Here's a half-baked image that I originally had little hope for. I shot the luminance last May 4th with the intention of shooting the RGB's the following night. That following night, Murphy took over completely: I couldn't find the guide star I used the night before to gather luminance; after settling on another guide star (which positioned the galaxy in a very different part of the frame), everything went out of focus. I finally gave up and gathered luminance for another target.
Later that night, I discovered the reason I was having so much trouble: the compression ring holding the camera nosepiece was not snug: a slight twist, and the camera came off the scope!
After realizing that, I was thankful that nothing worse happened.
Anyway, I wasn't too excited about processing this, but a few days ago I decided to give it a shot. One glance at a calibrated raw frame had me gibbering in Huttese.
So, here's the processed luminance. I hope to have color some day.
14 x 10 minutes binned 1x1
SBIG ST-8XE
Celestron C8
Takahashi EM200
Astro-Physics 0.67 Telecompressor
Eric
Later that night, I discovered the reason I was having so much trouble: the compression ring holding the camera nosepiece was not snug: a slight twist, and the camera came off the scope!
After realizing that, I was thankful that nothing worse happened.Anyway, I wasn't too excited about processing this, but a few days ago I decided to give it a shot. One glance at a calibrated raw frame had me gibbering in Huttese.
So, here's the processed luminance. I hope to have color some day.
14 x 10 minutes binned 1x1
SBIG ST-8XE
Celestron C8
Takahashi EM200
Astro-Physics 0.67 Telecompressor
Eric
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