Guest ollypenrice Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) Tom O'Donoghue has decided to leave his Tak FSQ106/EM200/Atik 11000 here, which is extra nice since our own setup is identical. So double speed imaging! Wheee.... This is also a first light for the most absurdly expensive astro widget I have yet bought, an Astrodon 2 inch 3 Nm Ha filter. It cost one seventh of the price of the (excellent) car I bought new six years ago. Send me psychiatric help! However, it is an incredibly good filter, well ahead of the Baader 7 Nm we were using previously. We aim to please... Eagle and Swan, RGB of 150 mins per channel all in, using both rigs. Ha from the Astrodon is from just one scope and a tad under 3 hours. One single panel. Although a guy on the French forum thinks otherwise, I feel that combining two cameras for a set total exposure time gives less noise than you'd get from a single camera. I feel vindicated by this image because a nasty column defect in the older camera normally needs the healing brush. In the combined image it just isn't there. The combined camera data was truly sweet. I had higher res data for the Eagle (ODK14) and Swan (TEC140) so I blended this in for the cores of the respective nebulae. It really only matters in the full size version. Bigger; http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/i-DnDNxQT/0/X3/EagleSwan%208HRS%20overlaysWEB-X3.jpg Biggest; http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2675168929&k=DnDNxQT&lb=1&s=O The Astrodn Ha; http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/i-3FbQXBM/0/X3/EAGLES%20SWAN%20HA3Nm-X3.jpg All the best, Olly Edited August 4, 2013 by ollypenrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) That is incredible Olly. Does anyone else see the head and face of an old English queen in the Swan or is it just me. Edited August 4, 2013 by Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 wow. very nice Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 brilliant as usual Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eddy Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Fantastic again Olly, can I use this as my desktop wallpaper I only ever use your images as they are just so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest devil74 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Wow that is awesome Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Impressive setup and equally impressive image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ollypenrice Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Fantastic again Olly, can I use this as my desktop wallpaper I only ever use your images as they are just so good But of course! Thank you very much. Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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