Tonight was an important milestone for me, as I used the “Dark Frames” I created for the ASI294MC Pro Camera.
This means the freshly created Dark calibration frames were stacked along with the forty four, three minute exposures I took of the Herschel Ray super nova remnant.
I will not know what sort of difference this has made until I download and process the images, but based on the preview shot, I think it’s going to be significant.
As usual I picked up a few learnings along the way.
WHAT Went WelL
The Polar alignment was reasonably swift, as was the focusing, and initial set up of the guide scope.
What Went less well
Having got everything set up, I asked the mount to Point at the object, which was very high, and required the scope to slew to a fairly extreme angle.
In doing so the back end of the scope collided with the Tripod Leg.
Not dramatic collision, and nowhere near as dramatic as the whole scope sliding backwards along the mount as I attempted to adjust it in situ.
Valuable lesson learned.
NGC4945
Whilst I spent time getting the imaging set up for the Herschels Ray, the Vaonis Vespera II was quietly doing it’s thing with NGC4945.
In a fuss free fashion I accumulated more than an hour of imaging on the galaxy, and the additional detail from the longer exposure was clearly visible.
Conditions
Weather wise it was Cold, but not unbearable, the road was incredibly busy, and someone appeared to be discharging fireworks, which was a surprise to both me, and 1000 or so of the local dogs, who instantly registered their displeasure.
Overall it was a great evening, that wasn’t cut short by clouds, or haze.
The next job is to process the images and see if I have achieved anything with the Dark Calibration Frames.
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