Still a work in progress, mastering the QHY268M with the Optolong LRGBSHO filter set. Seems like a setup with reserved filters is required for the Esprit 100 ED with the original flattener, in order to avoid strange reflections from bright stars such as Deneb or Sadr. Shooting a familiar target here.
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Continuing the explorations with the QHY268M, a two panel H-alpha mosaic. And the first time I used NINA to control the imaging session.
Backyard astrophotography in light-polluted Cologne-Dellbrück (SQM 19.7)
Skywatcher Esprit 100/550 ED, Skywatcher Flattener, Optolong Ha 7nm / QHY268M
OAG with Lodestar X2
Mount AZ EQ6 GT
Image acquisition: CdC, NINA, PHD2, dithering
Ha: 2 x 6 x 600s, mode 1, gain 56, offset 10, -5C, 10 flats, 50 bias, 20 darks
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight
Image processing: PixInsight, Lightroom, two panel mosaic
First steps into the realm of mono astrocams with the QHY268M. Pretty amazed what 3 x 10 min were able to pull out of my suburban skies.
In memoriam Dr. Carsten Jacobs, ad astra!
Backyard astrophotography in light-polluted Cologne-Dellbrück (SQM 19.7)
Skywatcher Esprit 100/550 ED, Skywatcher Flattener, Optolong Ha 7nm, QHY268M
OAG with Lodestar X2
Mount AZ EQ6 GT
Image acquisition: CdC, APT, PHD2, dithering
Ha: 3 x 600s, mode 1, gain 56, offset 40, -10C, 20 flats, 40 bias, 12 darks
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight
Image processing: PixInsight, Lightroom
Black and white version (Ha) of the previously posted image. This is the bright central region of NGC 7822, also cataloged as Cederblad 214.
Black and white (Ha) version of the previously posted image, the northern “loop” part of the NGC 7822 complex (Skysafari catalogs this one alone as NGC 7822).
Black and white version of the image posted previously.
Black and white (poor man’s Ha) version of the Elephant Trunk Nebula, bicolor version in the previous posting.
NGC 7380 – Wizard Nebula – Sep/Oct 2018 v1 BW (R=Ha)
Black and white version of the Wizard Nebula.
Schwarzweiß-Version des Zauberernebels.
NGC 281 – Pacman Nebula – Sep 2018 v2 BW (R=Ha)
Black and white version of NGC 281, modified processing of the previous image, extracted the red channel, which is approx. 20 nm H-alpha with the IDAS LPS V4 filter.
Schwarzweiß-Version des NGC 281, modifizierte Bearbeitung, extrahiert wurde der Rotkanal des vorherigen Bilds, der IDAS LPS V4 verhält sich im Rotbereich wie ein ca. 20 nm H-alpha-Filter.
Squares #002
Die Series Squares ist jetzt auch hier in der Galerie zu finden.