Sorry to hear about the rain! I’m sure the triplets will be fine. You can now refer to them as water buckets as well as light buckets 😅. Image looks great. The OIII and Ha really do this target justice contrasting the reds and blues. Love it ❤
🤣🤣🤣 water buckets. Rumour has it the Triple RASA system is that powerful it turns clears skies to rain! I agree, I’d love to expand on it and see what else it can add to the image.
I’m hearing what your putting down. I haven’t taken stars out of the image, I’ve just reduced the impact of them. I personally prefer star images to starless.
Yours is going up much faster than ours! Still haven’t finalised the plans but hoping we will still be in the new abode by Xmas 24. No luck with land for an observatory. Thinking it might be prudent to wait until after the bush fire season and hopefully score some cheaper land that doesn’t require tree clearing for several years!
@WideField yeah it could be a very dangerous summer. SA doesn’t seem as bad as the other states but it’s still a long drawn out process. I hope everything goes smoothly for you and your able to get that observatory up for your setup.
@@StevenMorrisPhotography Thanks Steve. I will also need to be extra careful (longer travel time) as there are so many kangaroos and wallabies around! Will need to have an Apollo 13 roll of Gaffer tape in my vehicle just in case!
I always use an older laptop on my night stand that is remoted into my main imaging laptop and have the volume turned up so when PHd2 starts to ding due to clouds I will wake up and open the lid of the laptop and see what is happening. If the ding stays constant then I know it's not just a passing cloud and will load up the local doppler radar and see exactly what is going on. Great image in the end, congrats and clear skies. -=Efrain=-
never seen the fighting dragon before but your image is my favourite image of the year!!! it's so Amazing that I want to try to image myself this beautiful subject. Really and astonishing job mate! keep going Bro!
Cheers mate for the kind words, I’m still expanding on that image but right now everyone must be buying new equipment because the weather hasn’t been the best.
Great image Steven, very detailed and beautiful colors. Yeah, rain, been there, had that ..., it took a while to have my edge8 completely dry, after draining out the water it kept fogging up, so I had to let it dry with the front off for several days in the sun. Hope all you gear will be ok !
I never sleep when the gear is out. I had to save it one night a few years ago from a downpour with an umbrella from unforecasted rain that was not even on the radar image. Learned my lesson then.
Amazing image, sorry to hear about the RASAs, they are tough scopes and I am sure they will come back. Would love to hear more on your processing for such a stunning combination.
Arrgh I know the feeling. I've been rained on twice, once a torrential downpour and man, I was a blur pulling down the rig so fast and getting it inside. Amazingly this gear we have is pretty resilient and everything worked the next night. Hope all goes well getting the water out of the RASA's - does not sound like a fun job.
I was so awestruck by the image, I forgot to ask if you sell prints? I'll most likely never be in the southern Hemisphere, so can I get a copy of the "Fighting Dragans of Ara"?
A stunning image. Sorry to hear that your rig was rained on, but hope everything will be ok for your next session. Should the worst happen, is your rig fully ensured? Cheers
Always insured, but it means I can mod the RASA more right? Currently one is completely apart and I’m flocking it 🤣 see if I can reduce reflections…. Or make it worse lol 😂
Cracking image mate sorry to hear about the RASA's getting wet, the RASA I had got waterlogged by the previous owner when the roof got ripped off the observatory & literally flooded the place. Shouldn't be to bad to sort out just watch the matt black paint inside the tube as I think its water based & washes off. If yours looks ok just dry it naturally & don't wipe it or the paint can rub off. Hope it helps clears skies & good luck.
Nicely done mate 👍👍 Sorry to hear about the rain! Nothing that a little drainage and desiccants couldn't fix 🙂 If you end up cracking one of the RASAs open, would make for a good video as a water logged telescopes is everyone's fear! Hopefully the mirror didn't get touched though 😕 Awesome image and Clear Skies!
Yeah mate mirror got touched, I’ve had to clean everything up. What I fear the most is alignment of the optics again. I’m sure the Baader FCCT will help with that.
Do you look one or 2-3 weather forecast sites. I am terrifying of rain during “clear night”. It looks majority of astrophotographers in Australia taking pictures of Dragon; Statue Liberty; and Tarantula nebulas. Are they so popular? Are they bright?
Yeah I do usually look at multiple however that night I was confident it would be clear. A lot of those targets are really high in the night sky at the moment, that’s why you’ll see a lot of images coming through like that.
I wouldn’t say those nebulas are as bright as Orion and as for M101 it barely reaches the horizon for me so its definitely not high enough at all to image.
