Jkulin Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I managed the other night to grab 23 x 240s on M45 with my new 26C and my iOptron 40EC that I had never used before, I hadn't used my Esprit 100 for a couple of years, but thought it was too good an opportunity to miss.As I say, this isn't finished, I am hoping to grab a few hours this evening, but I am gobsmacked with such little data how easy this has been, and processing in PI was a cinch, it was like talking candy from kids.This was just a quick process to see what I had: -Hopefully will grab some more this evening then try and get it processed later this week. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 great start John....colour looks superb. Making the transition to Cmos wasn't easy for me, I was still in the mind set of doing long exposures from using CCD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 That is superb for an ongoing project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 That is excellent for such a short duration, you have sold me on the benefits of an APS-C OSC. Did you use any filters?I've tried getting M45 over the years with a DLSR getting very mixed results mainly down to lack of patience, trees and general poor seeing at this time of year. I'll share my latest less than stellar results in another thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgrover68 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 That's looking good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 @phar Hi Paul, no filters used, I live in Bortle 5/6 and generally if I plan things properly can avoid LP.Yep was gobsmacked with so little data that it can produce an image like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Holdsworth Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Superb image especially with a relatively short amount of data. It's clearly a very sensitive camera . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Posted by: @p-holdsworth Superb image especially with a relatively short amount of data. It's clearly a very sensitive camera . It is Paul, I am very impressed so far.Certainly processing is far easier and for colour not requiring any NB then I think it is potentially superior to CCD.I now need to see how the Mono 26 will perform.I gathered another 25 images from M45 this evening and it is already banging away at M42, I think it is a very long while since I have ever been able to produce multiple targets in a night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-c Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Looking good that is John.Bob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 A great start I can't wait to see the next version.Carole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Thanks Carole and Bob, I managed another 25 subs last night, not sure how good as the moon was bit on the boastful size, I managed to grab a few more on M42, so will see what that processes up like as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Very nice John! ? ? ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 @Gina Thanks Gina, I just wishing round 2 was as easy, but will persevere. ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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