EAA - Tonight
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EAA - Tonight
I wondered if anybody was observing tonight? I have my CPC-800 with an Altair Astro 294c out in the UK. The temperature is 4.4 C
I didn't let the scope cool down, so this is going to be interesting. Anyways, here is my first shot of the evening, M42.
Altair Astro 294c 10s x 103 frames 901gain with background subtraction, Weiner Deconvolution 5.5, Bilateral Filter 1.17, 0.34. Using SharpCap and Stellarium.
Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: SharpCap, Stellarium and AstroPlanner.
YouTube 'EAA with an 8-inch SCT' https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011
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10s x 246 frames 2460s gain 901 etc.
Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: SharpCap, Stellarium and AstroPlanner.
YouTube 'EAA with an 8-inch SCT' https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011
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I am just imaging the Running Man Nebula (
Here is my first shot 65 frames x 10 seconds gain is still 901 (not sure why its not 900!). Same Sharpcap enhancements as above. I am getting some reflections from stars off shot.
Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: SharpCap, Stellarium and AstroPlanner.
YouTube 'EAA with an 8-inch SCT' https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011
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Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: SharpCap, Stellarium and AstroPlanner.
YouTube 'EAA with an 8-inch SCT' https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011
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10s x 100 frames gain 901 etc (as above)
Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: SharpCap, Stellarium and AstroPlanner.
YouTube 'EAA with an 8-inch SCT' https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011
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Thanks for sharing!
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
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I really like the new deep space annotation functionality in SharpCap. I added the pgc catalog from Martin on Cloudy Nights https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/8069 ... p=11671699 It adds a larger number of objects than the built in
M67 10s x 71 frames 901 gain SharpCap enhancements Bilateral filter 1.2 radius, 0.2 tolerance, Weiner Deconvolution 6 NGC2903 10s x 206 frames 910 gain with SharpCap annotations and custom PGC catalog.
Moving onto the planetary nebula NGC2392 in Gemini. Quite small at f6.3, so the image is cropped.
10s x 90 frames gain 901 - all enhancements as described before.
Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: SharpCap, Stellarium and AstroPlanner.
YouTube 'EAA with an 8-inch SCT' https://www.youtube.com/@Xio2011
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M81 10s x 240 frames gain 901 with all the usual SharpCap enhancements as used above. NGC2537 10s x 102 frames
A blue compact dwarf galaxy in Lynx (left). NGC2841 Spiral Galaxy 10s x 123 frames The Twin Quasar PGC 2518326 - 10s x 60 frames
To finish of the observing session The Twin Quasar, the first identified gravitationally lensed object at a distance of 8.6 billion light years
That is some object to finish the night off on. Using SharpCaps new deep sky annotation made it a breeze to locate (marked in yellow). That was a really enjoyable observing session. Thank you for the support during the session. I really like my colour 294c camera but my guess is that a mono camera would give me 3 times the light gathering capacity over the same exposure period. When finances allow I might need to go mono for those faint fuzzies.
My immediate concern is the wicked internal reflections! I will try and change the relative spacing between the camera, prism and focal reducer.
Have fun.
Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
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I did too watching your images.
Amazingly nice feature of Sharpcap. I bought Sharpcap many years ago for polar alignment. Haven’t used it in quite some time since I use N.I.N.A. now.
Thanks for sharing!
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
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Thank you for posting those
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Xio1996 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:52 pm Once you start looking at the Orion Nebula it is hard to take your eyes off it! I just let the stack keep running for 41 minutes, stretching the histogram as it went. All the other settings are as the post above. Spotify is playing some Instrumental Night-time Jazz, very relaxing.
10s x 246 frames 2460s gain 901 etc.
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Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Software: AstroPlanner (with occasional help from SkyTools 4 Pro), Stellarium, SharpCap and Nina (the latter purely for autofocusing).
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