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riklaunim

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Cone / NGC 2264 nebula
« on: February 03, 2012, 01:01:43 pm »
This is a "quick" imaging run - 12 x 10 min Baader H-alpha + Atik 314L + TSAPO65Q.
C11 - TSAPO65 - Atik 314L+ - DMK21AU618 - HEQ5...

Konihlav

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Re: Cone / NGC 2264 nebula
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 01:15:09 pm »
you may need to stretch the image a lot more to bring out the nebula. Even 120min at F/6.5 should show something more though noisy.

riklaunim

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Re: Cone / NGC 2264 nebula
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 01:55:08 pm »
That's doable, but with much more noise...


That's ~3.17 "/pixel... Now a camera with 24 x 24 um pixels would have similar resolution with C9,25" + f/6,3 reducer/corrector or in a 16" f/5 Newtonian with the ASA reducer. So ~f/3.8 + nearly 14 times bigger pixels. That would drastically decrease exposure time needed to get very good histogram fill  ;D Shame those 20x20 or 24x24 pixel cameras aren't cheap :P like:
- KAF0261E
- KAF1001E
- CCD77-00
« Last Edit: February 03, 2012, 01:56:42 pm by riklaunim »
C11 - TSAPO65 - Atik 314L+ - DMK21AU618 - HEQ5...

Lex

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Re: Cone / NGC 2264 nebula
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 07:51:37 pm »
Hi,

I think that your image has even more potential! If you apply a background extraction tool like DBE in pixinsight and adjust the curves after histogram there shoul be less noise and better clearness of the nebulosities...

Best

Lex
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