Last Live Stacks of 2019
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:52 pm
One final clear night before the end of the decade. Had clear dark skies after the sliver of moon set but gusty wind shut down the viewing about 2 AM on 12/31. PHD2 was correcting fine until wind gust reached the 20+ MPH. Created new set of master dark frames 50 x 30 seconds 300 gain 10 brightness. These seem to help with the level of noise in the relatively short exposures and stack count. Follow any of the image links to my Flickr page for more information on each image.
It's been a great 2019 and I've had great times with SharpCap and refining my process of getting images with short capture times and very short amount of processing. Looking ahead to 2020 I hope to try narrow band imaging. The goal for me is to try to adapt what I do with OSC images to the mono narrow band work flow.
I hope all of you have had a great 2019 and Happy New Year!
-Chris
Equipment:
RC 6 with Astro-Physics CCDT67 reducer. This steps down from f/8 1300 mm to f/6.7 1032 mm
IDAS D1 LPS filter
ZWO ASI294 MC Pro -10c exposures 30 seconds at 300 gain 10 brightness
Using master flat and dark
SharpCap v3.2.6128 Live Stacking
iOptron CEM60 mount
Stellarvue 50mm Guide Scope with ZWO ASI290 MM guide camera
M1 PS Edit Stack_60frames_1800s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2244 PS Edit Stack_125frames_3750s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2264 PS Edit Stack_71frames_1840s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M82 PS Edit Stack_62frames_1860s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M81 PS Edit Stack_90frames_2700s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC1977 PS Edit Stack_108frames_2718s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
It's been a great 2019 and I've had great times with SharpCap and refining my process of getting images with short capture times and very short amount of processing. Looking ahead to 2020 I hope to try narrow band imaging. The goal for me is to try to adapt what I do with OSC images to the mono narrow band work flow.
I hope all of you have had a great 2019 and Happy New Year!
-Chris
Equipment:
RC 6 with Astro-Physics CCDT67 reducer. This steps down from f/8 1300 mm to f/6.7 1032 mm
IDAS D1 LPS filter
ZWO ASI294 MC Pro -10c exposures 30 seconds at 300 gain 10 brightness
Using master flat and dark
SharpCap v3.2.6128 Live Stacking
iOptron CEM60 mount
Stellarvue 50mm Guide Scope with ZWO ASI290 MM guide camera
M1 PS Edit Stack_60frames_1800s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2244 PS Edit Stack_125frames_3750s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC2264 PS Edit Stack_71frames_1840s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M82 PS Edit Stack_62frames_1860s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
M81 PS Edit Stack_90frames_2700s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr
NGC1977 PS Edit Stack_108frames_2718s_WithDisplayStretch by Black Wikkett, on Flickr