Absolutely stunning image! JUST WOW. I guess it should be, if you're going that invested. Some day I'll hopefully be able to process this well. I'm a retired night owl, so up during imaging sessions. Need to get a good cover. Any recommendations? I've heard Telegizmo is good?
Thank you very much, I do try and push my astrophotography limits every time I capture and process data. I haven’t looked a lot into telescope covers sorry so I can’t really comment too much on that. I hear Orion make them too.
Thank you, yeah that egg is a big piece of the image I feel composition wise. It’s raining like crazy so perfect timing to pull the triplets apart for a clean and rebuild.
@@StevenMorrisPhotography You've just garnered the wrath of the rain gods due to the expense of your setup. Setup cost x purchase date = severity of clouds.
Well, this sucks - sorry mate. But with the kind of investment you have made into your gear, it's probably time for a roll-off roof hut to host your equipement. There are some commercial options, including a motorized roof with ASCOM support - and then couple that to an environmental sensor to have NINA initiate a shut-down should it start to rain. Or a Baader AllSky Dome, if the pockets are deep enough ;)
Sorry to hear about the rain! I’m sure the triplets will be fine. You can now refer to them as water buckets as well as light buckets 😅. Image looks great. The OIII and Ha really do this target justice contrasting the reds and blues. Love it ❤
🤣🤣🤣 water buckets.
Rumour has it the Triple RASA system is that powerful it turns clears skies to rain!
I agree, I’d love to expand on it and see what else it can add to the image.
Hope all is well. 🙏
wow what a shot!!!, well done, sorry to hear about the rain. hope it is all fix
Thanks mate, yeah I’m slowly fixing it
I would love to see more the stars, personal preference.
I’m hearing what your putting down. I haven’t taken stars out of the image, I’ve just reduced the impact of them. I personally prefer star images to starless.
Hope the building of the new house is going well.
Hi mate, it’s a slow process. Won’t be in it before the end of the year I feel. Early next year I think.
Yours is going up much faster than ours! Still haven’t finalised the plans but hoping we will still be in the new abode by Xmas 24. No luck with land for an observatory. Thinking it might be prudent to wait until after the bush fire season and hopefully score some cheaper land that doesn’t require tree clearing for several years!
@WideField yeah it could be a very dangerous summer.
SA doesn’t seem as bad as the other states but it’s still a long drawn out process. I hope everything goes smoothly for you and your able to get that observatory up for your setup.
@@StevenMorrisPhotography Thanks Steve. I will also need to be extra careful (longer travel time) as there are so many kangaroos and wallabies around! Will need to have an Apollo 13 roll of Gaffer tape in my vehicle just in case!
@WideField yeah you’ll have to watch out for that wildlife.
I always use an older laptop on my night stand that is remoted into my main imaging laptop and have the volume turned up so when PHd2 starts to ding due to clouds I will wake up and open the lid of the laptop and see what is happening. If the ding stays constant then I know it's not just a passing cloud and will load up the local doppler radar and see exactly what is going on. Great image in the end, congrats and clear skies.
-=Efrain=-
I think we've all been there I certainly have! Great image and I'm glad the damage wasn't too bad. Cs
Thank you so much!
The hobby does challenge us at times that’s for sure, helps us to learn our equipment too
never seen the fighting dragon before but your image is my favourite image of the year!!! it's so Amazing that I want to try to image myself this beautiful subject.
Really and astonishing job mate! keep going Bro!
Cheers mate for the kind words, I’m still expanding on that image but right now everyone must be buying new equipment because the weather hasn’t been the best.
Great image Steven, very detailed and beautiful colors.
Yeah, rain, been there, had that ..., it took a while to have my edge8 completely dry, after draining out the water it kept fogging up, so I had to let it dry with the front off for several days in the sun. Hope all you gear will be ok !
Thank you mate, yeah it’s taking a little while for everything to dry up. All should be ok.
Great image !! Sorry to hear about the rain
Thank you, it’s bitter sweet.
Great image of the dragons Steven! Sorry to hear about the rain. Happened to me once. Just part of the fun I suppose, lol. CS!
Thanks mate, I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one now lol.
I never sleep when the gear is out. I had to save it one night a few years ago from a downpour with an umbrella from unforecasted rain that was not even on the radar image. Learned my lesson then.
Dam those sneaky rain showers. Good thing you were ready for it.
Amazing image, sorry to hear about the RASAs, they are tough scopes and I am sure they will come back. Would love to hear more on your processing for such a stunning combination.
Have you got vid/images of your scopes?
I don’t think I’ve done an in-depth video yet of the triplets.
Arrgh I know the feeling. I've been rained on twice, once a torrential downpour and man, I was a blur pulling down the rig so fast and getting it inside. Amazingly this gear we have is pretty resilient and everything worked the next night. Hope all goes well getting the water out of the RASA's - does not sound like a fun job.
