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Final pane added to the Cygnus Wall

25/6/2016

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I just wanted to check that all of the panes lined up and thankfully they do! Now I can get some serious data collected to get this one started.

Last night  I was able to make a start on my OIII for M16 as well as there was one hour with no moon... That will increase by one hour a day now and of course the moon will be getting smaller too. Lets hope I get a nice run of clear moonless nights for a load of OIII on all my targets.
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Another pane added - To make sure it all joins up!

20/6/2016

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Good to see that it will all join up - I'll get the final pane data just to check and then I can really go to town on the data for this.
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4 pane mosaic of the Cygnus Wall - Ongoing

19/6/2016

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Another start up !!!! 

This is pane 1 and 2 of the 4 pane mosaic that I am doing on the Cygnus wall in NGC7000. I have wanted to do this since last year and with the ODK it should come out as I want.

​This is only 1.5 hrs in both panes at the moment.
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Asteroid (276) Adelheid in video

15/6/2016

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This was a planned asteroid catch! (276) Adelheid in it's short 2.5 hour glory! You can read more about my asteroid adventures here
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M16 - The Pillars of Creation

14/6/2016

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This has got to be THE most iconic image ever taken by Hubble..... so no pressure then! This is a combination of 28x1800s (14 hours) in mono which I think stands up on it's own as a mono image. I will be capturing more data to create a colour image in due course.

​You can see more about this image here
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NGC4565 The Needle galaxy

9/6/2016

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Finally finished the Needle galaxy in LRGB. This was a nightmare to process and I'm looking forward to the narrowband stuff of the summer now.

Details
M: Mesu 200
T: ODK10
C: QSI683 with Baader LRGB filters

50x1800s Luminance
24x600s for Red, green and blue filters

Total exposure 37 hours 30 minutes.

You can see more detail on my page here
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M16 - The Pillars of creation - Ongoing!

8/6/2016

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Another project started, but with good reason. This target stays pretty low and so I need to make a start on it while I can. It reaches 37 degrees at my location at best.

I have never been so excited about an image. This is an iconic target and I hope to do it justice. Only 6 exposures in the bag so far and only able to get a few hours a night on it...... watch this space!
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Asteroid (582) Olympia - Captured in video!

7/6/2016

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I'm hooked!! A happy accidental image the other night while I was getting data for the Needle galaxy lead to an image of a 'white dot' that turned out to be the asteroid (582) Olympia
If you click here you can see how I identified (582) Olympia. I am going to keep a log of those that I image! Finally I have something to do while the moon is out .
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Creating a mosaic using SGPro

1/6/2016

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Here is a step by step guide on how to create seamless mosaics using the brilliant SGPro software. From start to finish using the Framing and Mosaic Wizard which is an add on to the main software....... it is worth every penny in my experience. 

I hope that you find this useful.

If you have any questions or comments then please post them below and I'll answer them.
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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