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    • M33 in RGB

      M33 in RGB

      Peter Shah posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      What a fabulous night it was last night (Saturday 6th Oct) Everything worked flawlessly with no issues except for one green channel getting trashed from high cloud, that passed pretty quickly and I was able to continue. This  shot is a simple RGB image, I do have plans to get some more data including Luminance and Ha to enhance the H2 regions. I'm quite pleased with the core detail.
      Exposure time 7x 900s in Red, 7x640s in Green and 860s in Blue. Taken with my AG12 and H35 camera
      Click to view full res image
      Thanks 
      Peter Shah
       
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      Craig

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    • NGC6960 The Wiches Broom (Western Veil Nebula)

      Western Veil Nebula

      dave.hardy2 posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      Not bad for in the face of a harvest moon. I used a UHC clip filter.
      26 x 300sec @ ISO800 with darks flats and bias frames
      processed in Startools and finished in CS2.
       
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    • Elephant's Trunk Nebula - first narrowband image with the Hyperstar

      Elephant's Trunk

      Chris P. posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      Hi everyone - here's my attempt at the Elephant's Trunk. Can't match Graham's excellent Hubble pallet image but I'm happy with my first Ha image withthe Hyperstar on my C8 SCT. This was 2hrs 15mins of exposure through a bit of haze and high cloud, so not the best seeing conditions.
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    • Sh2-132 Ha

      Sh2-132 Ha

      Ibbo posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      30 x 1800 with the TS Imaging Star and The QSI.
      Give it the usual click through to get the best image.
       
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      Craig

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    • Trifid Nebula

      Trifid Nebula

      Derbyshire Dave posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      Taken under a bright moon last week, 36 minutes of two minutes exposures at ISO 800. First time I'd had a crack at this... Dark skies coming, hoping for a clear windless night, I need to have a serious go and get a lot more data on this lovely object..
       
       
       
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    • NGC1795 - Fish Head Nebula in Ha (WIP)

      Fish Head Nebula

      Chris P. posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      I'll throw some RGB onto this project when the moon is out of the way.
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    • Picture of the Month September 2018

      Picture of the Month

      philjay posted a topic in Picture of the Month,

      That was a better month for Astro, a few decent darker nights, great let's see some more weather gods. As usual the round up précis'd to cut the length down a bit cos we have a lot this month particularly deep sky and solar.
      • 15 replies
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    • Ngc 7789 in RGB

      A Gorgeous Cluster

      Peter Shah posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      Nothing really special....but a lovely cluster to image especially with the bright moon about. Exposure times were 10x 600 s in red 10x 420sec in green and 10x 560s in blue. I did have some challenges with gradients wit the bright moon but we cant be fussy with the amount of moonless clear nights we get. 
      Thanks for looking
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      Craig

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    • Sol 23-9-2018 ha

      Steve's Solar

      Ibbo posted a topic in Solar,

      201 frames stacked Lunt 60mm D/S Chameleon cam
      Stacked in AS3 sharpened in IMPPG and prodded and poked in PS
       
      Click through for full res image
       

       
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    • The Wall

      The Wall

      dave.hardy2 posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      I had another go at the American Neb last night but concentrated on the Wall. I hope you enjoy
      18 x 300sec @ ISO800 with darks, flats and bias frames
      Processed in Startools and finished in CS2.
      I used a UHC clip filter which really helped with the near full moon.
       
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