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by Paramount
Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:37 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: NGC7000 & IC5070 in HST palette
Replies: 2
Views: 1925

NGC7000 & IC5070 in HST palette

Hi I started this in April shortly after I got back from my trip to NEAIC/NEAF and have finally finished it last night. This is a total of 24x10 minutes Ha, 21x10 minutes OIII and 23x10 minutes SII taken with the Televue NP127is/FLI imaging system that I am testing on my Paramount ME which has just ...
by Paramount
Sat May 10, 2014 5:05 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Markarian Chain + Neighbours
Replies: 10
Views: 7123

Re: Markarian Chain + Neighbours

Super nice ! Gorden, btw, may i ask for some advice, what should i do in order to remove gradient caused by light pollution from my photo, for eg. the M83 shot, which was badly affected ? Hi I use "Gradient Xterminator" which can be obtained for a small fee from www.rc-astro.com this has ...
by Paramount
Wed May 07, 2014 10:00 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Markarian Chain + Neighbours
Replies: 10
Views: 7123

Re: Markarian Chain + Neighbours

Very nice. love to learn from you. Hm....its tempting me to get hand onto galaxy.... here LP and weather not permitting to do well in LRGB. how do you get 10min subs in RGB? I tried before, only one min is the highest I can go with f5. Any filter for galaxy? Thanks Kimo Hi Kimo 10 minutes is possib...
by Paramount
Wed May 07, 2014 4:23 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Markarian Chain + Neighbours
Replies: 10
Views: 7123

Markarian Chain + Neighbours

Hi I don't normally do galaxies especially the smaller ones as I use a short focal length and large chip sensor and because of light pollution but occasionally when the conditions are right and there are no narrow band targets I will have a go at some LRGB. I've always wanted to have a go at this su...
by Paramount
Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:49 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: IC443 - Jellyfish Nebula in HST palette
Replies: 2
Views: 1676

IC443 - Jellyfish Nebula in HST palette

Hi I just finished this a few nights ago, this has taken several nights to do due to weather and false starts, it is 24x10 minutes Ha, 26x10 minutes OIII and 22x10 minutes SII. The seeing conditions were very poor for the SII data with some very thin misty cloud throughout the evening. This was take...
by Paramount
Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:23 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: M42 - Orion Nebula in HST palette
Replies: 2
Views: 2630

M42 - Orion Nebula in HST palette

Hi This is a bit of a short overall exposure time of just over 3 hours total (normally I do more than that for each filter!). I have a very small window in which to get any imaging time on this subject due to my house blocking the east sky and then the roof of my shed almost blocking the guiding sco...
by Paramount
Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:47 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Colourful California
Replies: 3
Views: 1811

Colourful California

Hi I have been busy on this for a few weeks trying to finish it between the rain and cloud. This is a difficult subject in OIII as I couldn't detect any at all on the downloaded subframes. Anyway, after a fair bit of stretching I've got an end result that I'm happy with. I've just got a new computer...
by Paramount
Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:19 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Rosette Nebula in HST palette
Replies: 5
Views: 7658

Rosette Nebula in HST palette

Hi This has taken a while to do because of the current storm system that has been affecting the UK. It was taken over 5 nights over the last six weeks or so and consists of 24x10 minutes Ha, 18x10 minutes OIII and 24x10 minutes SII taken with the Televue NP127is/FLI imaging system that I've been tes...
by Paramount
Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:58 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: M45 - Pleiades
Replies: 6
Views: 6157

M45 - Pleiades

Hi I took this in November but have only got round to processing it, it was taken with the Televue NP127is/FLI system that I am testing on a Paramount ME. This is 24x10 minutes Luminanace and 12x10 minutes each for RGB. It was taken over 4 nights. The full size version is at the following link http:...
by Paramount
Wed Dec 11, 2013 6:05 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Ghost of Cassiopeia in HST palette
Replies: 3
Views: 1910

Ghost of Cassiopeia in HST palette

Hi This subject is very rarely imaged in the full narrow band palette as there is virtually no OIII and little SII compared to the Ha. It is more common to image it in LRGB or HaLRGB combined. I have done the latter but I wanted to see if there was anything that could be done with just the tradition...