Hi all
In a recent imaging session I accidentally supplied the wrong coordinates to the acquisition software. ( I supplied current epoch coords rather than J2000)
Strangely enough I didn't get an image of the target I was expecting, but I did get a rather lovely image of a cluster of small apparent size galaxies.
This set me off thinking - many of us target old favourites - well, because they are classics. What if we were to devote some of our imaging time to imaging random points in the sky in luminance (for mono imagers) or full broadband (for OSC imagers)?
I came up with the concept of Imaging off the beaten track, or Imaging with 5 degrees of freedom.
The rules are simple
Every so often acquire 1 hour of data from a random piece of space within 5 degrees of your intended target for the evening, process it and post it to the Imaging off the beaten track group that I have just set up
If you want, please join the Imaging off the beaten track group and let's see what we can find
After Salvatore's comment below.... here is the link to the group https://www.astrobin.com/groups/4168/imaging-off-the-beaten-track/
CS
Paul
In a recent imaging session I accidentally supplied the wrong coordinates to the acquisition software. ( I supplied current epoch coords rather than J2000)
Strangely enough I didn't get an image of the target I was expecting, but I did get a rather lovely image of a cluster of small apparent size galaxies.
This set me off thinking - many of us target old favourites - well, because they are classics. What if we were to devote some of our imaging time to imaging random points in the sky in luminance (for mono imagers) or full broadband (for OSC imagers)?
I came up with the concept of Imaging off the beaten track, or Imaging with 5 degrees of freedom.
The rules are simple
Every so often acquire 1 hour of data from a random piece of space within 5 degrees of your intended target for the evening, process it and post it to the Imaging off the beaten track group that I have just set up
If you want, please join the Imaging off the beaten track group and let's see what we can find
After Salvatore's comment below.... here is the link to the group https://www.astrobin.com/groups/4168/imaging-off-the-beaten-track/
CS
Paul
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