Wow Greg, you've really got that system working well, a very nice crisp image, that proline really sucks in the data, well done.
Darren
Thanks Darren. Its nearly there. The camera is working very well
Greg.
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looks great and the colours are very nice - but there seems to be a horizontal line in the middle?
I assumed it was the object but I looked again and there are several that radiate towards something offscreeen. I think it is glare from one of the bright Orion stars out of the image. I am having trouble with glares from bright stars out of the image. I am looking at various solutions to this. One is to check the adapter for any bright parts and paint it a flatter black. Another is possibly flocking the interior of the baffle tube. Another is installing a knife edge baffle to the baffle tube ( it may already have some?).
Superb shot Greg. Those colours and stars are to die for! Just found it a little soft when I first opened it. Just personal preference. I'm probably used to see this area sharpened and saturated to the max. Top work.
That's beautiful Greg, lovely simple soft image and I agree with Marc, the stars are perfect. Yeh could do with a little sharpening maybe or less smoothing, as the case may be, but it is a fine image as is. The images from the 17" CDK are really showing great imposing image scale, other large RC's etc just don't seem to demonstrate this effect..? Perhaps it is the way they are processed or even posted..? although I see a similar effect with Mike Berthon Jones images done with his 12.5" CDK..?
Superb shot Greg. Those colours and stars are to die for! Just found it a little soft when I first opened it. Just personal preference. I'm probably used to see this area sharpened and saturated to the max. Top work.
Thanks Marc,
I don't think I can get it any sharper with inducing too much noise and the short total exposure will show. More exposure would take more sharpening.
Like a few other images I am doing I will add more exposure time as weather is clear. I have extra data now for the Corona Australis, NGC300 images I posted.
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I like !!!
Thanks Trevor. Its an interesting object and every year I intend to image it and often don't get around to it for some reason.
That's beautiful Greg, lovely simple soft image and I agree with Marc, the stars are perfect. Yeh could do with a little sharpening maybe or less smoothing, as the case may be, but it is a fine image as is. The images from the 17" CDK are really showing great imposing image scale, other large RC's etc just don't seem to demonstrate this effect..? Perhaps it is the way they are processed or even posted..? although I see a similar effect with Mike Berthon Jones images done with his 12.5" CDK..?
Mike
Thanks Mike.
The lack of total exposure time limits the amount of sharpening I can do to it. I will add more exposure time to it like I have for some other images.
Clear weather has been so rare lately and it is still quite low in the sky.
I like the image scale but I am having trouble with bright star flares
just out of the image. I have to track down where they are coming from over the next week or so. But overall I like the CDK17. I think I'll be able to handle these flares and they are only a problem occassionally.
I need to make sure I turn the fans on early to let it equalise as you can't get a sharp focus with more than about .5C difference between the primary and ambient temperature. It takes maybe 2 hours to get there. Perhaps a little AC unit may help.
That's a great image Greg. I've never seen that much detail in the dust clouds in an image of the running man before. Is that the full fov or a crop with the new gear?
Top image Greg, framed beautifully. Thanks for the view. All the best.
Thanks Lester.
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That's a great image Greg. I've never seen that much detail in the dust clouds in an image of the running man before. Is that the full fov or a crop with the new gear?
Peter
That is almost entirely full frame with only a very small crop to get rid of stacking edges. So probably about 95%.
Nice Greg. Smooth detail and nice contrast. I wonder if some Ha will have an impact on this image. Not much red in this region so I suppose not but those dust lanes might contain a lot of Ha.
Great image Greg, and such short exposure time - I guess that's what 17" of aperture at f6.8 brings you. I agree that it could do with a tad more sharpening.
Absolutely beautiful!
However....hehehehhe
I STILL CANT SEE A RUNNING MAN!http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....eyepopping.gif
all I can see is ( apart from the beautiful pic), is a Goanna.....
I ps'd this...
Hope you dont mind.................
Bartman
although I see a similar effect with Mike Berthon Jones images done with his 12.5" CDK..? 