Good idea
Thanks Logan, it’s good to hear I’m not the only one that’s been down this path. F/2 optics though unforgiving lol
First rule of thumb is never Trust a Weather Reporter, only use their information as an Advisement......
Think of it as the Rasas being "baptised" and hopefully they are not damaged
Nah not damaged mate so all good there.
@@StevenMorrisPhotography Great news
I need to get RASA🤔
I was so awestruck by the image, I forgot to ask if you sell prints? I'll most likely never be in the southern Hemisphere, so can I get a copy of the "Fighting Dragans of Ara"?
Of course Mike you can, if you can contact me through my website I’ll be able to give you more details.
A stunning image. Sorry to hear that your rig was rained on, but hope everything will be ok for your next session. Should the worst happen, is your rig fully ensured? Cheers
Always insured, but it means I can mod the RASA more right? Currently one is completely apart and I’m flocking it 🤣 see if I can reduce reflections…. Or make it worse lol 😂
@@StevenMorrisPhotography jolly good 😊. Just insure your rig for £1.3 billion and procure the ELT 😂. Still wouldn't be as snazzy as your rig though 👍
🤣🤣🤣
Cracking image mate sorry to hear about the RASA's getting wet, the RASA I had got waterlogged by the previous owner when the roof got ripped off the observatory & literally flooded the place. Shouldn't be to bad to sort out just watch the matt black paint inside the tube as I think its water based & washes off. If yours looks ok just dry it naturally & don't wipe it or the paint can rub off.
Hope it helps clears skies & good luck.
Yeah already found that out, it’s almost like a dust too. That’s ok I have flocked the inside of it and wow is it dark inside the RASA now!
Nice one mate we flocked mine to but it didn't stick to well, seems to be holding but I think it may have to get done again.
Nicely done mate 👍👍 Sorry to hear about the rain! Nothing that a little drainage and desiccants couldn't fix 🙂 If you end up cracking one of the RASAs open, would make for a good video as a water logged telescopes is everyone's fear! Hopefully the mirror didn't get touched though 😕 Awesome image and Clear Skies!
Yeah mate mirror got touched, I’ve had to clean everything up. What I fear the most is alignment of the optics again. I’m sure the Baader FCCT will help with that.
Do you look one or 2-3 weather forecast sites. I am terrifying of rain during “clear night”.
It looks majority of astrophotographers in Australia taking pictures of Dragon; Statue Liberty; and Tarantula nebulas. Are they so popular? Are they bright?
Yeah I do usually look at multiple however that night I was confident it would be clear.
A lot of those targets are really high in the night sky at the moment, that’s why you’ll see a lot of images coming through like that.
@@StevenMorrisPhotography These targets are also super bright. Right? Something like Orion Nebula.
Do you see M101 in Australia?
@@anata5127 m101 is way too north for australia
@@nikaxstrophotography It is now big target. Supernova is appeared there. It can be seen in 5-7 sec exposure, during focusing!
I wouldn’t say those nebulas are as bright as Orion and as for M101 it barely reaches the horizon for me so its definitely not high enough at all to image.
Spend all that money on three rigs and tracker but no rain sensor, priorities I guess.
How about to have tripple O3 AND discover some new O3 NEBULAE?
Absolutely stunning image! JUST WOW. I guess it should be, if you're going that invested. Some day I'll hopefully be able to process this well.
I'm a retired night owl, so up during imaging sessions. Need to get a good cover. Any recommendations? I've heard Telegizmo is good?
Thank you very much, I do try and push my astrophotography limits every time I capture and process data.
I haven’t looked a lot into telescope covers sorry so I can’t really comment too much on that. I hear Orion make them too.
Clicking "I like this" feels so wrong!
Hope you can clean things up with no long term issues.
Great image though, just missing the egg by a little bit
Thank you, yeah that egg is a big piece of the image I feel composition wise. It’s raining like crazy so perfect timing to pull the triplets apart for a clean and rebuild.
@@StevenMorrisPhotography well the Egg is not going anywhere, you have time!
Dude you have the worst luck!
Lol maybe I should just give up!
@@StevenMorrisPhotography You've just garnered the wrath of the rain gods due to the expense of your setup. Setup cost x purchase date = severity of clouds.
🤣
Well, this sucks - sorry mate. But with the kind of investment you have made into your gear, it's probably time for a roll-off roof hut to host your equipement. There are some commercial options, including a motorized roof with ASCOM support - and then couple that to an environmental sensor to have NINA initiate a shut-down should it start to rain. Or a Baader AllSky Dome, if the pockets are deep enough ;)