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M27 25 July 2009

Started by MarkS, Jul 26, 2009, 03:31:41

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MarkS


Here is this year's attempt at M27.

Modified Canon 350D on Celestron C11 with CLS filter.
24 x 5min exposures.

I'm not yet entirely happy with the processing so this is still a work in progress.

Mark

Bigger version here: http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10046/m27_250709.jpg




Daniel

Wonderfull Image Mark, you've brought out the outer halo beautifully, and love the star colours you've maintained, Guiding looks perfect too, excellent job!

Daniel
:O)

JohnP

Mark what can I say except I think you are getting too 'picky' in your old age. Looks great to me.... John

MarkS

I use M27 as the test of my progress - here is a short history for those interested:

1) August 2007 - First Image
Celestron 130 SLT, unmodified Canon EOS 300D, 30 sec unguided subs
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the_shelleys/Astronomy/dumbbell110807.jpg

2) Ocober 2007 - Change of Telescope
Celestron C11, unmodified Canon EOS 300D, 30 sec unguided subs
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the_shelleys/Astronomy/dumbbell191007.jpg

3) June 2008 Guided Image - Unmodified webcam on 300mm lens
Celestron C11, unmodified Canon EOS 300D, 300 sec guided subs
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the_shelleys/Astronomy/m27_080608.jpg

4) June 2008 Modified DSLR
Celestron C11, Modified Canon EOS 300D, 300 sec guided subs
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the_shelleys/Astronomy/m27_220608.jpg

5) July 2009  Change of Camera plus Better Guiding
Celestron C11, Modified Canon EOS 350D, 300 sec guided subs modified webcam at 600mm
http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10046/m27_250709.jpg



RobertM

Looks like a great result to me Mark, excellent work.

MarkS


After hours of tinkering I've ended up with something almost identical to the original  :roll:

But here it is at full scale (a crop of the full frame with effective focal length of 1800mm).  I applied some mild deconvolution to sharpen up the stars a bit.





Daniel

Lovely image even at full resolution, Amazed your able to get such round stars even at F10, Are you using AIP4Win for the deconvolution?

Daniel
:O)

Fay

Mark, I don't think you could get any better than that........looks perfect to me!!
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

MarkS

Quote from: Daniel
Amazed your able to get such round stars even at F10, Are you using AIP4Win for the deconvolution?

Daniel,

It's not F10 - I'm using the F6.3 reducer this brings the focal length down from 2800mm to 1800mm.
I've never used AIP4Win - for deconvolution I use a piece of software I wrote myself.

Mark

RobertM

QuoteAfter hours of tinkering I've ended up with something almost identical to the original

It still looks good so does that mean you got it right the first time  ;)

Mike

Very nice Mark but you forgot to mention WHEN you did it.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

MarkS

Quote from: Mike
Very nice Mark but you forgot to mention WHEN you did it.

I put the date in the subject line just to confuse you  ;)

Ian

Quote from: MarkS on Jul 27, 2009, 08:21:41
Quote from: Mike
Very nice Mark but you forgot to mention WHEN you did it.

I put the date in the subject line just to confuse you  ;)

And next week's challenge. Putting your trousers on with the zip at the front...

:)