QHY 8 First light

[TrevorW]

Two images last taken last night first time using the QHY8

NGC3372 11 frames of 6 minutes each only 3 darks applied no flats

NGC5139 7 1 minute + 10 2 minute no darks or flats

C & C welcome

[Paul Haese]

Guiding looks good Trevor and the images look smooth. Maybe raise the black point a little on both images.

[mill (Martin)]

Very very nice Trevor.
I see stragglers yeehaaaaa!!!!!

[leinad (Dan)]

Nice Trev! QHY8 coool!

Bet you had a great grin when you saw there was hardly any noise in your exposures

What software are you using for capturing data, and the Offset/Gain you're using?

I can see some scan lines apparent in the Omega shot. Also some elongation in the corners which most likely means you may need a flattener for the GSO.

But congrats; you'll love the new CCD, and you won't need to stress about wasting time taking darks. All processing practice, and equipment checks from here on in

[TrevorW]

Thanks all will try to enjoy and improve

MaXim DL

gain around 3 offset about 105

some flats and bias may help

[desler]

What a great first light Trevor, Bet you can't wait to put the QHY through its paces.

Look forward to seeing more!



Darren

[duncan]

Very nice Trevor. Looks like you've joined the top ranks.
Cheers mate good on ya.
All the best ,
Duncan
Ps AWWWWW!!!!! Crap. Sorry Trevor i've been on the turps again,LOL.
But very nice images

[TrevorW]

Thanks Darren

I was a bit apprehensive but seems just as easy as using the DSLR just got to get used to exposure times etc

Thats Ok Duncan have one for me

[duncan]

I will mate cause this no work situation is gettin' me down.
Cheers: drink::dri nk:

[leinad (Dan)]

Don't stress on exposure times, from here on in you'll be able to push the times up to 10minutes if your tracking is good and not have to worry about noise. The Sony cooled chip is great! As you can see from your images, no apparent noise!

Yeah that's a close offset/gain to what I'm running. From memory I'm on 4/109.

I haven't even got too pushing the gain as yet. I just use the std. Offset/Gain and image, I think some faint guys will need the Gain pushed up. But for now, your all good, start framing, tracking, and expose'n

Grab your bias frames first, get 30-100, make sure your max in Maxim is 400 to 1000. Do this by checking the histogram.
Set and forget temporarily.

Use them in your processing, and if dust motes/vignetting are apparent during your lights, grab some flats.

First light looks great. Looking forward to seeing some great images from ya

[TrevorW]

Best of luck Duncan and if all else fails sell up and move to WA

Cheers Dan

[duncan]

Thought about it already.But you guys get more and bigger cyclones than us,LOLOLOL.
It will pick up over here just need a decent wet instead of just cloud!!!!!!
Cheers Trevor,
Time for bed.LOL.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

nice nice nice
Lovely processing!

[TrevorW]

Thanks JJ

[zipdrive (Dave)]

Congrats on first light! looking good

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Congrats on your move to CCD Trevor. You won't look back. Well done with these two - nicely done.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Great stuff! Looking forward to more

[TrevorW]

Thanks David Chris and Dr Paul

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Trevor,

Fantastic first up images.

Frank

[multiweb (Marc)]

Bought a QHY8 hey?... silly man... Now you're never going to sleep again. Top shots! Have fun with the new toy.