Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Beginning Imaging Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Doug6952 sage Reged: 07/24/08 Posts: 360 Loc: West Milford, NJ Another attemt at NGC6946       #2692803 - 10/11/08 12:00 PM Attachment (17 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've been working on my guiding and working with longer exposure times. This image is a combination of 11 3 min subs and 34 2 min subs. The 2 min subs were from last night (early this morning) I used a shorter exposure due to moonlight pollution. I also did some color subs, but I think they need longer exposure times to get more accurate color. I didn't have time to get green so I synth it in PS. The Red and Blue were 2min 49.7 sec subs. -------------------- Doug Sometimes I wonder......."Why is this frisbiee getting bigger" ...... Then it hits me! Orion EON 72mm Meade 8" starfinder Meade ETX 90 OTA CG-5 Advanced GT Mount DSI Pro III Orion SSAG Stellarvue F50 Baader LRGB and Ha filters Post Extras:       Doug6952 sage Reged: 07/24/08 Posts: 360 Loc: West Milford, NJ Re: Another attemt at NGC6946 [Re: Doug6952]       #2692805 - 10/11/08 12:00 PM Attachment (12 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And here's the LRGB image -------------------- Doug Sometimes I wonder......."Why is this frisbiee getting bigger" ...... Then it hits me! Orion EON 72mm Meade 8" starfinder Meade ETX 90 OTA CG-5 Advanced GT Mount DSI Pro III Orion SSAG Stellarvue F50 Baader LRGB and Ha filters Post Extras:       DaemonGPF Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/22/08 Posts: 1385 Loc: New Mexico Re: Another attemt at NGC6946 [Re: Doug6952]       #2693343 - 10/11/08 05:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You drew out a lot more detail this time. I like the B/W one the best. -------------------- -Josh *Orion Starblast Imaging 150mm OTA *Orion Starblast Imaging 114mm OTA *Meade 50mm AR short tube OTA *Meade DSI Pro IIc *Orion Starshoot DSCI *CG5 mount http://cleardarksky.com/c/AlbuqNMkey.html My Messier Project Gallery Post Extras:       Doug6952 sage Reged: 07/24/08 Posts: 360 Loc: West Milford, NJ Re: Another attemt at NGC6946 [Re: DaemonGPF]       #2693573 - 10/11/08 07:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Josh! I like the B/W one better too. I'm not fully satisfied with it though. The color needs more time and work. The red and blue was about 30 min total each. -------------------- Doug Sometimes I wonder......."Why is this frisbiee getting bigger" ...... Then it hits me! Orion EON 72mm Meade 8" starfinder Meade ETX 90 OTA CG-5 Advanced GT Mount DSI Pro III Orion SSAG Stellarvue F50 Baader LRGB and Ha filters Post Extras:       nofxrx Pooh-Bah Reged: 07/12/05 Posts: 1418 Loc: palm bay,florida Re: Another attemt at NGC6946 [Re: Doug6952]       #2693719 - 10/11/08 08:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I agree the B/W is better.Great image. I would be very happy with it!! -------------------- Brent Oliver 3 Wonderful dogs: Sadie, Kara and Ozzie Celestron C10-N///C9.25///Orion 80ED///WO ZS66SD White Celestron CI-700 & ASGT Eq. Mounts Nikon D40Xa///SBIG ST-402ME/Class 1/CFW///DSI-PRO... My Gallery Ohh yeah,and a VERY undersanding wife!! Post Extras:       DaemonGPF Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/22/08 Posts: 1385 Loc: New Mexico Re: Another attemt at NGC6946 [Re: nofxrx]       #2693817 - 10/11/08 09:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The color is hard on this one.. it's peculiar for some reason. I tried once in color and wasn't brave enough to try again yet lol. -------------------- -Josh *Orion Starblast Imaging 150mm OTA *Orion Starblast Imaging 114mm OTA *Meade 50mm AR short tube OTA *Meade DSI Pro IIc *Orion Starshoot DSCI *CG5 mount http://cleardarksky.com/c/AlbuqNMkey.html My Messier Project Gallery Post Extras:       s58y Post Laureate Reged: 12/12/04 Posts: 4832 Loc: Eastern NY Re: Another attemt at NGC6946 [Re: DaemonGPF]       #2695651 - 10/12/08 11:21 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'd also agree that the B&W version is better. The details are quite sharp. -------------------- Hutech 30D, SBIG ST-402 autoguider SV80S, SV66 guidescope AP900, G-11, Barndoor tracker http://www.pbase.com/s58y Post Extras:       Doug6952 sage Reged: 07/24/08 Posts: 360 Loc: West Milford, NJ Re: Another attemt at NGC6946 [Re: s58y]       #2699605 - 10/14/08 10:11 PM Attachment (2 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for the replies. I tried re-processing the color image. I think it came out a little bit better, not perfect, but better. I'll have to wait for darker skies (new moon) to try this target again. -------------------- Doug Sometimes I wonder......."Why is this frisbiee getting bigger" ...... Then it hits me! Orion EON 72mm Meade 8" starfinder Meade ETX 90 OTA CG-5 Advanced GT Mount DSI Pro III Orion SSAG Stellarvue F50 Baader LRGB and Ha filters Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 12 registered and 9 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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