October 31, 2007
Right, time to get to work on “My First Comet”
Comet 17P Holmes
OTA: NS8GPS @ f/10
Guiding: WO ZS 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD
Imaging: QHY8 + MaximDL, 26 x 60s (damn the clouds!)
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker (comet mode)
Post Process: MaximDL + PSCS2
Colour Version
Then a Mono Larson-Sekanina filtered version (do NOT do this on a colour image, your eyes will appreciate you for it :))
And now using the mono version as a luminosity layer on the colour version
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October 21, 2007
Not knowing how long the clear spells will last (nor if there were any stray clouds on their way last night because the Met Office Sat pics went t*tsup), I just stayed out until the sky turned light… I think the processing went well, considering I`ve been awake for 32+ hours now..
Anyway, here we go:
OTA: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD
Guide: NS8GPS@f/10 + DSI-C + PHD
Capture: 18 x 600s, QHY8, CLS Filter
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, PSCS2 + Noels Astro Tools.
Ready for this? Now you know why I`m still awake….
(Click on the image for a larger version!)
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October 18, 2007
My first delve into using a CLS filter last night… damn that was cold out there!
First off, IC5146 Cocoon
OTA: NS8GPS@ f/10
Guiding: WO66 + DSI-C + PHD
Imaging: QHY8, 9 x 600s (plus bias and darks), CLS Filter
Process: DeepSkyStacker, PSCS + Noels Tools
Note: I just couldnt get the focus right on this image, kept chasing it back and forwards.
Then M33 appeared over the roof, so I moved on:
OTA: NS8GPS@ f/6.3
Guiding: WO66 + DSI-C + PHD
Imaging: QHY8, 12 x 600s (plus bias and darks), CLS Filter
Process: DeepSkyStacker, PSCS + Noels Tools
I took about an hour of Ha as well, but cant quite get my head round how I should use it on my RGB image.
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