Finally have an Astro Image, after 9 months, struuuth, still hasnt sunk in yet , , But 1st, I have to take my hat off to all you who are takin/showing astro images beyond the realms of this darksky happy snapper Leyburn was a real Eye Opening experience, Gadgets & Progs to run them, unbelievable
Anywho, lucky I had the new battery bank & solar panel to install as the Bob'servatory's existing batteries were dead, having only 9.4V in them, possably due to an itchy cow taking out the old solar panel how ever long ago, so, counting my stars I had some image time
Have also made a small step up from the 8" F4 to the 10" F4.7, thought this would be and improvement, wrooong, just found the upgrade magnified what guiding errors were there welcome to another level of astro-photog
So, in the event of 1200mm F/L & Orion guiding phd with the Neq6p & its backlash, which comes free the measily stock 600D slr managed 12 subs of 4mins, that Registax put together, the tiff output file was then left in this ducks hands fumbling through PS3
I thought this cropped version just worth posting, so hope it worth a squizz,, & any comment and/or critique is welcome , , ,
Thanx for looking . . .
Hi Bob,
That's quite a good smooth image & amazing that it's only 48 minutes with a stock DSLR -
shows the benefit of a dark site.
You could get that backlash adjusted out & maybe also try the mod I did to my NEQ6 pro:
Hi Bob,
That's quite a good smooth image & amazing that it's only 48 minutes with a stock DSLR -
shows the benefit of a dark site.
You could get that backlash adjusted out & maybe also try the mod I did to my NEQ6 pro:
Thanx for the comment & Info Re: counterweight shaft Allan, very interesting remedy, I'll definately look into further & get back to you about it mate Hoping to experiment further with guiding this weekend (forecast clear) from burbs, so will check that shaft caper for sure
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Originally Posted by naskies
Hi Bob, you've gotta be pretty happy with that! Fantastic star colours and rich colours in the dark dust lane.
Thanx Dave, this duck is quite stoked with it actually, I only lifted the dust lane colour moderately, tho had to saturate them stars somewhat, , wouldnt like to show you my last effort on this two yrs ago, Lol. HavagoodN !
Appreciate your comment
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Originally Posted by RickS
Nice work, Bob!
Thanx for your vote of encouragement Rick, it goes a long way
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Originally Posted by Larryp
Looks very nice, Bob
Thanx Larry, Glad you like it mate
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Originally Posted by Ross G
A very good photo Bob.
Nice detail and colour.
Ross.
Cheers Ross, I'm happy with the detail at this level, & surprised what came of it with my basic processing skills !
Much appreciate your kind words mate
Hi Bob,
gotta be happy with that!..pity about the guiding, but I'm sure you'll rectify that in time...that combo shows great potential..
Yes, Leyburn was very dark last weekend, an absolute pleasure to watch the Milky Way slide overhead until dawn on Sat and Sun mornings....
Sharp and detailed with some lovely colors. Well done.
Hey thanx Marc, appreciate your kind words
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Originally Posted by Greg Bock
Hi Bob,
gotta be happy with that!..pity about the guiding, but I'm sure you'll rectify that in time...that combo shows great potential..
Yes, Leyburn was very dark last weekend, an absolute pleasure to watch the Milky Way slide overhead until dawn on Sat and Sun mornings....
Cheers Greg, I'm happy with 1st light and the challenges ahead to improve mate Been a while seeing the MW glorifying the night sky, i manage a quick photo of the zodiacal light on Sun morn, A sight for sore eyes
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Originally Posted by rustigsmed
wow, great colours and dust detail!
what iso setting did you have the 600d on bob?
cheers
rusty
Cheers Russel, I like to keep at iso800 as used with this, kinda feel safer with noise levels and slightly better dynamic range than 1600, tho others have used 1600 with great results
All the best
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Beautiful strong colours Bob, good luck with sorting the guiding, your colour eye is going to serve you well I think
Mike
Thanx Mike, appreciate your feedback on colour, can only try so not overdo things, tho I'll leave all them techno colour hubble paletts for a while yet
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Originally Posted by bradley
yep agree with that statement
Thanx Bradley
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Originally Posted by RobF
Hey, that's an amazing start Bob. Unusual to get such great star colours. No doubt the clear Leyburn skies and big aperture as well as processing.
There are programs to reduce star smearing a little in post from memory. You've got a LOT of faint galaxy detail there for sure
Hey Cheers Rob, I find that cheap optics give some stars both red & blue at various measures so i treat the blues seperately from the reds, unorthodox but still practical i feel. And yep, have a star smear fixer tute here somewhere, never thought at the time Also lucky that guiding errors ran similar direction as dust lane, so not a major loss in most detail, kinda consider that very fortunate
Rgrds . .
Leyburn was a real Eye Opening experience, Gadgets & Progs to run them, unbelievable 
welcome to another level of astro-photog 
Fantastic star colours and rich colours in the dark dust lane.
