First color pic with QHY9.

[mill (Martin)]

This is my first color picture with the QHY9.
The blue stars are from the light pollution filter
Scope ED80, camera QHY9 object Eta Carinae.

Luminance 10x10 Minutes, RGB 5x5 Minutes.

Large 1Mb full res image here -->> http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/t...rg/etadone.jpg

Small picture here.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Nice detail Martin.
Looks like a field flattener is needed and slight CCD tilt is happening.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Holy cow, youve got some exceptional detail there (even zoomed right in) , focus and guiding is very smick. Shame about colour balance, but for a 1st shot, thats very promising indeed. .......In fact the only thing you need to do, is a bit more time in PS.

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

Nice detail Martin.
Looks like a field flattener is needed and slight CCD tilt is happening.

Thank you David.
I ordered a converter so i can fit my flattener.

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Holy cow, youve got some exceptional detail there (even zoomed right in) , focus and guiding is very smick. Shame about colour balance, but for a 1st shot, thats very promising indeed. .......In fact the only thing you need to do, is a bit more time in PS.

Thank you Fred.
Yes processing LRGB images is a pita if you have never done it

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice going Martin! I'm glad you've had time and skies to get out and give it a go. Don't be too hard on yourself. Its going to take quite a while to get a feel for the ins and outs of CCDs and LRGB as you've said. I was just saying to a friend today (Bender) that I frequently look back at pics from just a year ago taken with my DSLR and think "why did I do it that way?", then realise I had no idea about whatever it was back then (tracking, processing, polar alignment, ISO, exposure times, etc, etc). I'm actually looking forward to all these new challenges though, and the odd nice pic along the way would be a nice sweetner.

You've already got a nice desert there!

[AlexN]

Yay!! Colour imaging!!

Good stuff mate.. Needs some colour balance adjustment.. What LPS filter are you using? Either it is throwing the colour balance up the wall or the filters are not really optimized for the sensor, and your weights are out of whack..

Its a start, and you can only go upwards from there!

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

That is not a bad effort at all. I don't even mind the colour.

Frank

[TrevorW]

Not bad Marty (colour will come) image detail is very similar to the my Eta C (55 minutes total expsoure) taken with the 350d last year through an 80ED (although I did notice some finer tendrils in yours) tracking Ok yet some star elongation in corners, I got this too.

[TheDecepticon]

Very cool! Congrats on your first one.

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

yep I agree with all comments before me ... thats pretty impressive Martin ... Well done

[danielsun]

Hey, nice one Martin. colors are dfferent but you sure are getting plenty of detail.

Cheers Daniel.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Martin, Upwards from here Mate.
Well done. Nice first image.

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Yay!! Colour imaging!!

Good stuff mate.. Needs some colour balance adjustment.. What LPS filter are you using? Either it is throwing the colour balance up the wall or the filters are not really optimized for the sensor, and your weights are out of whack..

Its a start, and you can only go upwards from there!

Thank you Alex.
Man this processing is bloody hard to get right
I am using a cheap one bought from Bintel.
The LRGB filters are pretty good and come with the filterwheel (parfocal)
As luck would have it, my HA filter is parfocal too

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

That is not a bad effort at all. I don't even mind the colour.

Frank

Thank you Frank, i think that the colors add to the detail, but i feel a Sidonio coming up

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Not bad Marty (colour will come) image detail is very similar to the my Eta C (55 minutes total expsoure) taken with the 350d last year through an 80ED (although I did notice some finer tendrils in yours) tracking Ok yet some star elongation in corners, I got this too.

Thank you Trevor.
This camera get every tiny detail, i was amazed with the quality (no noise at all, even in the color pics).

Originally Posted by TheDecepticon

Very cool! Congrats on your first one.

Thank you Mr Decepticon

Originally Posted by Jeffkop

yep I agree with all comments before me ... thats pretty impressive Martin ... Well done

Thank you Jeff

Originally Posted by danielsun

Hey, nice one Martin. colors are dfferent but you sure are getting plenty of detail.

Cheers Daniel.

Thanks mate i still have to get used processing the mono pictures and getting a color picture out of it.

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Martin, Upwards from here Mate.
Well done. Nice first image.

Thank you Doug
Looks like i have some brain picking to do at SV camp