Popular Post mightymonoped Posted February 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) Really can't complain about capturing anything given the conditions this one was captured under. Almost Full Moon, strong winds and a two-hour window of opportunity from my balcony before it disappeared. 🙂 Still wish I'd done it under a slightly less challenging environment earlier in the month though. Just under 2 hours worth of 180s subs plus calibration. Processed as Ha & OIII extracts in Astro Pixel Processor, then combined as RGB. Star layer in starnet++ Processing in Photoshop CC and Topaz Denoise AI SW 80ED and Optolong l-eNhance filter ASI294mc pro -10C unity gain ASIair pro EQ6-R Tony Edited February 19, 2022 by mightymonoped 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinS Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 That is wonderful Tony. It can be a challenging object and you have captured it beautifully, I am not at all envious. 🤥 Not unusual here, the skies cleared after the storm, albeit with a lot of moon light. I also started imaging on 2 systems, sadly after 2 power supply trips during the first hour I gave up as I didn’t want to risk surge damage to the equipment. Then this morning we are totally without power, and the forecast is for recovery this evening some time. 🤥 Ho hum out came the Generator, loverly coffee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Great job for just two hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Thanks guys. Much sympathy for everyone on the other side of the UK dealing with the power cuts. 😞 I have to say, I was surprised that I only lost about four subs, and that was due to the balcony support being in the way. The guiding was working overtime though but coped admirably with only minor changes to aggression settings. I didn't need to do very much other than 'reset' the home position on the mount to start with. Once that was done, I found that I could goto to the target and plate solve then centre with almost zero effort. Even the focus didn't warrant playing with as it hadn't really changed that much in swapping the l-Pro out with the l-eNhance. The ASIair has really enabled quick and easy 'opportunistic' imaging, which is exactly what I need given the constraints of imaging from my flat's balcony. It really has been a game-changer for me, not needing to have any laptop or apps running other than what's on my phone. All I had to do was make sure that guiding was calibrated ok and then run the planned capture. Shut the balcony doors, closed the curtains and kept an eye on the whole thing from the warmth and comfort of the sofa. I'm a bit worried that I've become soft and won't be able to deal with being 'out in the field' anymore 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinS Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 The lure of star parties and fellow Astronomers will overcome any softness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannahgrace Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Fantastic job 👍🏼 this is my current target, I have a couple of hours of Ha so far. This is just great! Love the colours too. Very good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, Hannahgrace said: Fantastic job 👍🏼 this is my current target, I have a couple of hours of Ha so far. This is just great! Love the colours too. Very good. Thanks very much! 😊 Now I know I can capture it, I’ll try to get another couple of hours (while I still can). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Very nice Tony. Carole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks Carole 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonyme Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Eerie, nice shot and good colour Tony. Gary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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