Summertime Bubble
Jun 13, 2021 05:49:47 #
Summer Night Imaging.
With clear skies predicted after 2100hrs I found myself set up awaiting for darkness to fall, well as dark as it gets this time of year.
That afternoon I had been pondering upon which part of the sky to photograph, Cygnus or Cepheus (Elephant Trunk)?
Then came the suggestion of Cassiopeia & The Bubble Nebula.
So here we have The Bubble Nebula & Friends.....
Techy Bits......
William Optics Z61
William Optics 0.1x FF
AA filter holder
AA LPro Max filter
AA Triband filter
AA 269c pro tec
HEQ5pro (Rowen Belt modded)
Sharpcap for PA
APT for focus, plate solving, acquisition & dithering
Lights 10 282g (HGC) 24os 300s (LPro Max filter)
Lights 10 282g (HGC) 24os 300s (Triband filter)
Lights 10 282g (HGC) 24os 180s (no filter)
Darks 5 282g (HGC) 24os 300s
Darks 5 282g (HGC) 24os 180s
Flats & Flat Darks x 20
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
With clear skies predicted after 2100hrs I found myself set up awaiting for darkness to fall, well as dark as it gets this time of year.
That afternoon I had been pondering upon which part of the sky to photograph, Cygnus or Cepheus (Elephant Trunk)?
Then came the suggestion of Cassiopeia & The Bubble Nebula.
So here we have The Bubble Nebula & Friends.....
Techy Bits......
William Optics Z61
William Optics 0.1x FF
AA filter holder
AA LPro Max filter
AA Triband filter
AA 269c pro tec
HEQ5pro (Rowen Belt modded)
Sharpcap for PA
APT for focus, plate solving, acquisition & dithering
Lights 10 282g (HGC) 24os 300s (LPro Max filter)
Lights 10 282g (HGC) 24os 300s (Triband filter)
Lights 10 282g (HGC) 24os 180s (no filter)
Darks 5 282g (HGC) 24os 300s
Darks 5 282g (HGC) 24os 180s
Flats & Flat Darks x 20
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
Jun 13, 2021 06:57:45 #
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Jun 13, 2021 12:05:28 #
SonnyE wrote:
I love the Bubble Nebula, Marc!
One of my favs.
Great image!
One of my favs.
Great image!
Cheers bro.
Hope you are well?
Jun 13, 2021 15:40:27 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Marc G wrote:
Summer Night Imaging. br br With clear skies pred... (show quote)
Great shot. Very low noise image, excellent work.
Jun 13, 2021 18:45:28 #
Marc G wrote:
Cheers bro.
Hope you are well?
Hope you are well?
I am!
Just doing the Doctors orders. Light duty until the 27th.
Magically, on the 27th, I can resume normal activities.
Whatever "normal" is.
The night of the 27th the telescope is going on the mount.
Even if it's cloudy...
Jun 14, 2021 03:56:23 #
Ballard wrote:
Great shot. Very low noise image, excellent work.
Thanks mate, the new 269c is certainly performing well especially with Triband & LPro filters.
Zero amp glow, very low noise & extremely sensitive
Jun 14, 2021 13:05:44 #
tony85629
Loc: Sahuarita, Az
Now that’s a wide field! Excellent capture and processing. Very good star color. Congrats.
Jun 14, 2021 22:06:35 #
Paul Diamond
Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA
Thanks for sharing. As someone who first shot film (1958) and processed it in my basement darkroom, may I live to do as well as your image that you have shared with us.
Jun 15, 2021 06:14:57 #
tony85629 wrote:
Now that’s a wide field! Excellent capture and processing. Very good star color. Congrats.
Many thanks Tony
Jun 15, 2021 06:18:00 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
Thanks for sharing. As someone who first shot film (1958) and processed it in my basement darkroom, may I live to do as well as your image that you have shared with us.
Many thanks Paul.
Gathering the data to produce images is a relative small part towards the final photo.
The post processing being the longest & hardest at times.
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