Finally after a month of imaging, it is done. This is a 31.4 hour HOO image of a really faint region of the Vela SNR taken from my backyard in Auckland, New Zealand.
If you enjoy my images, my instagram handle is @OkeWoke
Additionally higher quality display of all my images here my personal site.
Ha: 91 x 300s (7.6 hrs) + 38 x 900s (9.5 hrs) 17.1 hours total
Oiii: 172 x 300s (14.3 hrs)
Grand Total: 31.4 hours
All at unity gain, 21 offset, -15 degrees celsius
Acquired with the NINA imaging suite. Guided with PHD2. Mount interface: EQMOD
Processing: Flat and dark calibration 1x drizzle w/ 0.6 dropshrink
Ha & Oiii: ABE, DECON, TGV NR, MMG NR, HT Stretch
Channel Combination to create RGB image with HOO mapping. Colour Curves on Hue, a and b channels to achieve final colours. LHE applied to dark and bright region using rangemask Contrast Curves ACDNR Star Reduction Further curves
TL;DR Pointed telescope and monochrome camera using two special filters at this region of sky. Took many small exposures (5 or 15 minutes). Combined together to create this.
OkeWoke on February 7th, 2020 at 10:50 UTC »
Finally after a month of imaging, it is done. This is a 31.4 hour HOO image of a really faint region of the Vela SNR taken from my backyard in Auckland, New Zealand.
If you enjoy my images, my instagram handle is @OkeWoke
Additionally higher quality display of all my images here my personal site.
Equipment:
Scope: GSO 8" F/4, flocked, 2" moonlite, DIY AutoFocuser, DIY Secondary Dew Heater
Coma Corrector: SkyWatcher Aplanatic/Quattro
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MMC PRO (Image scale ~1"/pixel)
Mount: EQ6-R
Guide Scope: ZWO 60mm
Guide Cam: QHY5LIIC
All ZWO LRGBSHO filters
Acquired on 31/12/2019, 03/01/2020, 07/01/2020, 17/01/2020, 18/01/2020, 19/01/2020, 20/01/2020, 22/01/2020, 28/01/2020, 31/01/2020.
Subs & Integration times:
Ha: 91 x 300s (7.6 hrs) + 38 x 900s (9.5 hrs) 17.1 hours total
Oiii: 172 x 300s (14.3 hrs)
Grand Total: 31.4 hours
All at unity gain, 21 offset, -15 degrees celsius
Acquired with the NINA imaging suite. Guided with PHD2. Mount interface: EQMODProcessing: Flat and dark calibration 1x drizzle w/ 0.6 dropshrink
Ha & Oiii: ABE, DECON, TGV NR, MMG NR, HT Stretch
Channel Combination to create RGB image with HOO mapping. Colour Curves on Hue, a and b channels to achieve final colours. LHE applied to dark and bright region using rangemask Contrast Curves ACDNR Star Reduction Further curvesTL;DR Pointed telescope and monochrome camera using two special filters at this region of sky. Took many small exposures (5 or 15 minutes). Combined together to create this.
Matthew3530 on February 7th, 2020 at 10:51 UTC »
Where in the hell is your backyard???
This is amazing
Musclemagic on February 7th, 2020 at 11:33 UTC »
Is it called a "HOO" image because after 30+ hours you just go, "HOOO!!!!"