m42_e130_g12o60_HaOiiiSii_HDR_30x5s_30x5s_30x5s_30x30s_8bit

M42_43 test shot with Narrowband filters using the new QHY163M camera. Taken 04/01/2017 from Cumbria in England.

 

This was my first test image with the camera and I've only just managed to get it processed. The calibration frames are not perfectly matched to the image due to the later changes introduced to get driver stability (resulting in a mismatch of image size). This won't be an issue in future images, but I hadn't set up a calibration library when I took these light frames unfortunately.

 

Scope: Takahashi E130

Focal Length: 430mm f/3.3

Camera: QHY163 mono

Baader filters:

H-Alpha: 30 x 30s and 30 x 5s

O-iii: 30 x 5s

Sii: 30 x 5s

 

Gain 12 Offset 60

 

The image is an HDR composite using the shorter 5s subs with the longer 30s subs in H-Alpha.

 

Great detail for such a short timeframe and only 30 subs per frame.

Done