M82

Hi,

Monday I had some of the better conditions I have seen in awhile,transparent skies and ok seeing.I decided to give this one a try.

I get pretty harsh gradients in my subs that are longer than a couple minutes from the neighborhood lighting so I made an extended light shield for my scope adding about 16" to it's length,nicely flocked the inside in hopes it would help keep some of the porchlights at bay.
Unfortunately I see no differance in the amount of gradient :C
Back to the drawing board.

Anyway here is the image of m82.
Taken with my VC200L and ST10xme at F9
34x180s Luminance
12x300s RGB

I was hoping to get a bit more of the out gassing but I guess that would require some longer subs and some Ha added in.

Thanks for taking a look,comments always welcome.

Jason

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Pretty nice Jason, I wonder if maybe a sky filter might help with the gradients? Not sure that a shield would because it is probably scatter in the air and moisture that you are picking up.

Great shot Jason! 8)

I know what you mean about the gradients, and no, a longer dew-shield or anything like it won't have much effect on them, since the problem is in the sky itself... (LP sucks!)

Have you tried to use something like the IDAS LPS filters...? They might help you fight LP, even though we all know that DARK SKIES is what we really need for DeepSky imaging.



Clear skies, and keep it up!

...very nice job, Jason!

That's some amazing detail and color, Jason. You sure tamed those gradients to my eyes.
Larry