mightymonoped Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 This was really just a bunch of 30 second exposures taken with the view of using them later as part of a HDR image hopefully combining 30s, 180s and 300s captures. As it turned out, I only managed to grab 20 x 30s Didn't even manage to grab any darks for this yet (only have 180s Master Dark and calibrated Master Flat and Bad Pixel Map at the moment). Anyway, thought I'd integrate what I had so far just to get an idea on what things look like with the 80ED and ASI294mc pro combo. This is a 10 minute capture under moderate Moon conditions using the Optolong L-Pro filter. Integrated in Astro Pixel Processor then processed in Photoshop using Topaz AI Denoise and a bit of Camera Raw Filter and curves to bring out the details a bit. Looking forward to getting a couple of hours worth now! 🙂 Tony 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 You can take your darks at anytime of course as you have a cooled camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Absolutely! One of the biggest plusses in my book for us beleaguered UK imagers as it leaves more of the precious ‘clear skies’ time for capturing lights. Just haven’t had a chance to get a full library of darks for the 80ED yet. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonyme Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Superb Tony, I never get sick of seeing this beautiful nebula. Gary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmack1 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Thats pretty impressive for only 10 minutes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 14 hours ago, mightymonoped said: get a full library of darks for the 80ED yet. 😊 🤔You have me worried. I have sets of darks I use for all sessions/scopes. I just pick the darks matching duration and gain. In the past I've created the library off the scope in a dark box or draw. Easy with a cooled camera but I did that for my dslr too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 7 hours ago, paul said: 🤔You have me worried. I have sets of darks I use for all sessions/scopes. I just pick the darks matching duration and gain. In the past I've created the library off the scope in a dark box or draw. Easy with a cooled camera but I did that for my dslr too. Don’t be worried, I do the same but I’m using this as an opportunity to refresh and reorganise myself. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_S Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Nicely done Tony. I look forward to seeing it combined with some short exposures to bring out the detail in the Trapezium core. But given that these were 30s exposures, you will need to some shorter exposures than 30s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Dave_S said: Nicely done Tony. I look forward to seeing it combined with some short exposures to bring out the detail in the Trapezium core. But given that these were 30s exposures, you will need to some shorter exposures than 30s. Yes Dave, may need to go as low as 5s on this one. Also, because of the limited window of visibility from the balcony, may be better limiting longer exposures to 120s as this may be the sweet spot for detail/signal to noise on this target given the restricted conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_S Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Given what you have captured at 30s, i reckon that 120s will captutre plenty of the outer dust areas. I will be interested in seeing the final result, as I have the same camera, albeit the Altair version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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