Triplet in the constellation Leo

 Posted: Mar 21st, 2020
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Telescope/Lens: Объктив Юпитер 37А
Camera: ZWO ASI 178 mm
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ3-2 MyDrive
Guide Scope: Юпитер 21М
Guide Camera: QHY 5
Software: Maxim DL, DeepSkyStacker, FitSracker, PS
Accessories: Фильтр Baader Planetarium NEODYMIUM 1.25", ССD-фильтры NoNaMe
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12 x 360" ISO/Gain: 180
Orange zoneLight Pollution:
 Kharkiv, Ukraine
1 h 12 m
2037
Today's trio. (March 20, 2020, or rather yesterday's already :)) ) Aperture stopped down to f/5. Yes. Aperture rules. The previous shot had 120-second exposures, lower gain, but higher transparency. Although the total integration was different. Maybe it's precisely about the integration time. But it seems that stopping down the aperture also reduced the resolution. I'll try switching to the Jupiter-21M lens. I'll stop it down to f/5 and get the aperture of a Jupiter-37, but at a fully open aperture. We'll see.
Resolution: 3096x2080 px
Scale: 25161 KB
Updated
  28 Mar, 2020
  9 h 12 m
Доснял еще 3 часа в красный канал. Соответственно 3 часа добавилось в синтетический канал яркости. Масштаб 70%.
  27 Mar, 2020
  6 h 12 m
L-канал синтезирован из трех цветных. Масштаб окло 60%
  24 Mar, 2020
  1 h 30 m
Проба Юпитера 21М. Вроде увеличилось проницание, судя по листам салата в Гамбургере. Вроде и детализация выше. Но общее впечатление от объектива, так себе. Все таки нет такой остроты как у Юпитера ...
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  21 Mar, 2020
  1 h 12 m
Сегодняшнее трио. (20.03.2020г, точнее уже вчерашнее :)) ) Диафрагма поджата до 5-ти. Да. Апертура рулит. Прошлый снимок с выдержками 120 сек., гейн ниже, а проницание выше. Хотя накопление было рз...
  19 Jan, 2020
  3 h 18 m
Трио галактик в созвездии Лев и соседи. Съемка от 8-го и 17-го января 2020 года. Мосштаб 70%. Похоже малость не попал в фокус.
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Calibration with darks unsuccessful, was the temperature significantly different or was the offset different between the darks and the lights?
22 Mar, 2020 Reply
If you're referring to the rays in the upper right corner, then no. The darks and biases are original. But this glow still doesn't go away. I don't know what to do about it. This is the actual side of this camera, or maybe my specific unit. They just don't disappear completely, that's all.
22 Mar, 2020 Reply
Pavel Zhukov Replied to Malex
I wrote about it because I had the same problem. In this case, offset is the value that the software adds to the pixel signal value, not the calibration offset frame. I solved the problem as follows:
1. The offset value when shooting darks and lights must match and be such that the dark histogram is not clipped on the left.
2. I don't calibrate with biases. The camera has low read noise, plus the bias is already contained in the dark.

As soon as I corrected the two issues above, everything immediately worked out.

Additional notes on calibration for this camera:
- I calibrate with flats, and I calibrate the flats beforehand with dark flats.
- I shoot darks at home after a session using a refrigerator and freezer. I monitor the temperature and move them if necessary. A few days and a dark library for the year is ready, from -10 to 35 degrees.
22 Mar, 2020 Reply
Thank you. I'll experiment with it.
22 Mar, 2020 Reply

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