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CraigG

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M45 The Pleiades
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:47:57 am »
Sharing an image taken over the weekend from the patio. I'm very pleased with how it came out! Added a little blue filter effect during post-processing to make it more interesting.
Thanks!
-Craig

Atik Horizon Mono
Medium preset, 1x1 binning
Baader UV/IR block filter
Vixen Sphinx NexSXD mount w/PHD auto guiding
50x30 second light subs with 15 dark subs subtracted "on the fly" in SharpCap
Nebulosity and Windows Photo Editor w/coffee the next morning!

vince

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Re: M45 The Pleiades
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2019, 11:31:48 am »
Hello Craig,

lovely image! You've captured the nebulosity nicely!

Vince

CraigG

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Re: M45 The Pleiades
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2019, 12:24:45 pm »
Thanks so much Vince! I'm really loving the Horizon mono so thanks again for your good advice during my purchase deliberation!

Craig
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dpaul

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Re: M45 The Pleiades
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2019, 11:04:59 pm »
Excellent image Craig -

Have you tried one with R,G,B and Luminance?

David

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Re: M45 The Pleiades
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2019, 03:31:23 pm »
Hi David..thanks!

No, not yet. This was my first image taken with the new Horizon without using an Ha filter so I'll probably dedicate some more sessions with just the UV/IR block filter. I do have a manual filter wheel on standby though! The sensitivity of the mono vs OSC is amazing.

Craig

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Re: M45 The Pleiades
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2019, 10:56:25 pm »
Looking forward to those!

regards

David