[Chaos-l] pictures

[Mark Montazer]

I ended up getting there after dark (aka, 6PM) so I setup hastily and
didn't plan on doing more than testing my recent full spectrum camera
mod.

Here's M27 with 13.5 minutes of integrated exposure at ISO 3200. Both
were stacked with Deep Sky Stacker using identical settings. The stack
of M27 from last night was actually in JPG format with no darks. This
is because my settings were reset during the mod and I didn't catch
this until half way through the night. None of the images had flat
frames applied either.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/24555/

Not only is there more color, but there are about twice as many stars
visible! I wasn't expecting that benefit.

Here's M42 with 3 minutes of integrated exposure at ISO 3200. Again,
both stacked identically. The core is blown out, as expected, but it
wasn't worth the effort to address for this test.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/24558/

I did a single frame star count with DSS and it reported over twice
the number of stars available. It's great to see the OIII giving way
to h-alpha in the interior.

I took single shots of Veil, the Horsehead, Rosette, and Helix, and
there was a decent amount of data available. Not worthy of posting,
but enough that I now have some new targets to go after this winter.

Mark





On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Allen Davis
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> I know that Mark and Tony both last night were taking some pictures with
> their scopes.  Please share when able…allen
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