Image of the day

Well this one kicked my newbie processing butt. I should have done twice as many 5 minute subs rather than the 10 minute, might have helped control the bright stars and the pretty bright surface area of the the galaxy itself. Live and learn.

50x600s (combined LRGB)
AP130GT
AP1100
QSI683

March 22, 2018 06:43 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Any ideas...

Posted By Keith Fredrickson

...as to what might be causing this? It's a 15 year old SBIG 2000 camera and it does it with all filters, the sensor looks clean.

Single 120s frame.

Thanks,

Keith

March 25, 2018 06:43 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Usual Suspects...M51

Posted By Keith Fredrickson

Finally have my semi-automated system working, this is 7.3 hours of data along with 8 hours of sleep. grin

22 ea LRGB @ 5 minutes
AP 130
QSI 683
AP 1100

August 5, 2017 11:14 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Finally, images!

Posted By Keith Fredrickson

Looking good Floyd! Glad you were finally able to get out and capture some photons. A good friend of mine from Tyler Tx also uses the TEC 140 with some amazing results also.

Clear skies,
Keith

August 8, 2017 04:58 PM Forum: Bad to the Bone Autos