New to mono
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:24 pm
The latest toy to add to the stable is a mono cooled astrocam, so I am in beginner learning mode all over again. Both as to the cam, and NINA.
So, much experimentation lies ahead. I also still don't have much in the way of filters, or even a wheel/drawer, so am limited and for color I will still be using the Nikon. Both APS-C, which helps with that, but the pixel size is a wee bit different.
I have been taking luminance shots with my UV-IR cut filter. The only others I have are an L-eNhance duoband and my lone SII narrowband.
This was first light, about 43 minutes that I managed to get on M81-82. I think I was testing this as 5C for cooling temp. Oh there were also passing clouds and I don't think I culled all of them out. Or I messed up my flats/light leak prevention...not sure.
Then, after some creative scaling and registration, I took some older D5300 data with the same framing and tried LRGB.
This could definitely use some Ha, as we are trying out in Brendan's thread. No Ha filter yet though, and I haven't figured out if I can use some trickery with the L-eNhance. Maybe an LRGB combo with the D5300 that I then split the red channel from? Or just take the mono file and pretend it's all Ha. There may not be much in the way of OIII on this target, and the captured Hb is hydrogen anyway.
So, much experimentation lies ahead. I also still don't have much in the way of filters, or even a wheel/drawer, so am limited and for color I will still be using the Nikon. Both APS-C, which helps with that, but the pixel size is a wee bit different.
I have been taking luminance shots with my UV-IR cut filter. The only others I have are an L-eNhance duoband and my lone SII narrowband.
This was first light, about 43 minutes that I managed to get on M81-82. I think I was testing this as 5C for cooling temp. Oh there were also passing clouds and I don't think I culled all of them out. Or I messed up my flats/light leak prevention...not sure.
Then, after some creative scaling and registration, I took some older D5300 data with the same framing and tried LRGB.
This could definitely use some Ha, as we are trying out in Brendan's thread. No Ha filter yet though, and I haven't figured out if I can use some trickery with the L-eNhance. Maybe an LRGB combo with the D5300 that I then split the red channel from? Or just take the mono file and pretend it's all Ha. There may not be much in the way of OIII on this target, and the captured Hb is hydrogen anyway.