Omega Centauri with DSI II

[Dazzler]

Hi all

I've had another crack at this one with the DSI II. I am still very much trying to get the hang of imaging and how the DSI works. I think I have tracking working in the drizzle function now so this should be helping.

I am experimenting with most of the settings still without much idea but pennies are starting to drop.

This one was 75 images of 5.7 sec exposures. For those of you who know the Envisage settings I had minimum quality set to 30%. My processing knowledge is even less than my imaging knowledge but I have tweaked the levels using PS.

Thanks for looking!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Not bad, Darren...is this first light for your DSI II??. I like the fact you didn't overcook the central regions of the cluster, but there's still some more details there to bring out. Give the exposures a little bit more time, but not too much.

Good work.

[Dazzler]

Thanks for the feedback.

I have had it out for a few test runs but this is my best result to date. Plenty to learn!

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work Darren, the stars look quite sharp and tight for a DSI camera - which often results in images with blobby stars.

Nice job.

[Ric]

A good image Darren, well resolved.

I think that you could even push your subs to 8 seconds but given the brightness of OC the core might start to cook.

With the minimum quality settings it's worth experimenting with this. I usually set my level at 10% and then restack later manually rejecting any images that are not up to scratch.

Cheers