Mr ed.....

[Ric]

Wonderful image Peter, the nebulosity behind the HH reminds me of ocean waves rolling in with the spray coming of the tops.

Lovely depth as well, very fine work.

Cheers

[RB (Andrew)]

A truly wonderful image Peter with amazing detail.

Stunning work.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Pretty cool. Looking at it, it just reminded me that I need to keep adding data to mine too. I've got already 4h on it but not even close to the details you're getting. Top stuff.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Pretty cool. Looking at it, it just reminded me that I need to keep adding data to mine too. I've got already 4h on it but not even close to the details you're getting. Top stuff.

Thanks Marc (& RB and Ric). What camera are you using?

[gregbradley]

Great image Peter. A classic.

Did you use Photoshop to blend in 2 scope's data or Registar? Gendler often used multiple instruments and so does Thomas Davis.

I have a lot of older data now I'd like to blend in with newer data when useful. I was thinking of Registar.

Self guiding with Ha? Do you use fairly long guiding exposure times?

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Thanks Marc (& RB and Ric). What camera are you using?

I use a QHY8 cooled CCD 6MP on a Celestron Nexstar SLT 130. Here's my current attempt to date (just a bit over 4h from Liverpool) still noisy though.

http://www.multiweb.com.au/astro/ic4...81222_ha_f.jpg

[Quark (Trevor)]

What a stunning piece of work.
Its masterpieces such as this that inspire others to have a go.
And yes, I well remember Mr Ed on our black & white telly.

Regards
Trevor

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I use a QHY8 cooled CCD 6MP on a Celestron Nexstar SLT 130. Here's my current attempt to date (just a bit over 4h from Liverpool) still noisy though.

http://www.multiweb.com.au/astro/ic4...81222_ha_f.jpg

Excuse my ignorance Marc...but is it a colour or mono chip? . (their web site indicates it is colour....in which case the result you are getting would be normal, as very few pixels are gathering h-alpha light)

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I use a QHY8 cooled CCD 6MP on a Celestron Nexstar SLT 130. Here's my current attempt to date (just a bit over 4h from Liverpool) still noisy though.

http://www.multiweb.com.au/astro/ic4...81222_ha_f.jpg

Weeeeeell... if you notice Marc, as good as it appears to be, Peter has only posted his version at half the size of yours, your image is excellent and would look juuuuust about as good as Peters at 1600 X 800 also, I am sure.

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Excuse my ignorance Marc...but is it a colour or mono chip? . (their web site indicates it is colour....in which case the result you are getting would be normal, as very few pixels are gathering h-alpha light)

You're right Peter. It's an OSC so I keep only the red channel and because of the bayer matrix RGGB the red looses a bit of res when resampling. Your pic is really crisp. I wonder if binning 2x2 would be better coz I know it gets rid of the bayer matrix and I end up with approx. 1500x1000 pixels pic. But then again CCD Stack debayering is supposed to compensate for this and minimise the loss of resolution.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Weeeeeell... if you notice Marc, as good as it appears to be, Peter has only posted his version at half the size of yours, your image is excellent and would look juuuuust about as good as Peters at 1600 X 800 also, I am sure.

Mike

nah... the details are in there regardless of the res.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

............ Peter has only posted his version at half the size of yours,

Mike

Ok Ok.

I've made a full res crop you can click on 'till your heart's content

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery36.html

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Ok Ok.

I've made a full res crop you can click on 'till your heart's content

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery36.html

Ah knew some badgering would win in the end

I take it that's the FOV you enhanced with the 14.5" RC data from last year?..can see the diffraction spikes .. not that there is anything wrong with that though, looks good

Ok baby steps huh?...we want the whole shebang man, comon post the lot, let us have a swim, promise not to steal the data and use it, promise... dare ya

Mike

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I take it that's the FOV you enhanced with the 14.5" RC data from last year?..can see the diffraction spikes .. not that there is anything wrong with that though, looks good

Picked it in one.... (that data is 2 years old now).... the spikes were problematical, hence there is only a smidge of layered data there (about 10%)

As for the whole shebang..... Nah... you'll have to wait for the 16x20 print

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

As for the whole shebang..... Nah... you'll have to wait for the 16x20 print

[RobF (Rob)]

A horse is a horse of course of course..............
And no-one can talk to a horse of course......

(many hours in front of the B&W TV watching Mr Ed)

Damned fine Ed in progress there Peter. Wilbur would be proud!