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Old 07-06-2021, 10:04 AM
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Cat's Paw - Ha/OSC Blend

Hi all,

this was from last new moon and was my first time out under dark skies with the full rig in two years. I also had a new toy to play with - a ZWO 2600MC

Compared to the modded DSLR there was a very noticeable improvement in sharpness and depth. It has meant I've needed to modify my capture and processing workflow to account for the new equipment.
There's still plenty of tuning needing to be done with the new setup.

This is approximately 1.5 hours each of OSC and Ha - the latter through an Astronomik 12nm filter. All data was of course captured with the ZWO 2600MC through a Skywatcher 190mm Mak-Newt.

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Old 07-06-2021, 10:13 AM
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That's an excellent shot Pete. Very smooth. Beaute colors and details.
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Old 07-06-2021, 02:49 PM
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very nice Paw there Pete.

These new 2600 cameras look great.

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Old 08-06-2021, 10:29 AM
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That's an excellent shot Pete. Very smooth. Beaute colors and details.
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very nice Paw there Pete.

These new 2600 cameras look great.

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Thanks Greg! Yep - the new breed of Sony sensors are a big jump it would appear.

I still have to tighten up my guiding ( I installed the latest version of PHD for multi-star guiding but it just wouldn't display the guide graph anywhere despite the guiding clearly working )

I also need to ensure I nail the collimation & then work out whether I have some residual tilt. I also have to work out a better focus routine - it was shifting a bit as the night went on (due to temperature change most likely).

Lots to do!
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Very nice image!
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Looks good. I like the star colours!
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Very nice image!
Thanks Nik!

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Looks good. I like the star colours!
Thanks Paul!
I always prefer images with nice star colours - (not always achievable of course!).

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Very nice, well processed, big RGB fan, let’s hope we see more now that you have a new camera.👍
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Very nice, well processed, big RGB fan, let’s hope we see more now that you have a new camera.👍
Thanks Clive!
Image capture is difficult for me as I live in Sydney, but I have a few more to process from my dark sky trip last month.
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