yours is showing much better resolution already even with minimal data.

Cheers Lee. I just need a couple more dark, still nights like that..

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yes, a nice B&W hat Maurice

Mike

Thanks Mike

Originally Posted by RickS

Yes, well done, Maurice

Thanks Rick.

[Flugel88 (Michael)]

Looking good so far

[suma126 (Shane)]

looking great

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

That's mysterious Maurice!

Good to see us Melbournites kicking goalz!

[willik (Willik)]

very good image for M104

[diegocolonnello (Diego)]

i really want to see the color version, awesome job,,,

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Flugel88

Looking good so far

Originally Posted by suma126

looking great

Originally Posted by SimmoW

That's mysterious Maurice!

Good to see us Melbournites kicking goalz!

Thanks Michael, Shane & Simon

Originally Posted by willik

very good image for M104

Originally Posted by diegocolonnello

i really want to see the color version, awesome job,,,

Cheers Willik & Diego.
Hopefully I'll be able to get some colour data around next new moon.

[Steve Pattie (Steve Pattie)]

Impressive image scale. How do you find the GSO 14" RC? I'm debating on getting the 12" which is a few thou less in price.

Steve

[Atmos (Colin)]

You've got some nice Lum there, looking forward to seeing a colour version

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Steve Pattie

Impressive image scale. How do you find the GSO 14" RC? I'm debating on getting the 12" which is a few thou less in price.

Steve

Hi Steve
Its not too bad..
Some testing has shown that it is diffraction limited, but occasionally I do get slight astigmatism issues which I still have to track down. I believe that its in the primary cell, but can't confirm this yet.
You'll definitely have to change the focuser to something like a Feathertouch, which can be a little expensive, but worth it in the end.
Overall its good value on a limited budget.

Originally Posted by Atmos

You've got some nice Lum there, looking forward to seeing a colour version

Thanks Colin. I'm hoping for a few good nights near New Moon to get the colour data...