I agree. Excellent first image. (I'm sure it helps that you're not exactly using an ETX-90 and 5 year old Coolpix point and shoot... (Nice image - and rig!) Darrell Spencer ________________________________________ From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Tim Jones [tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 2:16 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: M33 First Light Excellent contrast and detail on this one. An outstanding first light effort. Tim On Oct 2, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Darren Johnson <greyseer1411@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is really the first Astrophotography image I've taken. (there have > been a couple of test shots before, but nothing serious) This one is just > 6 hours of Luminance (and appropriate bias,dark and flat frames) , and am > going to be working on getting some RGB and some Ha added into it. > I've only processed this in CCD stack, as I'm still getting used to the > basic concepts, and want to get those down before I move into the deeper > end of the pool with PixInsight and Photoshop. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/96196535@N06/10050083245/ > > Comments and suggestions are appreciated. > > Equipment is > > Takahashi TOA 130 > Paramount MX > ACP control software > RoboFocus > TakO Rotator > SBIG STT-8300 camera > > Equipment is remote operated at the Cuttin' Edge Observatory up in Mayer (a > friend's observatory who's graciously allowed me to put my scope in there > and partner up with him) > > Darren > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. This communication, including any attachments, may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not a named addressee, you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain a copy of or disseminate any portion of this communication without the consent of the sender and that doing so may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender via return e-mail and delete it from your system. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.