2011 02 28
These are the first shots with the FSQ 106 and the narrowband filters. I had not finished alignment or PEC calibration, but after almost a month of crummy skies I wanted to see what the equipment could do.
The image on the left is a combination of 60, 120, 420, 600, 720, and 1200 sec exposures. Unfortunately I did not take enough subexposures to perform noise reduction at most intervals and there is some RA movement in the image at high resolution. Still not a bad first attempt. Thanks to Rogelio for some helpful suggestions.
I also shot some photos with the other filters. The image in NIR_Lum is the best. This is a single 600s shot that was stretched but not otherwise processed.
These are the first shots with the FSQ 106 and the narrowband filters. I had not finished alignment or PEC calibration, but after almost a month of crummy skies I wanted to see what the equipment could do.
The image on the left is a combination of 60, 120, 420, 600, 720, and 1200 sec exposures. Unfortunately I did not take enough subexposures to perform noise reduction at most intervals and there is some RA movement in the image at high resolution. Still not a bad first attempt. Thanks to Rogelio for some helpful suggestions.
I also shot some photos with the other filters. The image in NIR_Lum is the best. This is a single 600s shot that was stretched but not otherwise processed.
