Lets image M106 under a 71% Moon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2024
- We had a clear night on Saturday so decided to set up my kit at my better half's house to which I'm eternally grateful for her help in carrying the kit outside as I'm in no fit state right now.
With darkness being short I never had a lot of integration time but it was still nice to be out.
Equipment used;
Altair Astro 102 EDR, www.altairastro.com/starwave-...
SVBony 0.8 reducer, www.svbony.com/sv193-0-8x-red...
Altair Astro 269C colour camera, www.altairastro.com/altair-hy...
Antlia Triband RGB filter, www.365astronomy.com/antlia-t...
Skywatcher AZ EQ6 GT mount. skywatcher.com/product/az-eq6...
Imaged stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processing done in SIRIL, Graxpert & Photoshop CS5. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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That's a really great image of M106 and friends. Nice colours in the galaxies. Doublets done a great job as you say. Clear skies
Thanks Logan more time would have improved it I think but I'm pretty happy with the result, the Antlia triband RGB filter did a great job to as the star colours were pretty much spot on although with the galaxies I did have to tease the colour out a bit.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a great wide field image of m106, you’ve earned a subscriber! Great work.
Thank you for your kind words & thanks for the sub it's very much appreciated.
Great imageTich, especially for 3 hours. You wouldn't think that the moon was that full from looking at the image.
CS Don
Thanks Don it took some sorting with the background but pretty happy with the end result.
Clear skies mate
Nice image, I've had similar results on my old C100-Ed R with GSO focuser upgrade, bit slow 900mm f/l, but with a reducer it has produced some good galaxy pics. The scope was a freebie from my brother some time ago who just wanted the mount it came with. My bruv was instrumental in getting me into astronomy, living in Warminster Wilts we'd often hit the hills to sky watch.. in the late 70s he generously bought me a Prinz Astral 500 60mm refractor from Dixons , My mates and I used to stand in mums back yard observing moon and brighter planets, I was so proud to own this..good old days and with good eyes to boot, swear I could see the horsehead through it, must have been dreaming!! 😂.. I still have the scope in pristine condition ... Atb Tom..
How strange you should say that Tom I was given a Skywatcher ED100 for when I did solar outreach events, I still have it now although I did buy a case with a reducer some time afterwards. I did try imaging with it a couple of times with my old QHY8 camera & DSLR & even though it's pretty slow it didn't do a half bad job but for solar it performs great for white light. The only let down is the rubbish Crayford focuser that Skywatcher still build to this day but it's one of those scopes that I think to myself do I or don't I upgrade the focuser & would it be worth it?
Blimey I remember seeing Prinz refractors in Dixons although I never owned one myself.
Clear skies
Nice final image there Tich for just 3 and half hours worth. Clear skies mate.
Thanks Rob it were nice to get out again.
Clear skies
Hi Tich great image that telescope is punching well above its weight
It does Tony a very good scope indeed one of the best purchases I've made I must admit.
great image for 3 hours. gotta take em when u get them. Best wishes and CS
Thanks mate definitely especially here in the UK lol
Great image from a doublet Tich, nice looking scope that! So glad you finally got some clear skies mate! I’ve been wait for clear skies to test a doublet out myself! Clear skies 👍
Thanks mate yeah it is a pretty decent performer I'm very happy with it one of my better purchases I'd say, the Antlia triband RGB filter also worked well a very decent performer.
@@dumpydalekobservatory Nice filter that Antlia! I’ve got the Altair triband RGB to try!
@@SimonsAstro I did think about buying one & by the time I'd made up my mind they'd sold out at the PAS which is why I bought the Antlia, be good to do a comparison of the 2?
@@dumpydalekobservatory 👍
Nice wide field image. I'm more or less resigned that most of my imaging is going to be carried out in strong moonlight and for some targets it might take months or even over a year to collect enough data to get the final image I want. All part of the joy of astro photography in the UK.
Yeah I guess I've never really put in lots of hours on an image apart from the Helix nebula twice now but even then it were only about 8 hours on each session but a lot of those subs ended up being tossed aside as its low for a UK target. I may have one last try at it this season if the weather allows but I think it will be the last time for me.
Well at least you had some clear sky. It's been a struggle for me.
I think the Aurora last week made up for the months of cloudy nights we had here so Saturday night turned out to be a bit of a bonus.
Wow, where did you find those clear skies, nice final image, especially for a pretty short integration time…👍🏻
Looks like the weather is back to normal now though so who knows when we'll get out again, thanks for watching & clear skies.
Hi, thinking I might collect more data on pinwheel tonight, Clear at 21hrs but cloudy by 21.30hrs, just a mere thought must have brought clouds rolling in. Regards Tom🥴...
Yeah I've been looking at the weather myself & thought about going out but nope sadly not. Hopefully we'll get out soon though eh?
Clear skies!!
Hi,
Just watching more Utube and thinking about all those wonderful expensive shiny triplet scopes that have arrived from China these days (No envy, honest😁) I feel your comments regarding a good quality doublet, even an older scope was a good evaluation,(except for my TAL 6inch reflector I owned which weighed a ton and was probably built with Russian submarine spares😂😂) after all the hobby is what you make it, technically advanced cmos cameras and software are making a big difference, but really just happy with my achievements and the gear I have. Some of the planetary images taken with a Philips modded Web cam on the classic 9.25 still look good and hang in our hall to this day. Using early registax and a modded PHILIPS 2U webcam from the late 90s-mid 2000s was awesome at the time, one of my composites even made it into Astronomy now magazine with a cracking Mars image. Speaking of which I must get those mags & sky at night down from the loft just to remind me of specs and prices of the day, funny I have no laptop or PC capable of playing those cover cds these days... Regards atb Tom👍..
I hear you Tom I had some of my best images of Jupiter using a modified Philips webcam & two stacked 2X Barlows, maybe I'll have another go again sometime when they're around at a decent time.
Cheers
That's pretty good for 3h! Were you using the tri band filter for the entire run? If so, it's making me rethink how I've been imaging galaxies! I've only been able to get that kind of colour definition on Triangulum (using a UV/IR Cut filter).
Yeah I used the Antlia triband RGB filter for the entire run the star colours were almost perfect straight from the camera, M106 needed a bit more work to tease out the colours but it didn't take much to do. Altair astro also do an RGB triband filter & I've been hearing great reviews about it to.
Clear skies!!
Wow thats amazing ! Well done and thanks for sharing 👍 time to subscribe x
Thanks for your kind words & for the sub it's very much appreciated.
I replied to you on Lukomatico's latest video 5 times and it kept deleting...
Re: DIY Ocal - I adapted a webcam already. So far so good.👍
Nice one Nugsy wonder why it kept deleting on there very weird. I hope you do a video about it mate be interesting to watch.
Cheers clear skies