+Graham Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) Well good morning folks. I am typing this through blury but very happy eyes. My intension was to have another go at the M81/82 pairing but the seeing wasn't to hot so I swung the scope around to M 51. My idea was to go for 60 plus 60 sec subs at ISO 800. The clouds had other ideas and it ended up at 23 number 60 sec subs at ISO 800. After the clouds rolled in I decided to put into practice what we had discussed the other night in the chat box. I took 23 darks on the same settings. I then set up to take some flats. Stretching a White Tee-shirt across the Newt I set up a 100 watt spot light running through a difuser on a step ladder facing the business end of the Newt. I then played with the shutter speed until I got the histogramme 2/3rds of the way up. Perfect I thought. The timing could not have been scripted any better. As I pressed the capture button on the keyboard there was an almighty crash in the obs. I rushed in to find the step ladder had fallen over and I now had a very ex spotlight and difuser. Oh well scub the flats maybe next time. What I should have done next is go to bed but I decided to stay up and put what I had got through DSS. After DSS had done its thing I put the result into PS. After a quick play the resulting photo is what you see. To say I am one happy bunny is an understatement. I know I still have a long long way to go but its getting better. Thanks Graham. Edited June 25, 2012 by Astrotec Limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Loving that Graham! I just love M51, nice to see you are coming on nicely, next time I`m sure you will have it all sorted, step ladder and all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Nice Graham. I had a pop at various targets in the NW, N and NE this morning but cloud spoiled every run. I ended up imaging a target I had previously done in the only clear bit of sky I had (SE). Frustrating but at least I'm getting a routine together now. Imaging time is happening a lot quicker now after alignment, focusing etc I think it's great there's a few on here all learning together. A trouble shared and all that ... Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 That's blooming good Graham! Very impressed, I can see I need to extract my digit and start getting my act together. Well done indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hi folks. Thanks for the kind words. Your right Paul it make it a lot easier to get to grips with when several people are going through the same steep learning curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) Nice job Graham. Just done a quick touch up, removed some of contrast and sharpened... Wish I could take em like this.. Edited June 25, 2012 by Tweedledum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Damian that is brilliant. Thanks. Pat yes I am rearly pleased with this one considering how few subs I managed to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Folks, Will now only have a go at cleanup if asked . Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 To right Pat, Just think of it go home from work set the scope running and leave it gathering data for 12 hours. I can hardly wait. As far as the processing goes I think I need all the help I can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Graham, Just pm and send any you want done via e-mail. Delighted to help. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Damian, feel free to play with mine all you like, it gives me a bench mark to aim at when I try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 I say Mike thats a bit forward isn't it. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I thought that as soon as I had hit the post button... I think I got away with it last night when I said it was suprising how much difference Pete's extra couple of inches makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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