Hyades Melotte 25
Oct 8, 2022 08:12:09 #
The advantages of early to be bed especially after a few bevvies & The Open Arms excellent Pie, Mash & Liquor.
Just after 01:00hrs I was up & about, mad yes but heyho.
Armed with my lightweight rig I made my way into the park.
Luna was just starting it's descent leaving a great view of Taurus.
Not wasting time I located & focused upon Hyades and began shooting 90s exposures.
Techy Bits......
Askar 135mm
Askar 1.0X flattener
Altair Astro filter holder
LPro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher Star Adventurer
APT for PA
APT for focus, plate solve & imagining
PHD2 for guiding
Lights 180 @ 90s 285g HGC 25os
(for each target)
Darks 5 60s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
Just after 01:00hrs I was up & about, mad yes but heyho.
Armed with my lightweight rig I made my way into the park.
Luna was just starting it's descent leaving a great view of Taurus.
Not wasting time I located & focused upon Hyades and began shooting 90s exposures.
Techy Bits......
Askar 135mm
Askar 1.0X flattener
Altair Astro filter holder
LPro Max filter
Altair Astro 269c pro tec
Skywatcher Star Adventurer
APT for PA
APT for focus, plate solve & imagining
PHD2 for guiding
Lights 180 @ 90s 285g HGC 25os
(for each target)
Darks 5 60s
Flats & Flat Darks x 30
Stacked, registered, intergrated in APP
Post Processed in PS CC2015
Oct 8, 2022 09:03:21 #
Oct 8, 2022 09:43:28 #
alberio wrote:
I had no idea there was so much nebulosity. Good job as always.
To be honest I didn't either.
I thought it was LP from the moon until I started processing.
I always begin my processing with a huge stretch to reveal what's in the image, this is when I noticed the nebulosity.
Again in this image I split the stars from the background.
Processed the background using SMI method then processed the stars before merging together
Oct 8, 2022 12:11:00 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Marc G wrote:
To be honest I didn't either.
I thought it was LP from the moon until I started processing.
I always begin my processing with a huge stretch to reveal what's in the image, this is when I noticed the nebulosity.
Again in this image I split the stars from the background.
Processed the background using SMI method then processed the stars before merging together
I thought it was LP from the moon until I started processing.
I always begin my processing with a huge stretch to reveal what's in the image, this is when I noticed the nebulosity.
Again in this image I split the stars from the background.
Processed the background using SMI method then processed the stars before merging together
Great star colors and the nebulosity you captured is outstanding.
Oct 9, 2022 11:07:55 #
Thanks mate.
I truly believe the wide angle with fast fstop really helps.
I truly believe the wide angle with fast fstop really helps.
Oct 9, 2022 12:19:05 #
Marc G wrote:
The advantages of early to be bed especially after... (show quote)
Very very nice capture and processing!
bwa
Oct 10, 2022 02:11:33 #
bwana wrote:
Very very nice capture and processing!
bwa
bwa
Thanks mate, loving your solar work
Oct 15, 2022 19:33:43 #
Oct 17, 2022 02:12:02 #
stepping beyond wrote:
Wonderful image Marc, love viewing all your images.
Thanks mate, glad you enjoy viewing my images :)
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