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Posted: 25 Nov 2023

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Man on a Vespa - Narrow band.

Man on a Vespa - Narrow band.
I first took one night mix of the three filters O3 S2 Ha to see if it looked promising. I have been chasing cool to run the camera at -10c I have to get a 25c start. The one night looked very promising so I added an extra nights worth of shots to each filter to get close to 100 shots each.

My first shot showed my Flats was not very good there were some Lens train faults the showed up in the processed image. so I got up at 5 am in the cool of the morning to retake a whole new set of flats Restack the whole lot and start all over again. you can see the big dot in the very center and the normal amount of vignetting you see on a telescope around the edge.(darkened corners) its a case of retaking the whole lot all over again...but the shot below shows you what is removed from the stacked shots to get a clean shot for each of the three filters.

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The Narrow band filters shows up a lot more of the Nebulas than a normal one shot colour camera. This is my first real shot into this world a lot more work but very interesting results.


You know this shot but not taken like this.

The Man Riding a Vespa

QHY 183M -10c
QHYCFW 3 Filter wheel Seven ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters.
O3 S2 Ha 103 shots each filter 5 min over 4 night.
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, Ps

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13 comments - The latest ones
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
I have no idea how you do these Steve…even when you explain, it is so complicated. Your astrophotography is extraordinary.
Have a fabulous Sunday …. I hope you are not impacted in any way by the WA fires, but I do understand it has been fiendishly hot there. Cheers, Diana
11 months ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Diana Australis club
Both Carlos and our Daughters was caught up in evacuations in the area with the fire but they didn't lose any homes. so far 18 home and a big number of cars and shed all gone. Hot it's quite unbelievable the heat at the moment was very bad I worked wed and thursday both 39 and 40c all day long a river of sweat drinking lots of water.

It sounds complicated but it not that bad with a good few years under standing behind me. this type of photography is so new to me I am a beginner all over again and processing is very different. I know it a lot more work to just get a photo that it ever was on a colour camera.
11 months ago. Edited 11 months ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Great photo and also a pareidolia…
Happy fires didn't catch your family and their property.
Belated Happy Birthday
11 months ago. Edited 11 months ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Xata club
The fires were not in the country but in the city swamps burning peat which kept it going and the very hot strong winds. Its a real change for me and some thing I have to get use to all the extra shots the other benefit Narrow band is not affected by the moon at all. I still can take a coloured shot using the RGB filters. Many thanks and glad you liked the shot.
11 months ago.
Xata club has replied to Steve Paxton club
I love all your astro shots specially on 27” screen… even-if I don’t comment on most I always have an enchanted look at them !
11 months ago.
 Erika+Manfred
Erika+Manfred club
Wooow, phantastic pics.Your photos give us a look into space that we can never experience from here (Frankfurt/Germany). Thank you for making this possible for us, thank you for sharing
11 months ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Erika+Manfred club
I am glad that I can share this view of space and enjoy being able to take it in part for those not able to. The only problem this is very heavily slanted to the southern Hemisphere as I am not able to shoot to the north from where I am.
11 months ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Amazing astrophotography!
11 months ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Gillian Everett club
All this is above us yet its all goes unseen. many thanks for the comment.
11 months ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
Your camera records noticeably less noise when operating sub zero?
11 months ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to GrahamH club
There is only a very little bit of noise that is easily taken care of the whole reason that astro camera's run at Sub zero temperature is to remove noise as much as possible. This is also helped by you taking shot of the back of the Cap or "Dark's" you stream line your process to get the best possible image.
11 months ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
most beautiful
Happy serene Sunday
11 months ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Annemarie club
Thank you glad that you like this shot I will only get better in time after I get use to the process which is a little different to a normal colour Camera.
11 months ago.

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