Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 HI, Had a fantastic sky last night and all the kit played ball. However I am still in 'scatter gun' mode and split my, as it turned out, 5 hours of clear skies over numerous images. Unfortunately my first attempts at some globular clusters were rubbish. I over exposed and can't control in processing so lost most of the detail in the clusters themselves. First of the night though was the Leo triplet. Had them in my sights for a long time but, you know, it never happened. Anyway, here's the 3 galaxies set in a full frame for scale; ED120DS-PRO, 0.85FR, Canon 450D full spectrum, CLS-CCD filter. 12x300s ISO 800. 11 matching darks. Thanks for looking, clear skies and Happy Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Cracking shot Paul - very nice detail in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Thank you kind sir. I wasn't going to bother posting it up here but the Twitter version got a few retweets/favourited etc. Actually looking at it again, I might throw some more time at it including some NB. I really should concentrate on quality and not quantity. Also these damn pesky dust bunnies are doing my head in. Every surface got a gentle clean down so can only assume they are hiding on the objective lens inside the OTA. Might have to employ my hybrid blower/drinking straws tool to sort it. Keeping the background dark enough to hide the bunnies is costing me hard-earned faint nebulosity. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Nice shot. Darkening the background seems a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, would you perhaps be better to do some flats for calibration instead? That would get rid of the bunnies and allow you to retain the faint detail you sacrifice by darkening the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Yep Mike you've nailed it. Haven't had any luck with t-shirts/twilight sky etc so am waiting for a decent quality flat panel to become available. Then we're cooking Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 I still want rid of the bunnies though! Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Yep Mike you've nailed it. Haven't had any luck with t-shirts/twilight sky etc so am waiting for a decent quality flat panel to become available. Then we're cooking Regards. Whilst some may say not ideal since it's not 100% full spectrum, why not do what I do with the ED80 and did with the st80? I used my laptop screen, works fine with OSC in my case with a modded 350d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Cheers Mike. I've tried it before and it was a faff for me with limited space in the shed. FLO/Hitecastro should be coming up with the goods soon so I'll continue with a coal background for now. Thanks again. Happy Easter. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Very nice shot. I read an interesting thread on SGL about making a flat panel from an old LCD computer screen, it involved striping the TFT layer off leaving the white illuminating panel behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Interesting. I'll have a search around SGL for that. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Nice image I use something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A4-EL-Panel-Mains-and-Portable-Driver-Thin-Lightbox-Backlight-Flats-/151017412854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item232956d8f6 when I can be bothered to do flats of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 You are getting the hang of this imaging lark. Very nice capture there Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 I live this image Paul-fantastic shot well done indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Nice image I use something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A4-EL-Panel-Mains-and-Portable-Driver-Thin-Lightbox-Backlight-Flats-/151017412854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item232956d8f6 when I can be bothered to do flats of course That looks just the job Steve. Can you pop a photo on here of the point where the power lead enters the panel, please? Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusw2 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Lovely image. It was 'first light' for me last night on this trio, although I was visual, not imaging. My view wasn't this good though! Angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 That looks just the job Steve. Can you pop a photo on here of the point where the power lead enters the panel, please? Regards. Will do if I forget over the next couple of days pm to remind me-I've got to find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Found it http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/gallery/image/1310-img00119-20130331-2328 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 Thanks Steve. Doesn't look any worse than the GN panel. I'll keep my powder dry for now and see what FLO/Hitecastro come up with. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 don't hold your breathe though they have been on hold for months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 They look great, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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