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Another NGC6888

Started by mickw, Jul 04, 2011, 16:57:00

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mickw

This'll do for a start - focus looks a bit squiffy  :(
Got this Sunday night Rother Valley
7x5min @ 800asa D,F+B
Burgess 91, modded Canon 400, CLS
NOW BIGGER



Really big
http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10049/ngc6888-v1s.jpg
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Fay

Well Mick, that is not looking shabby!

Can you get it bigger?
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Carole

That's very good Mick, glad you managed to sort out your problems.

carole

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Looks good to me Mick. I think you have captured as remarkable amount of nebulosity despite your Canon being unmodded. Great stuff. Now you just need to make sure everything is reliable.

BTW I usually post on here at 1024x768ish. Could we have a link to a larger version?

mickw

Original post amended with link to bigger image (complete with bigger warts  :-?)

Camera is modded and also still misbehaving

I'll be testing everything during the week and hopefully get things working right
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PhilB

It looks like a night on your own was what you needed. Very nice image
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JohnP

Mick - looks superb to me - certainly your best image yet - really impressed that you have captured so much of the background stuff - well done with all your perserverence especially considering all those software issues you keep having.

Great,  John

MarkS

Very nice Mick - especially the big one.  You've also captured a lot of faint stuff there in the background.

Overall I think the image looks a bit too red but that's just a minor criticism.

Your focus and collimation looks fine to me - only the stars toward the corners look elongated.  Are you using a flattener?

Well done for overcoming all the technical difficulties to achieve this.

Mark

mickw

Thanks all, despite all my moaning I am quite pleased with this but know I can do better.

I agree with the red and tried to reduce it but started losing a bit of the background.  I'll reprocess again some time and press some different buttons in PS  ;)

Haven't got a flattener and forgot to take up John's offer (different thread) - On my list of things to get though  :)
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JohnP

still available when you want to try - I dont use it so just give me a shout if & when the urge takes you.....

RobertM

Looking very good Mick though you definitely need a flattener.  I'd consider taking up John's kind offer to get rid of that 'Warp' effect.

Robert

mickw

#11
Reprocessed without the gentle touch to bring out the warts - got a bit greedy for nebulosity  :oops:



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Fay

MIck, that is even better. You have done a nice reprocess, lot more detail!


Fay
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Mike

Impressive picture Mick. I like it.
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mickw

Thanks for that, really quite pleased with the outcome.
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JohnP

Yep agree Mick reprocess looks excellent - you must be well chuffed with that - nice one - John

mickw

Thanks John and yes very pleased  8)
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Carole

Re-process has disappeared  :!
Hope it's coming back.

Carole

mickw

DOH
Was tidying up the Gallery and forgot to save the new location of the file  :oops:
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