DaveS Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Well, sort-of.Grabbed 6 x 600 sec subs on M33 in Luminance. Stacked and Processed in AstroArt 7. Calibration with Dark and Flat frames only as I had neglected to do Dark Flats (Naughty boy *slapped wrist*)C&C welcome. May have focus issues. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 That looks great Dave. Can't believe it is first light, I recall seeing you at Astrofest saying you had ordered it, and can;t remember if that was February 2020 or 2019. Of course you had to wait ages for it to arrive, and have moved house and built an observatory in the last year or so, so it all adds up.Carole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Great image Dave ? Good to see someone imaging. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks Carole and GinaI ordered the ODk12 at Astrofest in 2019, Feb, it turned up in Oct '19 but the work on the obsy that was originally scheduled for Sept didn't start until Jan 2020 due to the washed out autumn. then Covid hit during the construction putting things back yet further with delivery delays. Plus all the niggling little things that needed attending to meant that I was only recently ready to image. the long run of cloud also delayed basic things like Polar alignment, focus, and modeling.Still have focus issues which may be down to having a too long extension tube on the focuser so that it is right in near its zero position, giving the autofocus problems. I have a shorter ring on the way from OOUK, so we'll see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevS Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Looks really good Dave, once the "snagging" is sorted I would imaging it's going to be superb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Posted by: @DaveS I ordered the ODk12 at Astrofest in 2019, Feb, it turned up in Oct '19Yes I had a photographic memory of it being in 2019 as I am sure where I saw you in 2020 was on a different floor at Astrofest. Long haul, but you got there in the end.Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Posted by: @DaveS Well, sort-of.Grabbed 6 x 600 sec subs on M33 in Luminance. Stacked and Processed in AstroArt 7. Calibration with Dark and Flat frames only as I had neglected to do Dark Flats (Naughty boy *slapped wrist*)C&C welcome. May have focus issues.That is superb Dave, I bet you are impressed?That's is going to be one fantastic image ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks John. Hope I get enough clear nights to capture more data. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Posted by: @DaveS Well, sort-of.Grabbed 6 x 600 sec subs on M33 in Luminance. Stacked and Processed in AstroArt 7. Calibration with Dark and Flat frames only as I had neglected to do Dark Flats (Naughty boy *slapped wrist*)C&C welcome. May have focus issues.Good to see Dave. It's been a while coming, but that's a great start with the ODK12. I look forward to seeing the final image. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks Geof, yes it's been a long time coming.I still need to get the focuser working reliably before I can embark on any long imaging runs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrodad Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Looking forward to seeing more on this one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 Thanks, don't know when I'll be able to get more data, what with the rubbish weather we've had this autumn heading into winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Holdsworth Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Looks really good and looking forward to seeing more of this one ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-c Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Posted by: @DaveS Well, sort-of.Grabbed 6 x 600 sec subs on M33 in Luminance. Stacked and Processed in AstroArt 7. Calibration with Dark and Flat frames only as I had neglected to do Dark Flats (Naughty boy *slapped wrist*)C&C welcome. May have focus issues.Thats a great start Dave, looks very impressive and nicely done. Can't wait to see more from it.Bob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Keeping an eye on the weather but it's been unremittingly cloudy for months now, apart from the occasional break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Nice work Dave. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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