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After a bit of a struggle, I've finally managed to produce an image from my efforts several nights ago...
I took 150 60" frames before the moon rose and tossed 15 due to tracking errors. The rest looked pretty good but I had trouble with my calibration frames...
I got that sorted and pre-processed this in APP and processed in StarTools. I'm pretty happy although I think this image would benefit from more time on target...
M97 (The Owl Nebula) and M108 (The Surfboard Galaxy).
Thanks for looking!
Larry
Attachments
For visual:
10" Skywatcher collapsible goto dob, various EP's and a Celestron StarSense auto align.
For imaging:
Orion 8" astrograph 800mm @ F3.9
Eq6-R Pro controlled by APT via EQmod with an OTA mounted mini PC
Tele Vue Paracorr Type 2 coma corrector
Altair Hypercam 26C
Thats a really nice image - perfect framing, nice detail in the galaxy and great colour in the owl.
Scope: Skywatcher Evostar 80ED (SW 0.85 FR/FF) on a SW NEQ6Pro
Guiding; SW Evoguide 50ED, ASI 120mm mini
Meade 8" LX200 GPS on wedge (Guided with a cheapo 50mm guidescope and a ZWO ASI 120mm mini)
Sharpstar 61EDPH II (with dedicated 0.8 reducer) with wiliam Optics 32mm uniguide
Camera: ASI2600MC pro. QHY 163M with ZWO 7nm NB filters, Canon EOS700D astro mod
Secondary mount: Skywatcher StarAdventurer
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.
Congrats on winning the APOD Larry! Nice image. I enjoy viewing both of the objects in the same field of view with my 6" frac.
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
Hello Larry. A very nice image of the Owl and the Surfboard Galaxy. Excellent color and details in your capture and processing. Thanks for sharing this with us Larry, and congratulations on winning the TSSAPOD Award today.
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Thank you all!
I was pretty happy with it for only 2:15 integration time. Maybe I'll get to spend more time on it, but there are so many other cool targets out there!!!
Larry
For visual:
10" Skywatcher collapsible goto dob, various EP's and a Celestron StarSense auto align.
For imaging:
Orion 8" astrograph 800mm @ F3.9
Eq6-R Pro controlled by APT via EQmod with an OTA mounted mini PC
Tele Vue Paracorr Type 2 coma corrector
Altair Hypercam 26C
Larry 1969 wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 11:12 pm
Thank you all!
I was pretty happy with it for only 2:15 integration time. Maybe I'll get to spend more time on it, but there are so many other cool targets out there!!!
Larry
Yep. I've been known to forgo getting the 'perfect' inage so that I can get more images
And congrats on the TSSAPOD - nice composition getting both in the same frame. Colors and details are great for such a short integration time.
Scopes Celestron EdgeHD-11; William Optics GT102; William Optics ZS61; Criterion Dynamax-8 SCT Mounts AP1100GTO mount w/APCCpro; iOptron iEQ30 Pro; Criterion Dynamax-8 SCT Lenses Hyperstar-III; Celestron 0.7x FR; WO Flat/Reducer 0.8x Guiding Celestron OAG w/ASI174mm mini; WO 50mm; Orion ST80 Cameras and Filters ZWO2600mm Pro w/Optolong 3nm NB and RGB; ZWOASI1600mm Pro (ZWO LRGB and Astrodon Ha-5nm, Oiii-3nm, Sii-5nm), QHY10, Canon 50D; ASI174mm mini; ASI462MC; ASI120MC Misc Moonlite focuser on Edge - Feather-Touch focuser on GT102; ZWO EAF on ZS61; ZWO 2" and 31mm FWs; Kendrick Dew System, Temp-est Fans Software NINA; PHD; APT; BYE; PI; APP; PSP; Registax; FireCapture; SharpCap
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