First light, QHY9 M

On 08.12 I received my new CCD camera, it is a QHY 9 monochrome, Kodak KAF8300 chip, yeah, I done it, upgraded from Nova CCD 1602E (KAF 1602E).
First impressions WOW
Second impression: WOW
Last impression: guess what? Right! WOW
I am posting the first test images.
Equipment:
Mount: EQ-6 Pro with EQMOD
Optics: TS ED-APO 90/500 mm 6 nm H-alpha Astrodon
Guiding: Celestron SLT 102/660 mm with Atik 16ic
Exposures are from 900 to 1800 seconds.


Comments

  1. Unknown23 December, 2010

    Wunderbar! Ausgezeichnet!

    You are lucky to have a 500mm focal length scope, this allows you to shoot at bin1 and get some really wide field. If (when) you move to narrower fields and longer focals, you'll need to move to bin 2 and even 3. But believe me pics come out great even at bin3 with this camera.
    Congrats on the blog and awesome pictures, I particularly loved the california one..keep them coming

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