[AZ-Observing] Re: Orion Wide Field in Ha

  • From: Albert Barr <ajbarr@xxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:28:40 -0700

:)


> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> D’oh!  I totally scanned right over that.  I’m used to seeing your notes on 
> Flickr :).
> 
> Tim
> 
>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Albert Barr <ajbarr@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Tim as i mentioned below, this was a single, 30 minute, guided exposure. It 
>> was really a test to see how sensitive the filter is. I am trying again 
>> maybe tonight with multiple exposures.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Beautifully captured.  What was the exposure time per frame?
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 12:03 AM, Albert Barr <ajbarr@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I finally got my 6nm Ha filter for the Canon 60 DA. I tested it tonight 
>>>> and I think it has great potential. In this field you can easily see 
>>>> Bernard's Loop, M42, the Horse Head and Flame and I believe that's Rigel 
>>>> on the top right with a lot of dust under it.
>>>> The process is a little complicated but in short, you split the color 
>>>> image into red, green and blue mono images and then process and stack the 
>>>> reds, which is where the hydrogen is.
>>>> 
>>>> I didn't have much time tonight and I just wanted to test this so I took 
>>>> one, guided 30 minute image and another 2 minute image and combined them 
>>>> to tone down the core of M42. This is very noisy but if I don't run out of 
>>>> time I would love to get several hours on this before Orion disappears 
>>>> until next winter.
>>>> 
>>>> This looks a lot better on a computer than a phone :)
>>>> 
>>>> Albert
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/49526053@N04/16455428709/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>>>  
>>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/49526053@N04/16455428709/in/photostream/lightbox/>
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