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16-12-2007, 05:59 PM
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Barb and David
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Warragul. Victoria.
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Eta Carinae Autoguided
Taken on 5-12-07 our first chance to image Eta Carinae Nebula with autoguiding
Pentax DSLR
A stack of 6 light frames 5mins each ISO800 ICNR
Higher resolution :- http://barb.david.1.googlepages.com/home
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Last edited by Tamtarn; 22-12-2007 at 02:29 PM.
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16-12-2007, 06:25 PM
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Astrolounge
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very nice guys, patience and practice certainly pays off, well done.
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16-12-2007, 06:33 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Fantastic Eta! I love this time of year when we start seeing these again!
Well done, great to see the Pentax doing good work!
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16-12-2007, 06:58 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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 Top work, looks great on my screen colour wise and sharp
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16-12-2007, 08:12 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Nice one Barb and Dave, everything seems to be working in your favor, very pleasing to the eye, well done.
Leon
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17-12-2007, 08:08 AM
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Amongst the stars
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Glen Innes, N.S.W.
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Nicely done Guys!!
Colors look spot on and nicely processed!
Everyone years ago said these pentax cameras were no good for astroimaging but you have certainly turned that upside down!
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17-12-2007, 09:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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YEAH one for the Pentax!!!!!!
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17-12-2007, 11:20 AM
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I HATE COMA!
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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beautiful guys. colours looks great. tracking looks great also. and from the pentax! alot of photon there.
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17-12-2007, 11:54 AM
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Starcatcher
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Yes, that is nice, David and Barb! And, yes, great to see a Pentax hard at work! 
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17-12-2007, 12:35 PM
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Looking to Heaven
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Burleigh Heads
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Great Colours and the defination of the dark matter through out the nebular looks, well ... dark.
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17-12-2007, 01:09 PM
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Location: Hahndorf, South Australia
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That's a fantastic effort Barb and Dave, as is the M42 on your homepage too! In fact the recent images on your page are all very fine indeed - the loops of nebulosity in your Tarantula crop had me drooling!
I can echo the above about the Pentax - well done.
Autoguiding will allow you to push the data from your camera more than ever before.
Cheers
Doug
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17-12-2007, 05:49 PM
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Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Lovely work Barb and David. Colour balance looks good. This image is an accolade to you both and clearly defines how far you've come. Looking fowarding to more. Well done.
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17-12-2007, 06:59 PM
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Barb and David
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Warragul. Victoria.
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Thanks so much for the positive feedback everyone we really appreciate it.
We bought the camera in February to try widefields then progressed to prime focus in April then autoguiding in November.
We're pleased that we have been able to get quality images with the Pentax.
Now that we are autoguiding we have been very pleased with the 5 minute exposures.
We have yet to capture more than 5 or 6 subs so from now on we will try 10-15 subs and also longer exposures and see what sort of quality we get pushing the Pentax further.
We hope it encourages other IIS members with Pentax cameras to try DSO Imaging
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17-12-2007, 08:06 PM
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Quietly watching
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Yarra Junction
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a well exposed and presented shot, youve proved the tracking and processing is working well, it looks like all deep sky objects are now open for taking, look forward to more.
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17-12-2007, 08:22 PM
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Moderator
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A beautiful Eta full of detail, perfectly guided, focused and composed.
You've done a wonderful job in processing it, having a very nice histogram.
Congratulations to you both.
Well done
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17-12-2007, 09:41 PM
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Barb and David
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Warragul. Victoria.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy
it looks like all deep sky objects are now open for taking, look forward to more.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RB
A beautiful Eta full of detail, perfectly guided, focused and composed.
You've done a wonderful job in processing it, having a very nice histogram.
Congratulations to you both.
Well done
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I think the focus was better on this one Andrew because I used a Hartman Mask that I made using Baz's (Bloodhound) specs from his website.
Thanks for the comments by the way
David
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22-12-2007, 12:48 PM
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Bill Christie
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
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You guys are producing some nice images. Looks like that Pentax is alright! I'd like to see a closer look at this pic.
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22-12-2007, 05:16 PM
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accepts all donations
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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very nice guys!
well done
frank
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22-12-2007, 06:17 PM
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Canon collector
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Location: Taylors Lakes Melb
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Wow guys, that's excellent!!!  And not bad for a Pentax too!
Just imagine how much better if you had used a Canon 350D!!!
Just kidding of course 
Well done guys!
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23-12-2007, 01:09 PM
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Support your local RFS
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A lovely image Barb & Dave, the colour and detail are spot on.
Great work.
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