M82 Cigar Starburst galaxy
Jul 13, 2022 12:13:56 #
I've been dealing with tropical conditions here in the Carolinas for over a month . It got so hot n humid that my camera leaked oil onto my clear sensor window, looked over everything and cleaned the primary and secondary for S&G it's been 3 yrs since I cleaned it. This is my 1st run on m82 and it's taken over a month to collect a small amount of data until next time around . Meridian flipped subs were a real pita to align, patience patience patience !
m82 Cigar galaxy
Jul 13, 2022 14:08:16 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
stepping beyond wrote:
I've been dealing with tropical conditions here in the Carolinas for over a month . It got so hot n humid that my camera leaked oil onto my clear sensor window, looked over everything and cleaned the primary and secondary for S&G it's been 3 yrs since I cleaned it. This is my 1st run on m82 and it's taken over a month to collect a small amount of data until next time around . Meridian flipped subs were a real pita to align, patience patience patience !
Good catch of the hydrogen cloud expanding out of M82. Did you use an Ha filter to get that?
Jul 13, 2022 17:37:09 #
Yes, I wish you could've seen the one that got away, 40+ Ha 17r18g17b. Thank you Buddy, it's about workflow and clean data, I try to catch the majority of photons high in the sky and sleep while darks are running wanting 40 or more each night . My neighbors trees have grown Ballard and my windows are always open the higher the target . I would love to shoot horizon to horizon, wishful thinking with all these hardwoods.
Jul 14, 2022 14:15:32 #
Well done...just getting started myself in Nightscape Milky Way photography, can only imagine the work that went into producing this shot!! ✨
Jul 15, 2022 19:37:00 #
JN56 thank you, It took over a month to collect the data while I was collecting on m81 . I started collecting photons on m81 , then m82,m51 and finished with m63 using Sequence generator pro to acquire the data and watched Star trek "strange new worlds". Darks were taken while I slept each night, flats and bias were taken a month prior to starting this run of 4 targets. Nightscapes sounds like a lot of enjoyment, It's all part of enjoying and learning what you're doing whether it's lunar, planetary, solar or deep sky long exposure. It's all good!
Jul 16, 2022 12:23:52 #
Completely agree! Its opened up a whole new world for me, I love everything about it, hunting down cool locations to use for the foreground, being out in these great places especially in the night when you have them to yourself or just a few others, and then composing and experimenting with settings to get the specific image you envision.
I agree...its all good!
Enjoy, and best to you!
I agree...its all good!
Enjoy, and best to you!
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