Popular Post Peter Shah Posted January 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2021 I have been so busy travelling, building and setting up kit in Spain ... I thought I would post my spoils from all of my hard work.....(BTW the wife keeps saying its not hard work....but I know best though!!! 😉) Most surprising was the shot of Barnard's 7, I only processed it yesterday. It was only 1hr 40mins total with a latest gen OSC back illuminated Cmos. Camera technology....I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor!....Im converted!! Thanks for looking Peter Shah NGC 7822- AG12 and H35 CCD 4hrs each in RGB 12hrs total. (Image from my garden in the UK) M45 and the Large Molecular Cloud - 12hrs total 300s, 180s and 60s unguided exposures. Imaged with a 105mm 1.4 Sigma lens @ f2 with an ASI2600 OSC (Imaged remotely in Spain) Part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud Barnard's 7 dark nebula, Imaged with the 105 f1.4 Sigma lens and ASI2600MC. 20x 300s unguided (Imaged remotely in Spain) Rho Ophiucus - 200x 120s unguided the Sigma 105 F1.4 @F2 ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro. (Imaged remotely in Spain) Simeis 147 in Taurus- 22.5 hrs total Image in RGB Ha and O3. Imaged the FSQ106 at F3.6 and the ASI 6200MM. (Imaged remotely in Spain) philjay, Bassinghamobservatory, +Bino-viewer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Awesome Peter Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Wow Peter, great set of images! I noticed most were unguided, what mount are you using?? Ron Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Thats a bosting shot of Rho Ophiuchi region. Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, RonC said: Wow Peter, great set of images! I noticed most were unguided, what mount are you using?? Ron Thank you Ron, The FSQ106 is on a 10micron GM1000, the Sigma 105 is on a Paramount Mx and the AG12 is on an EQ8. The EQ8 is unbelievable, it's guide graph is stunning especially for a mount in that price range. 2 minutes ago, philjay said: Thats a bosting shot of Rho Ophiuchi region. I cant tell you how long I've wanted to image it.......finally been able to!! 1 hour ago, Bottletopburly said: Awesome Peter Thank you David +RonC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Amazing stuff Peter 😊 On another level. I too love the shot of the Antares region. It looks like you've got M4 in there as well. Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, Bino-viewer said: Amazing stuff Peter 😊 On another level. I too love the shot of the Antares region. It looks like you've got M4 in there as well. Thank you Rob, Its probably my favourite part of the sky.... to just see it rise only a few degrees here knowing its near impossible to get anything decent is just cruel....its still very low in Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Outstanding images Pete, the detail is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Quite stunning Peter, a fabulous set of shots, and such variety! Amazing detail.... so you have both the ASI 2600MM and the ASI 6200MM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, BAZ said: Outstanding images Pete, the detail is amazing Thank you Baz...Im very pleased with what I have so far 1 hour ago, Derbyshire Dave said: Quite stunning Peter, a fabulous set of shots, and such variety! Amazing detail.... so you have both the ASI 2600MM and the ASI 6200MM? Thank you Dave, I wished I could say it was all mine, but my pockets are not that deep!!! someone else pays the bills. I built, run and maintain it ...... I have to say I am super impressed with the ASI cameras. I did have to change my approach to imaging with Cmos, very different to CCD. At first I thought the cooling wasn't that good only reaching -5 in the Spanish summer heat, but the noise is so low -5 is really all you need. Plus because you use short subs with Cmos, combined with dithering the huge number of frames when stacked with a good rejection algorithm effectively drops the noise floor even further......the technology has really moved on. The down side it the masses of data and processing power needed to work with these cameras. Each frame on the 6200mm is 116meg! when you are doing no longer that 300s exposures all of a sudden you have no storage space left... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, Peter Shah said: Thank you Baz...Im very pleased with what I have so far Thank you Dave, I wished I could say it was all mine, but my pockets are not that deep!!! someone else pays the bills. I built, run and maintain it ...... I have to say I am super impressed with the ASI cameras. I did have to change my approach to imaging with Cmos, very different to CCD. At first I thought the cooling wasn't that good only reaching -5 in the Spanish summer heat, but the noise is so low -5 is really all you need. Plus because you use short subs with Cmos, combined with dithering the huge number of frames when stacked with a good rejection algorithm effectively drops the noise floor even further......the technology has really moved on. The down side it the masses of data and processing power needed to work with these cameras. Each frame on the 6200mm is 116meg! when you are doing no longer that 300s exposures all of a sudden you have no storage space left... Wow, that is a huge file! I use the ASI 183MM Pro cooled mono camera.. Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, Derbyshire Dave said: Wow, that is a huge file! I use the ASI 183MM Pro cooled mono camera.. Im impressed with the ZWO the overall build quality is superb, generally lightweight and low cost (if there is such a thing as low cost in this game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 I've one a little work on reducing the effect from halo's in Barnard's 7. Its quite a long winded process to get it to correct well and each star has to be worked on separately. Here is a close up of one of the repairs. Final image after correction after taking most of the blue ones out.... +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris P. Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Fantastic stuff, as ever Peter 👏 Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Breath-taking images Peter, absolutely stunning 👍 Peter Shah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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