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!
Last night was cloud-free, but a bit hazy. However the best night sofar for quite some months.
Got the chance to tryout Losmandy G11/Gemini2.
Tadpole Nebula IC410 ,Just Ha 7x15 minutes, 107 PH, QSI 583 @minus 10 deg, Astrodon 5nm Ha.
Hope I can get some opportunity to collect O III and S II data.
Imaged from Jurong West.
Kochu
Last edited by kochu on Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"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.
Final version with 1.45 hrs data added more on Oiii and Sii cahannels.
It looks like this object has less signals on above channels , or it may be the haze. Any way no point in spending more time on this Object.
Total duration-about 5 hrs
Pre -processing on Maxim DL 5.
Final integration with Photo Shop CS4 Clipping Mask method
Guiding- PHD2/GPUSB.
Imaging Camera-QSI 583 ws @ -10 deg Celcius
Scope: 107PH Triplet APO
Kochu/20-2-14