2nd light. Just a quicky

Hagar (Doug) · #1 24-01-2009, 12:55 AM

A single 120second file of Eta Carinae taken with the QHY9.

Captured with Nebulosity2 and QHY9 running at -20degrees C
Takahashi FS102 at F8

This image came out a lot better than I had expected. Some hot/bright pixels but no calibration carried out, just a stretch using CS3

renormalised (Carl) · #2 24-01-2009, 12:59 AM

That's pretty damn good for a 2min pic...this camera is going to turn out some great stuff by the looks of it

What brand of filters are you looking at getting??

Gama · #3 24-01-2009, 03:28 AM

Thats a good start for 120 secs Doug. Welcome to the mono world.

Theo

Alchemy (Clive) · #4 24-01-2009, 06:44 AM

more goodies from the qhy9 ..... details of camera are required a quick write up ???

(see other image post).

atalas · #5 24-01-2009, 09:43 AM

Looks very promising Doug!

Hagar (Doug) · #6 25-01-2009, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atalas

Looks very promising Doug!

I am very happy with the initial results with the QHY9 in mono. The proof will be when I arrange a set of filters and learn the processing required.
At this stage I am just getting a feel for the camera as it's operation and settings which are a little different from the QHY8 with a much higher pixel count, smaller pixels and a much more sensitive image sensor with a cooling system which has a cooling delta of 50 degrees below ambient. - 20 deg is easily maintained with ambients in the obsevatory up to 25 degrees.