M83 - My First RGB Mono Image

[RobC (Rob)]

Finally got some space between the clouds to try out my new ASI1600 camera.

Imaging Scope Esprit 150

Camera ASI1600

32 * 120 seconds For Red , Green and Blue

Comments welcome.

Cheers

Rob

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Nice job, you should be pleased with that result!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice one Rob good detail in the galaxy there.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

That’s a very good M83 Rob. Well done!

[Dennis]

Looks good to me, nice work!

Cheers

Dennis

[RickS (Rick)]

Good on 'ya, Rob Will you be hoovering up the photons at Astrofest?

[Imme (Jon)]

Lovely rob...what gain we’re you running it at out of interest?

[Atmos (Colin)]

The Esprit 150 certainly sucks up the photons nicely

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Good one Rob, M83 is such an amazing target

Mike

[Brisbaneskys (Robin)]

Top Image Rob, nice detail.
Good to see you have got the ASI1600 up and running now.
Congrats

[RobC (Rob)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Nice job, you should be pleased with that result!

Thanks Andy I was very pleased with it. Still trying to work out how to incorporate the Luminance shots.

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Nice one Rob good detail in the galaxy there.

Thanks Dunk. The resolution of the 150 certainly pulls in the detail.

Originally Posted by RickS

Good on 'ya, Rob Will you be hoovering up the photons at Astrofest?

Thanks Rick Look forward to hoovering with you AstroFest

Originally Posted by Dennis

Looks good to me, nice work!

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks Dennis. When I started to process M83 just popped out.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

That’s a very good M83 Rob. Well done!

Thanks Rodney. I struggle a bit as I am colour blind. However the new PixInsight Photometric Colour Calibration as been a big help to me.

Cheers

Rob

[RobC (Rob)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Good one Rob, M83 is such an amazing target

Mike

Thanks Mike . I agree with you . It is a great target,

Cheers

Rob

[RobC (Rob)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

The Esprit 150 certainly sucks up the photons nicely

Thanks Colin. I really love the 150. Big aperture for lots of photons and very high resolution. Still trying to get a handle on exposure times.

Originally Posted by Imme

Lovely rob...what gain we’re you running it at out of interest?

Thanks Jon. The ZWO ASI1600 is all new to me so I am still finding my way with it. I have been imaging at Unity Gain or 139. I am finding with the Esprit 150 ( F7 ) that I only need about 90 second exposures for Luminance and 120 second exposures for RGB. Haven't tried any narrow band yet.

Cheers

Rob

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice going Rob. Glad to see you've the new bits and pieces working together.

[RobC (Rob)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Nice going Rob. Glad to see you've the new bits and pieces working together.

Thanks Rob. Astro things are starting to come together now at our new address. Now planning for the build of a new Observatory dome. Look forward to catching up with you at AstropFest.

Cheers

Rob

[RobF (Rob)]

Originally Posted by RobC

Thanks Rob. Astro things are starting to come together now at our new address. Now planning for the build of a new Observatory dome. Look forward to catching up with you at AstropFest.

Cheers

Rob

Glad to hear. Yes, will be there and looking forward to chatting over a cold beer Rob

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Great work Rob, especially for a first attempt at RGB! Nice and sharp. I'd personally opt for a more blue / magenta look but that may well be technically incorrect.

[RobC (Rob)]

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Great work Rob, especially for a first attempt at RGB! Nice and sharp. I'd personally opt for a more blue / magenta look but that may well be technically incorrect.

Thanks Lee. The blue/magenta colour aspect you mention is quite interesting as most M83 renditions appear rendered in this manner. I used the Photometric Colour Calibration tool in PixInSight to get the correct colour calibration for M83. Therefore I believe my colour rendition is probably correct for RGB I think the blue/magenta look may be due to the addition of HA. I will check this out.

Cheers

Rob

[gregbradley]

Nice M83
Dont remember seeing so much dust in the
left side before
Greg

[RobC (Rob)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Nice M83
Dont remember seeing so much dust in the
left side before
Greg

Thanks Greg. Maybe there was some high cloud or fog around but I'd would have expected that to impact the stars too.

Cheers

Rob