Popular Post paulgrover68 Posted March 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2021 My second image of 2021... I setup under amazingly clear skies. Then cloud started to appear. It was significant but broken. Rather than do someting too different I decided to pick a bright target that had already crossed the meridian. I also thought I'd jump out of my comfort zone of unity gain and go a little higher. I guessed if the clouds were around I should at least be able to grab some shorter exposures and then shoot the core seperately. Once I started imaging the imaging I was constantly pausing the plan as clouds go in the way - out of a planned 35 exposures I ended up with 27 (three starlink trains and a sneaky couple of clouds). It took me 3 hours to grab grab those frames. The clouds closed in before I could get the core. I'm going to say it was a diffinite improvement on the night before, when I had rapidly pack up due to a sudden hailstorm. Looking at the forecast, it look like cloud for another week. I think all the cloud that came up from the south west before xmas is now coming back over from the north east! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Great result. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 That looks fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Holdsworth Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Great image Paul, lots of dust and detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Excellent detail Paul. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgrover68 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Thanks everyone - I was so pleased just to get an image it feels good to have pulled so much detail out of quite limited data. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Gorgeous image! 👍👍👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 That's brilliant! Dedication and perseverance is everything in this game and it sure pays off when you least expect 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgrover68 Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Thanks - I learned a lot with this image both with acquisition and processing. I'm going to be honest and say it was fun dodging the clouds and timing exposures to fit into gaps. While I would want to do it every week it was quite an amusing session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 lovely result and a very deep rendition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Lovely result, well worth the effort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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