Wednesday 27 February 2019

Second imaging session in 2 days!?!

Wow, two great nights of stars! Completely new thing... haha
Well, I took full advantage of it once again, and started imaging the Orion Nebula in Narrowband.
Tonight, I did 2 hours (and a little extra for the core) in Ha.

I'll move on to the other filters the next time the sky is dark!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59062182@N05/47227007211/in/dateposted-public/

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Tuesday 26 February 2019

Last minute, unplanned session.

Hi everyone, its been a while!
The skies have, been absolutely pathetic for the last few months.
At times, its been that bad, I've almost given up at times with astrophotography!
Bad skies along with a few gear/setup issues, which have been a pain to sort out, due to lack of time in the garden all hit my confidence and enjoyment.

Anyway, last night the skies where clear... very good skies to be honest!
And at about 7pm, I thought 'sod it'.
I set everything up found a target and....
Issue.  The tracking issue I've had for a while.
Well, after about an hour, I discovered what was causing it (wrong tracking details in EQMOD and PHD2).

So, this left me just one hour... so while I had the Narrowband filters in, and Orion was staring down at me, I revisited the horsehead.

This was 12 x 5minute shots, binned 1x1 in just Ha.  Only 3 darks too!
So, yes... rushed big data and not much on the calibration side.
I just wanted shots! :)

Here's the result.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/59062182@N05/46493434824/in/dateposted-public/


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