Steve Paxton's photos

The photo may not do it justice. You are looking a one piece of granite about 6m x 10m its no small Rock. Thank fully they left it as part of the natural landscape of Albany. The interesting thing is its not quite so dog like from the other side.

The whole bus load asleep I went for a walk in the quiet of early morning

The very same target, number of photos, editing, shot time of year and conditions but a very different result. For a start the filters suffer from none of the Halos that the ZWO filters have. compare the pair Antlia ZWO and there is more Data obtained for the same number of shots If you look at the amount of red detail you see in this shot when you compare it to the first. I also feel the filters a just a little bit crisper in detail I like the fact i did not have to hide some small filter flaws in the background why ZWO has a slightly darker background. You can see that the 3nm filters have created an image with finer detail due to their improved contrast and signal to noise ratio. They are also able to capture more of the faint areas of the nebula to tease out even more colour than the 7nm filters.. While they were not cheap they have more than paid for themselves. I note there is a rotational shift between the two I noted some of the stacking when I was able to watch the photos the out lines did not line up as the nights progressed . This was also noted in the first shot when you saw the stacks going together. This would only be fixed if you had Auto rotation as you were taking the shots. this is something I am looking into at the moment By way of a total odd ball this is same data 100% same editing but starting of with Ha O3 SII combination rather than the Hubble pallet SII Ha O3. QHY 183M -10c QHYCFW 7 Filter wheel 4 ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters LRGB 7nm & 3 Antlia Pro filters Ha SII O3 3nm. Ha O3 SII 90 shots each filter 5 min over 4 nights. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Prima Luce Essato Focus Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

This is 4 nights worth of images plenty of moon light but Narrow band is totally unaffected by moonlight. I have to say this looks to me more like a Angel with Blue Wings. This is in the Hubble pallet as my wife like that version better than the Red/Blue of Ha O3 SII. Contrast the same camera but colour version. This is the last Image with the ZWO narrow band filters and start with Antlia narrow band filters. The big up side better data and O3 does not have the huge halo of the ZWO filters. The filters have been sitting since December 9 at the airport with no explanation why till I rang up, "why". I received them yesterday so tonight its start working with the setting up "offsets" and Flats only then can I actually use them. I will test out on the same image to see the difference between the two sets. QHY 183M -10c QHYCFW 7 Filter wheel Seven ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters. Ha O3 SII 90 shots each filter 5 min over 4 nights. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Prima Luce Essato Focus Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

An area I have always known of but never looked at it . So for every body benefit what follows is a look at the process. Remember this a B/W camera with different coloured filters, you will note that while they are all B/W the detail in each is very different to the rest. RCW 38 is 100% center of shot A star forming region of space..... Remember this is all new to me as well as I feel my way. Ha shows up the Hydrogen in the shot and as the most abundant element out in space, the Ha shot has the most detail. SII shows up the sulphur component in the shot O3 shows up the Oxygen component in the shot. In this shot you can see why I have purchased a new set of narrow band filters the huge halo on the big star. The Narrow band stars and why you have a better chance with RGB stars Once Combined in Pixinsight in what order depends the colours you get this is Combined in the Hubble pallet SII Ha O3 3: 30 hours of stacking all the shot at the same time, 1:30 H in editing to get this shot quite a lot of the process on my old computer take 5 min or more to run, this is why the time for editing is so high. You can see why this is so popular as a way of shooting the stars far more detail and finer detail than a normal colour camera. Close by is the Vela Super Nova Area < QHY 183M -10c QHYCFW 7 Filter wheel Seven ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters. Ha O3 SII 90 shots each filter 5 min over 4 nights. RGB 40 shots each filter 2 min each over one night. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Prima Luce Essato Focus Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

This is what I have slowly been working towards. This is a Narrow Band Photo of the Nebula But a RGB set of stars on top. RGB stars are in effect the normal stars you get when you take a photo with a one shot colour camera or a DSLR. the Narrow Band stars all very different colours whereas RGB stars look more natural. The other thing you can see the rainbow effect that the solid front spider gives to the flares on the star. The key is to have all the files stack together so they are the same size work on the narrow band throw away the stars. Work on the RGB throw away the background combine the Narrowband Nebula and the RGB stars to make the final photos. This has used all the filters to make the two photos to make one. The big advantage of this is the amount of detail that the Narrow band filters bring out than you get with a One shot colour camera. Is it all worth it on my screen it sure is but I also have more days clear than most to be able to do it. This was put together as S HA Ha to get these colours. QHY 183M -10c QHYCFW 7 Filter wheel Seven ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters. Ha O3 110 shots each filter 5 min over 4 night. RGB 40 shots each filter 2 min each over one night. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Prima Luce Essato Focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

Just a spider web looking like a new set of jewels.

I know just how this equipement feel part of the Vine yard.

A testament to the dry country

We went out to check out a new source of Shiraz Grapes. We are in the GinGin area but dry as a bone.

This Is a Narrow band shot of Thors helmet using two filter's Ha Red colour and O3 Blue colour to get the colour photo with the B/W camera. A lot of detail has come out of using the filters as well. Slowly coming to terms with the world of filters one of the drawbacks I am not able to rotate the filter wheel without upsetting the balance of the mount. the shot needed to be rotated a few degrees to the right to square up the wings on the helmet. As it was just two filters I took 110 shot with each filter to make up this shot Combined in the Pallet of Ha O3 O3 to get the colours you see here much like the pure colour shot from before. QHY 183M -10c QHYCFW 3 Filter wheel Seven ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters. Ha O3 110 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 F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, Ps

My sons wedding as I sat close I was so surprised how white could be so many shades by the play of light. A few shots I did share of the day

No snow here, no hot Christmas meals so projected Christmas lunch in Australia will be a total of 22 tones of prawns Australia wide. On a Projected 36c day mostly Cold prawns. This sprung up on the way to the school just begging for a Photo. On real close look they all look homemade and made very well. From Down under All the Best for your Christmas hope you have a great time with your family . May you all enjoy a great Christmas and know we are one big family..

My first coloured photo with the Mono camera using the 4 filters that make up the coloured photo. LRGB or Luminous , Red, Green and Blue just like a DSLR can only be shot when there is no moon light. This is not as easy as a one shot coloured camera... Carlo's version With Narrow band filters. The last piece of the Puzzle a Mask on the main mirror to stop the light scatter out the side of the Mirror. Screwed on but then flocking over screw to hide the screw. The view looking down the tube at the main mirror. you will notice the centers of the Stars are much cleaner no flare to the sides so a much finer star. The solid spider shows the colours given off by the Star so the 4 vanes are coloured. We are ready to Rock and Roll QHY 183M -10c QHYCFW 3 Filter wheel Seven ZWO 36mm unmounted astro filters. LRGB 50 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

The Grass was lite by the sunlight of early morning.

never seen one look so alive. this was a walk across the field in the early morning light.

This shows just how exposed the place is at the mercy of the winds.

This looks back to the west and towards the way out and the road on the far tree line.