Hi all,
I've been busy imaging the last couple of weeks, and between imaging and other commitments I have not been able to process them to my satisfaction yet.
That said, here is a quick and dirty NGC 6946 along with NGC 69339 and NGC 6946's supernova (I think it's the star arrowed). I couldn't shrink the image down to a size that would show everything to my satisfaction, so here's a link instead (I hope you don't mind the extra click!):
http://members.nuvox.net/~on.aunt/DSO/NGC6946-6939.JPG
Imaged October 10, 2004 from my backyard. ST-8XE through a Takahashi FS102 on a Takahashi EM200 mount.
L: 12 x 5 minutes binned 1x1
R: 3 x 5 minutes binned 2x2
G: 3 x 5 minutes binned 2x2
B: 4 x 5 minutes binned 2x2
Images average combined in CCDSoft. Final processing in Photoshop.
This is a quick-and-dirty image (I guess even the processing is quick and dirty) - I just wanted to make sure that I'd have an image of the supernova. Given the FOV of my refractor, I figure why not do a wide-field, multi-image shot as well. The color combine washed out the colors, so I resorted to a rather aggressive boost in color saturation.
Comments and processing tips welcome!
Eric
I've been busy imaging the last couple of weeks, and between imaging and other commitments I have not been able to process them to my satisfaction yet.
That said, here is a quick and dirty NGC 6946 along with NGC 69339 and NGC 6946's supernova (I think it's the star arrowed). I couldn't shrink the image down to a size that would show everything to my satisfaction, so here's a link instead (I hope you don't mind the extra click!):
http://members.nuvox.net/~on.aunt/DSO/NGC6946-6939.JPG
Imaged October 10, 2004 from my backyard. ST-8XE through a Takahashi FS102 on a Takahashi EM200 mount.
L: 12 x 5 minutes binned 1x1
R: 3 x 5 minutes binned 2x2
G: 3 x 5 minutes binned 2x2
B: 4 x 5 minutes binned 2x2
Images average combined in CCDSoft. Final processing in Photoshop.
This is a quick-and-dirty image (I guess even the processing is quick and dirty) - I just wanted to make sure that I'd have an image of the supernova. Given the FOV of my refractor, I figure why not do a wide-field, multi-image shot as well. The color combine washed out the colors, so I resorted to a rather aggressive boost in color saturation.
Comments and processing tips welcome!
Eric
