This was begun at the April new moon and finished on the May new moon.
Telescope: 12.5" Plane Wave.
Mount: AP900
Camera: FLI Proline 16803
Exposure: 5hr 20min in LRGB
Processing: Acquired with MaximDL, processed in PixInsight
The link is here: https://www.astrobin.com/full/2il1dz/0/
Geoff
Nice one Geoff
Interesting comparison, considering our OTAs are very similar. There is some dust/IFN in the background of both images, which may also emerge with more exposure time....but may also de-emphasise the globule(??)
Mark
Nice one Geoff
Interesting comparison, considering our OTAs are very similar. There is some dust/IFN in the background of both images, which may also emerge with more exposure time....but may also de-emphasise the globule(??)
Mark
Thanks Mark
Yep, it really needs a lot more exposure.
Geoff
Overall it looks great but the bottom right 1/3rd looks overly red. I thought you may've added some Ha but there isn't. Is that real or a gradient in red?
Overall it looks great but the bottom right 1/3rd looks overly red. I thought you may've added some Ha but there isn't. Is that real or a gradient in red?
Greg.
Thanks Greg. I'm not sure if its real or not. I can remove it easily with ABE/DBE, but I'll have a think about it first.
Thanks Paul, Russ and Marcus. It was a bit difficult to process with the short exposure. So often the long exposures just fall into place with the processing while the short stuff takes forever.
Geoff