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IP Power switch Equipment review

26/4/2016

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Check out my latest equipment review of the Aviosys IP Power switch. Perfect for switching power on and off over a network and ideal for remote application. 

Click here to read the review.
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From start ... to finish

20/4/2016

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Here you can see the starting point of the latest M101 - The first image is luminance data and the second is the combined RGB data - This is all pre processing. I thought it would be interesting to see the start and finish point.

Click here to read a little more about the processing involved
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M101 is finished - 48 hours worth of data...

19/4/2016

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Details:
Mount: Mesu 200
Telescope: ODK10
Camera: QSI683 withBaader RGB filters and 3nm Ha Astrodon filter

Luminance 54x1800s
RGB 25x600s in each filter
Ha 17x1800s 

This is 48 hours worth of data.
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Data comparison between 9 & 42 exposures

10/4/2016

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On the left hand side is the data from 42x1800s exposures and on the right is 9x1800s  - You can see that there's a big difference in noise and also in data quality. Below is a close up comparison of the background between the two lots of data.
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M101 with 21 hours of data

10/4/2016

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More data to add to M101 - This is 42x1800s totalling 21 hours. I think I'm looking at getting about 30 hours in total in luminance. 
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MallinCam All Sky camera review

5/4/2016

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A review of the MallinCam All Sky camera - everything you need to make it work and how it's been going after 3 months of use.
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Domain name change......... but you need do nothing!!

3/4/2016

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www.swagastro.com ....................


..... is my new domain name. But you don't need to change anything, you can still visit me on 

www.swagastro.weebly.com (where you will be automatically redirected) or                          www.swagastro.com

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M101 - A frame filler with the ODK10

1/4/2016

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As it's galaxy season, it's only right to attempt something with the ODK10 that I've not only done before, but something that is a bit of a frame filler. 

M101 fits the bill and this is the start of the image 9x1800s exposures in luminance. Loads more data required!!

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The Ghost nebula ......

1/4/2016

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This is a target I have wanted to do for years with a longer focal length. This is VDB141 or the Ghost nebula. It is only 5x30m exposures and already in that 2.5 hours the ghost is starting to show.

​This is going to be really long term as I want only the best data and lots of it. Because it's not narrowband data it is very much affected by the moon, so once that is out (however small) then this data will not be added to.
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A new blog!!! 

1/4/2016

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Follow my blog here for the following........

..... Ongoing projects
..... New gear
..... New ideas
..... New things going on

Feel free to comment and interact with me, I love to hear from people 

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  • Recent images
  • Images Gallery
    • Interesting images
  • About me
    • Star People article
  • My Blog
  • Latest Dual rig adventure
  • Astro Pixel Processor tutorials
  • Asteroids and me.....
    • How to find asteroids
    • How to create an asteroid time lapse
  • My observatory
    • The observatory rebuild
    • Equipment
    • Light pollution and astro darkness
  • My guide to image capture
    • Real world comparison - Kodak / Sony chip
    • Dual imaging set up
    • Creating an inset in Photoshop
    • Artistic one channel processing
    • Rubbish in, Rubbish out - you decide
    • Image process tutorials
    • Start / finish - Processing is THE key
    • Building a mosaic >
      • SGPro - Creating a mosaic in software
    • The difference in RGB and Ha light
    • The benefits of extra subs in graphics
    • Narrowband information
    • To bin or not to bin...
  • Equipment reviews
    • PrimaLuceLab Eagle S
    • All things ODK 10
    • PrimaLuceLab PLUS mounting system
    • Avalon linear guide settings
    • Starting out with the Avalon StarGO - Fitting and connecting to a PC
    • Avalon StarGO - Setting a custom park
    • Mallincam All Sky
    • Aviosys IP Power 9258 4 port
    • Avalon M-Tre mount
  • My published images
  • Links
    • Other Astrophotographers
  • Useful books
  • Write in my Guestbook
    • Contact me