First Light C9.25 Images

[RB (Andrew)]

Congrats guys, on your new scope and the beautiful first light images.
Wonderful to see your work again.

Well done !

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Barb has now changed from processing on a CRT monitor to an LCD with a higher resolution and that has helped quite a lot with drawing out the detail in these images.

Sure makes a difference doesn't it, I love my new monitor.

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by matt

Excellent result!

That's tempting me even more to cross over to the dark side and take my 9.25 deeeeeeeppp!!!!

If your Solar images are any indication you should get into deep sky without a problem Matt

Originally Posted by dugnsuz

Those are great images B&D.
You must be happy and excited as to the potential you have with the 9.25.
The rig pic on your homepage is drool-worthy too!!!
Like Doug above I let out a "WOW" at the thumbnails alone!!!!!!
Very well done
Doug

Thanks Doug. We can't wait for the new moon and just hope we get clear skies

Originally Posted by Aster

What can I say...Which I haven't said the other day
Great...especially 253

Thanks Alex 253 is our fav as well

Originally Posted by Matty P

Fantastic first light images guys.

NGC 253 is superb. The amount of detail present is remarkable and the colour is lovely.

M17 has come out great as well.

This is what I am hoping to achieve with my setup in the future so thankyou for posting your work.

You're doing well at this point Matt. Just keep at the processing skills and it will all come together

Originally Posted by Craig_L

Lovely colours and detail, especially NGC 253. Those unmodded cameras are great!

We're happy with the unmodded Craig

Originally Posted by gregbradley

They are wonderful images. Well done.
That is a good combo the C9.25 and the 40D. I have a 40D also and it is a beautiful camera.
Greg.

The 40D suits our needs Greg and from this first light we're happy with the combo

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Both really nice images Dave and Barb!

The colour balance to me looks perfect in both images and you have achieved a nice smooth look to the images.
Nice work!
Mike

Thanks for the comments Mike. I tried a few different things in PS this time and they seemed to work reasonably well. Still heaps to learn though Barb

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Do you have a micro focuser on that at all? or just using the primary focus?

Thanks Alex appreciate your comments. Will look forward to you starting up with the C11. If you go on to our web pages and click on the equipment link you will see the William Optics focuser set up for prime focus.

[Ric]

Lovely images guys. A great first light with the new scope.

NGC253 is a pearler, you've captured some great detail in that one.

Cheers

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by Garyh

Excellent work Barb ad Dave! both very nice ex 253!
Great to see you posting again!
Look forwards to many more nice shots with the 9.25!
cheers Gary

Thanks Gary. It's been a long time between posts. We hope the weather will be kind this coming new moon and can't wait to get back into it

Originally Posted by EzyStyles

congrats on the new scope guys. Both images are very smooth, alot of details and nicely done. must be very pleased. I have still be lurking around

Glad you're lurking Eric Great to hear from you. We're happy to have a bit more focal length to go deeper now so we're keener than ever

Originally Posted by multiweb

Two stunning pictures. Great job.

Appreciate your comments Marc

Originally Posted by spearo

Well done to both of you!
The C9.25 is hard to beat!
I cant really see how you can improve on the focus, it seems perfect to me!
well done!
frank

Thanks Frank we sure are happy with the 9.25. Glad to see you're up and running with the 14"

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Great images guys - spot on colour balance and a nice overall effect!

Close examination of the hi-res version of M17 looks like you used the minimum filter in PS (?) Watch out - it can wreak havoc with your star shapes and leave wispy artifacts.

Cheers,
Marcus

I think I may have overdone the processing on M17 Marcus I will try and be more careful in the future.

Thanks for the constructive comments Barb

[bluescope]

Looking good guys, particularly 253. I see you have a WO focuser on the C9.25 .... good gear !

[Jen]

beautiful pics

[Tandum (Robin)]

Dave, Excellent result, you must have some nice dark sky there. I've spent night after night trying to get a decent result from 253 and even stacking eveything I have it's still a crap image not worth posting and I post some truely crap images Well Done.

[Deeno]

Wow..
Fantastic first images

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Well dang it if David hasnt got the focal train to the station AND on time !!!
Bet you are happy with these ... WE ARE

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by RB

Congrats guys, on your new scope and the beautiful first light images.
Wonderful to see your work again.
Well done !
Sure makes a difference doesn't it, I love my new monitor.

Thanks for the comments Andrew

Originally Posted by Ric

Lovely images guys. A great first light with the new scope.
NGC253 is a pearler, you've captured some great detail in that one.
Cheers

Thanks Ric 253 did turn out well. We want to get more data on a darker night and try to capture more detail.

Originally Posted by bluescope

Looking good guys, particularly 253. I see you have a WO focuser on the C9.25 .... good gear !

Steve the WO focuser is a beauty

Originally Posted by Jen

beautiful pics

Thanks Jen

Originally Posted by Tandum

Dave, Excellent result, you must have some nice dark sky there. I've spent night after night trying to get a decent result from 253 and even stacking eveything I have it's still a crap image not worth posting and I post some truely crap images Well Done.

We are in a semi dark site out here Robin so we're shooting in reasonable conditions. Considering the light pollution you have to contend with your images are pretty good

Originally Posted by Deeno

Wow..
Fantastic first images

Thanks Deeno

Originally Posted by Jeffkop

Well dang it if David hasnt got the focal train to the station AND on time !!!
Bet you are happy with these ... WE ARE

That train was was pretty hard to catch Jeff but I managed to get it eventually