CCD vs Film? Lots of time vs no patience? Alright, this is your place to discuss all the astrophotography what's and what's not. You can discuss about techniques, accessories, cameras, whatever....just make sure you also post some nice photos here too!
Hi
The weather has again been a pain so this is another image which ahs taken several weeks to complete, it is of IC1848 (soul or foetus nebula) using the HST palette so SII:Ha:OIII = R:G:B. It was taken with a FSQ106ED at f5 and FLI ML8300 on a Paramount ME. Exposure details are as follows
SII 20x30 minutes
Ha 13x30 minutes
OIII 5x30 minutes
All sub frames were calibrated in Maxim DL5, images registered with Registar, stacking and pre-stretching to 16 bit tiff in Maxim DL5 and then colour combined and processed in Photoshop CS5. Processing consisted of levels, curves, contrast adjustments and selective colour
I first tried this over 4 years ago and that attempt can be seen on my website http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk for comparison.
There is a full size version of this at the following link http://www.pbase.com/imaging_the_heaven ... 9/original
Thanks for looking
Best wishes
Gordon
Using Sony A7Sii & A7iii, Samyang 12mm f2.8, 24mm f1.4 & 85mm f1.4 lenses, Dynamic Perceptions Stage 1 slider & Sapphire Pro, Timelapse +view intervalometer. Please visit my website https://www.inthestillofthenight.space for more info
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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thank you for sharing