Cat's Paw from Ten Chain Hill

RickS (Rick) · #1 18-07-2011, 10:25 PM

From the new moon night a couple of weeks back. A challenging night with clouds coming and going...

Tak FSQ-106ED scope on AP900 and QHY-12 camera. 9 x 10 minute exposures, a couple made unusable by clouds. Processed in Maxim and PixInsight to the best of my currently limited ability.

Cheers,
Rick.

jase (Jason) · #2 19-07-2011, 09:06 AM

Great work Rick. Neb details look good.

Only critique is that jpg compression is rather high leaving artefacts, so not doing you any favours in displaying your work. Perhaps consider uploading images to a web site.

Keep them coming

RickS (Rick) · #3 19-07-2011, 07:40 PM

Thanks, Jase. I hadn't got around to uploading a copy, but I have now: http://rickstevenson.smugmug.com/Astro-Photography/2011-07/i-FPwHvkt/0/X3/NGC6334-2-XL.jpg

Larger version: http://rickstevenson.smugmug.com/Ast...C6334-2-X3.jpg

Cheers,
Rick.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 19-07-2011, 08:58 PM

ahhh that larger version is better. Nice one!
Hope you're over your jet lag.

RickS (Rick) · #5 19-07-2011, 09:27 PM

Thanks, JJJ! I've had a couple of early nights and I'm feeling pretty good. Unfortunately, that's not helping me find time for processing images

RobF (Rob) · #6 19-07-2011, 09:36 PM

Great shot Rick. Looks like all those hours were well spent in the end. I've been looking forward to seeing this one.

Tandum (Robin) · #7 19-07-2011, 09:55 PM

I see all of these as noisy rick. Is it my crappy monitor? Grab the free copy of neat image and see what that does. What is your image scale with that setup? Under 1 arc/sec?

RickS (Rick) · #8 19-07-2011, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobF

Great shot Rick. Looks like all those hours were well spent in the end. I've been looking forward to seeing this one.

Thanks, Rob!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tandum

I see all of these as noisy rick. Is it my crappy monitor? Grab the free copy of neat image and see what that does. What is your image scale with that setup? Under 1 arc/sec?

Robin: I did a bit of noise reduction but only a light touch. I'll give neat image a go and see if it is an improvement. Image scale is about 2"/pixel.

Tandum (Robin) · #9 19-07-2011, 10:32 PM

2 arc sec/pixel? That is quite a bit higher than I use rick. Crank up that RC10 mate

RickS (Rick) · #10 20-07-2011, 07:08 AM

I'm still using the training wheels, Robin

Hagar (Doug) · #11 20-07-2011, 07:37 AM

Looks very nice Rick. The nebula has some nice detail and colour.
Well done.

multiweb (Marc) · #12 20-07-2011, 08:38 AM

Looks great Rick. Really nice.

Ross G · #13 20-07-2011, 09:23 AM

A very nice photo Rick.

I love the detail.

Thanks.

Ross.

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #14 20-07-2011, 03:48 PM

Well done Rick, Well processed with great detail

RickS (Rick) · #15 20-07-2011, 06:50 PM

Thanks, Doug, Marc, Ross & Geoff! It takes a while to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. I'm sure I have a long way to go, but it's nice to take a few steps in the right direction.

Cheers,
Rick.

RickS (Rick) · #16 20-07-2011, 08:20 PM

Here's a rendition of the Prawn nebula from the same night. I only got 4 x 10 mins exposures on this one before the clouds and fog closed in...

http://rickstevenson.smugmug.com/Ast.../IC4628-X3.jpg