1st attempt M27..

[JohnP]

After being inspired by Tony's picture of the Moon - I decided I wanted to try & get the GRS on Jupiter.. According to Skymap Pro it wouldn't appear until about 2.00am. Not to be put off I decided to go to bed & set the alarm for 1.30'ish... (wife thinks I'm mad). It was still clear at 1.30am but by now Jupiter was too far West & not in a good position for imaging from my Garden..

As I was up I thought 'what the heck' & set the MN56 & SC3 up in my backgarden. As the summer triangle was fully up by now I decided to give M27 a go. I always found this a real pain to find & image using my old Tal-2m & Toucam Long Exposure...

By the time I was ready to image clouds were fairly thick (lots of low level clouds rushing by) but there was still the odd clear patch. The attached image represents approx' 50 X 12 second exposures (total 600 secs) - It's a bit noisy but I'm pleased with the detail from such a relatively short exposure - The image is fairly well the full FOV I got with the SC3 & MN56. I'll definitely have to try this again. I gave up about 3.00am.

Cheers,  John

[Fay]

Amazing!

[Mike]

Very nice image John.

The 'noise' looks more like some kind of electronic artifacts to me as the pattern of the 'noise' looks quite regular. If you can find a way to get rid of it the images would be very nice. Have you tried subtracting a dark frame? It might work if the 'noise' is regular.

[JohnP]

Thks Mike - Not sure where the noise comes from... I've tried reducing it a 'tad' not really sure if it's better - what do you think...?

Thks,  John

[Mike]

Yeah that looks a lot better. I am well impressed with what you are producing with that webcam.

[Tony G]

I'll take the credit for these images because as John stated at the start of this topic:

After being inspired by Tony's picture of the Moon

these are great images if I say so myself.
Keep up the good work (in my name) and may I inspire many more.

Tony G

[JohnP]

Hi Tony,

You've inspired me again mate... See latest image - John