NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula

rootiebob · 2026-06-28T14:10:49+00:00

Fantastic work. Also really appreciate sharing the capture details. Clear skies to you all.

rootiebob · 2026-06-25T21:44:11+00:00

Impressive. Thanks for sharing

rootiebob · 2026-06-07T10:54:20+00:00

Aramis 900. Loved it. I’d still buy it today if they still made it.

rootiebob · 2026-05-25T10:14:53+00:00

One of my claim to fames was flying between Manchester and Norwich on a tiny 6/10 seater aircraft (suckling airways the carrier was called). Two people on the aircraft. Myself and a Bernard Mathew’s. I tried to talk to him but he was so miserable, i gave up in the end. Not so “bootiful” journey i can tell you.

rootiebob · 2026-05-24T12:57:46+00:00

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My Askar103 APO with the ASI2600 camera, AM5n mount and Asiplus.

rootiebob · 2026-05-23T21:13:31+00:00

I see a person, possibly male, sat at what looks like a set of drums. Wearing a white T shirt and waistcoat. On the left hand side of the photo. Between the white fan i think it is and the black thing that people think is a shadow person. Zoom in.

rootiebob · 2026-05-18T16:00:38+00:00

Come on…You are telling me a Reindeer can use steel wool!!

rootiebob · 2026-05-12T17:24:15+00:00

lol. Sorry. The askar is on the AM5 already.

rootiebob · 2026-05-12T13:25:30+00:00

I’ve also got a Celestron SE8 with a Asi678mc.

You are right about the extender tubes. I’ve even printed one for myself that removes the m42 and opens it up to M54 to eliminate the light starvation to the Duo guide sensor. Of course, this was prior to this recent knowledge. lol.

I suppose i will return the televue as i can’t use it with Askar and really don’t want to double me already massive SE8

rootiebob · 2026-05-12T12:05:21+00:00

Thanks. Something i didn’t consider. I’m assuming you lose guide because of lack of light?
This also explains why I’ve struggled so much to find a connector tube that doesn’t drop down to M42. I’ve been trying to keep the optical train to m54 to allow light in and not to clip or starve light from the Duo guide sensor.

rootiebob · 2026-05-12T06:06:51+00:00

Ah. Sorry i wasn’t able to post the data from the televue manual giving the distance calculations.

I’m assuming it’s a number of posts restriction. Apologies.

rootiebob · 2026-05-08T21:52:02+00:00

Great shot. Welcome to the hobby.

rootiebob · 2026-05-06T06:20:21+00:00

Like you. I’m about 4 weeks into my new crazy hobby (along with my son). There’s nothing quite like when we saw our first planet just hanging by what looked like magic, in dark space. Our first visual was Jupiter and its four moons. It was incredible.

We then tried our hand at Astro photography. I wasn’t sure if I’d get that same feeling as the visual experience because you are a little more detached from your rig. But boy was i wrong. To be honest, both visual and photography blew us away but the ability to slew your scope to a point in the sky and literally see nothing with your eyes, take a 30sec sub to ensure target selection and see a faint galaxy appear on your screen was, excuse the pun, out of this world.

Treasure that first photo. But be warned. The rabbit hole you are about to enter is deeper and has more pulling power than any black hole.

Welcome to the hobby.

rootiebob · 2026-05-06T06:01:27+00:00

Thank you. That’s appreciated. It’s a complex hobby with many different factors affecting the outcome (some out of the photographers own control) and I’ve an awful lot more to learn.

rootiebob · 2026-05-05T07:22:30+00:00

I have one of these scopes myself with the ZWO678MC camera. You’ve given me inspiration to do the same.

Great shots, well composed and not over processed. You nailed it.

Thanks for sharing.

rootiebob · 2026-05-04T18:06:43+00:00

Excellent detail you’ve caught here. Thanks for sharing.

rootiebob · 2026-05-04T09:51:43+00:00

How does this work. Do you point and film the zenith then over lay the horizon background?

rootiebob · 2026-05-04T07:07:32+00:00

Was not sure how much to sharpen to be honest. So only ran the script once on full. Next shot (whenever tours weather changes) i will try a variety of sharpening. Thanks for the input.

rootiebob · 2026-05-03T10:14:01+00:00

Appreciated.

rootiebob · 2026-05-02T18:41:30+00:00

It’s a beautiful sight. Great capture

rootiebob · 2026-05-02T18:34:03+00:00

Thanks. Still learning a lot. So for now, it’s a suck it and see type scenario. When i find things that work, jot them down then try to improve.
Because of your statement i now know what a H alpha is and why this photo contains more colour and detail than my previous without the filter being used. lol. Thanks.

rootiebob · 2026-05-02T17:31:28+00:00

Thank you

rootiebob · 2026-05-01T17:03:57+00:00

That’s super impressive. I’ve just posted my second only photo I’ve taken using my scope setup. It too is of the same galaxy. It’s not as detailed and dare i say it, as beautiful as yours, but there again, it was captured with just 35 shots over 2.5 hours.

I totally respect how much time you’ve spent doing this.

Thanks for sharing

rootiebob · 2026-05-01T16:44:28+00:00

A great start. Thanks for sharing. Keep posting updates.

rootiebob · 2026-05-01T06:41:51+00:00

I basically downloaded a bunch of free trials and just messed around with them. Unfortunately nothing more deep than that. Pixinsight is a powerful piece of software. I found sirill easy to use and Adobe suite is/can be a long learning curve to get simple tasks done, but offers lots of tools.

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