M8 Lagoon from A.S.I.G.N. Observatory

bloodhound31 · May 9th, 2008, 09:26 AM

G'day folks,

I have had a very good night here in the observatory with a dark sky, a new light pollution filter and a cool 5 degrees celcius in the dome.

Heres 44 minutes at ISO 800 on the Lagoon. Imaged with a Celestron Nexstar 11, focal reducer to F6.3. Guided manually with a ToUCam on a piggybacked ED80.

Cheers, Baz.

slotdrag · May 13th, 2008, 08:09 PM

Thats nice.

sgcullen · May 16th, 2008, 03:46 PM

Nice image Barry. I admire your patience to self guide for 44 minutes! What mount is the Celestron scope on?

Natrix · May 24th, 2008, 09:14 AM

Nice picture! Alltho i think you have a lot more potencial to go for. Try to improve the focus a bit! Or is this the cause of manual guiding?

So i read that you use the light pollution filter. How much does it actually help? Is it worth the money?

sgcullen · May 26th, 2008, 09:37 AM

Actually, I don't think it's as much a focus issue as a processing issue. You might want to try to find an application that will do DDP and/or some image sharpening. It'll make your stars look much better. CCDStack from CCDWare is one application that I would recommend. MaxIm DL would also do the trick. Photoshop's unsharp mask and some of the other tools would work as well.

May 9th, 2008, 09:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
bloodhound31 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 45 Status: Offline	M8 Lagoon from A.S.I.G.N. Observatory G'day folks, I have had a very good night here in the observatory with a dark sky, a new light pollution filter and a cool 5 degrees celcius in the dome. Heres 44 minutes at ISO 800 on the Lagoon. Imaged with a Celestron Nexstar 11, focal reducer to F6.3. Guided manually with a ToUCam on a piggybacked ED80. Cheers, Baz. __________________ A.S.I.G.N. Observatory http://www.asignobservatory.com

May 16th, 2008, 03:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
sgcullen Administrator [View SpaceSpot Album] Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oro Valley, AZ Posts: 148 Status: Offline	Nice image Barry. I admire your patience to self guide for 44 minutes! What mount is the Celestron scope on? __________________ Mondo brings you the ultimate enthusiast communities on the web.

May 24th, 2008, 09:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Natrix Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Slovenia, Vrhnika Posts: 4 Status: Offline	Nice picture! Alltho i think you have a lot more potencial to go for. Try to improve the focus a bit! Or is this the cause of manual guiding? So i read that you use the light pollution filter. How much does it actually help? Is it worth the money? __________________ Clear Skies! Natrix

May 26th, 2008, 09:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
sgcullen Administrator [View SpaceSpot Album] Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oro Valley, AZ Posts: 148 Status: Offline	Actually, I don't think it's as much a focus issue as a processing issue. You might want to try to find an application that will do DDP and/or some image sharpening. It'll make your stars look much better. CCDStack from CCDWare is one application that I would recommend. MaxIm DL would also do the trick. Photoshop's unsharp mask and some of the other tools would work as well. __________________ Mondo brings you the ultimate enthusiast communities on the web.

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May 13th, 2008, 08:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
slotdrag Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Wichita Ks. Posts: 39 Status: Offline	Thats nice.

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