My Seestar S50 EAA Caldwell Challenge images 31-60

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Starting my 2nd 30!

Start with C37 an open cluster


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Caldwell 25, 17 minutes. A dim globular cluster, very small in the Seestar S50

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C48 Spiral Galaxy I will be adding more subs once it is in view again. Only 2 minutes of subs

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Caldwell 55 the Saturn Nebula very small in S50

"The Saturn Nebula (also known as NGC 7009 or Caldwell 55) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquarius. It appears as a greenish-yellowish hue in a small amateur telescope" source Wikipedia

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C57 galaxy extremely faint galaxy, I will be trying more subs for this when I can.

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Up last night imaging with the S50 until 10:30 pm, turned in and then about 4:45 am had to get up to go to the head really bad. Since it was now about 5 am I decided to put the S50 back out on my shelf outside my den where I can get the S and NW. The MOON was straight up and very bright, but the S50 handled the bright skies really well at least for clusters.
I did C10 and C54 and then C24 with labels since it is so small, but I was amazed at how many NGCs are around C24!

[Graeme1858]

That's a nice set of clusters Jeff.

You're really steaming with your second batch!

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Caldwell 34 the West Veil Nebula.

Spent 10 nights for a few minutes each night before the Veil crossed the meridian shooting it. I ended up with 136 minutes of usable subs.

[Graeme1858]

Caldwell 34 the West Veil Nebula.

Nice Jeff.

Are you going for the Eastern Veil next?

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Caldwell 34 the West Veil Nebula.

Nice Jeff.

Are you going for the Eastern Veil next?

Already got C33 the Eastern Veil, but I am working on a better one with more subs to replace the one the I already posted.

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Caldwell 9 live stacked in the Seestar S50

3 hour exposure, it caught 90 minutes of 10 second subs. There was severe field rotation that is reduced by the live stacking in the S50 by darkening the field. Edited the live stack image in the S50

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Stayed up until 11 pm last night to get Caldwell 11 the Bubble Nebula.

It was windy but it was from the N and my shelf for the S50 is on the West.

Here are both the live shot directly from the S50 and the one tweaked in Lightroom

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Caldwell 56

Very low in my backyard right over a 24 hour factory 500 feet away so lots of light pollution

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C40 galaxy and C20 North American, NA was my first good mosaic, both processed in scope.

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Now that the board is back up I have to remember what Caldwell I shot in the meantime LOL

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ZWO did it, they gave us the ability to denoise and THEN edit!
I ran the few shots I had of C51, 15 minutes, through the stacking on the S50 saved the result afterwards and then did the Denoise before the latest update it would only denoise the image before doing any editing.
Now after the denoise it drops into the edit buttons at the bottom of the screen! This is something I had asked ZWO for and they gave it to us! Now you should denoise first and then do the editing!
I ran the denoise on the stacked image and THEN ran the editing process!
The only thing that would be nice is a sliding scale for the denoise so you could use less of it if you want.

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Added 3 Caldwells to the list last night, 5 degrees F. but the S50 worked great

[Graeme1858]

5°F!!! That's dedication.

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5°F!!! That's dedication.

IT is not as bad as it sounds, my 2nd floor deck is right off my bedroom I set up the tripod during the day, real quick, put the S50 out and leveled it ( .02 ) and went back inside, that was the longest, about 6 pm.
The rest is all done from inside and after 9 pm I was sleeping while it was imaging - gosh I love the S50!

Of course my S30 has been stuck in the Post office in NJ dropped off my high point, still there after 5 days!! I may be lucky to get it in the next 10 days
NJ to Boston in 15 days??? I could walk there and back

[Graeme1858]

NJ to Boston in 15 days??? I could walk there and back

Perhaps you'll get it for Christmas!