Bernes 142

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 07:44:54 +0000

This is a True colour photo with filters so it has to be taken the same a a coloured DSLR MOON free. So you are shooting bit before and after new moon. This really is my first using all 4 filters Lum, Red, Green, Blue but if you look closely you will see 4 circles 1 top left and 1 bottom right and two very large ones in the main part of the photo.

At this stage I dont know where its coming from I have taken 3 sets of flats ( which remove these) but they are still here. On a hunch I re looked at the filters in the wheel to see if I did put them in back to front, sad to say they are correct so I still dont have a clue.

Filters

1 Lum 2 Red 3 Green 4Blue 5 Sii 6 Ha 7 Oiii

I am wondering if this is stray light from a street light and I have to put the hood on the telescope. I have to wait for next months moon free to try again Put my thoughts to the test.

You are looking not at nebulas but dusty parts of space you have to capture LRGB nothing here for narrow band. Mostly away from the milky way you see these areas of Dust. Not only is it a different way of taking the photo the editing is so very different as well to NB Things dont always go to plan some times things are hard fought.

QHY268M -10c 120 shots 200 sec Lum 68 shots 300 sec RGB over 4 nights Moon Free.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser Rotated 90 degrees
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps, Lr

Bok's Valentine nebula ESO 210-6A

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:17:15 +0000

Steve Paxton has posted:

I had this finished but not finally edited when we went away on holiday to Albany. Perth was 42c & 41c while we where away. when we got home the inside was 35c so I sat down to cool off and edit and try and get it right. These are not RGB stars those filters arrived while we were away they have yet to installed, flats taken and offsets done.

This is 28 hours worth of shot time Ha SII O3 combined as Ha SII O3. I have to say I see a Gorilla family male with laser eyes.

QHY 183M -10c
QHYCFW 7 Filter wheel 4 ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters LRGB 7nm & 3 Antlia Pro filters Ha SII O3 3nm.
Ha O3 SII 90 shots each filter 5 min over 4 nights.
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

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Bernes 142

Bok's Valentine nebula ESO 210-6A