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[Peter.M]

Originally Posted by allan gould

That really is smooth and Im amazed that the dark frame data made such a difference. It really is a superb image - I want your setup!.
Allan

I too found this amazing having seen the first image, then I thought about it and using the wrong frame would probably make the image more noisy than not calibrating it in the first place. So it is not so surprising that with the correct one a good gain is seen.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Paul's very good recent posting of this patch of sky jogged memories of my recent attempt at almost the same patch of sky. Thin cloud and crappy weather
had me letting it go to next year's hit list.

I only managed 90 minutes of Luminance data in the Honders, but suspect it's worthy of a look. The opportunity to gather some colour data would have been nice....

The link is here

Integrate integrate, this is one of the most lovely patch of skies for galaxy lovers! Nice preliminary light by the way, it is going to be a fantastic shot!

Regards
Marco

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by marco

Integrate integrate, this is one of the most lovely patch of skies for galaxy lovers! Nice preliminary light by the way, it is going to be a fantastic shot!

Regards
Marco

Thanks Marco....yes I probably need to look at revising my automation software...I could get data while sleeping!

Originally Posted by Peter.M

I too found this amazing having seen the first image, then I thought about it and using the wrong frame would probably make the image more noisy than not calibrating it in the first place. So it is not so surprising that with the correct one a good gain is seen.

Indeed, the wrong calibration data does it every time

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Wonderful looking image for sure, that's going to be a cracker image! I love that lenticular NGC1381 btw.
How long do you think you'll go on this field?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Wonderful looking image for sure, that's going to be a cracker image! I love that lenticular NGC1381 btw.
How long do you think you'll go on this field?

Thanks Rolf (aka megadata guru )...and good question...but I doubt it will be more than a few hours.