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NGC 6357 Lobster Nebula.

The SVBony has been a challenge I had equipment stoppage's where the Camera and Mount turned off. While the Pegasus ran from the one power supply SVBony would not I had to use two different power supplies for the mount and the camera. It also turned out the cable I was given with the unit was not capable of providing enough power as the wires where tooo thin. My original cable is a heavy cable so there is no drop in power but it required a different sized end to work.

Add to the power problem the EQMOD cable that runs the mount did not like being on the power unit hub for some reason, so I had to attach it back to the Mele straight not through the SVBony usb hub. I hope the next target has a few less problem's other than clouds and rain.





Contrast the Detail the the Filters bring out of the nebula compared to the single one shot camera above.

QHY268M 0c 5 nights 5 min 120 shots SHaO , 30 shots each RGB 1 min exposure.
QHYCFW3 and 7 Antlia filters LRGBSHaO
ZWOCAA rotator
MeLE Mini PC
SVBony 241 Pro Power box
Starpoint Australis SP3 Focuser
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
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8 comments

Annemarie said:

a beautiful image

happy evening!
6 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to Annemarie:

Thank you It certainly has a lot of details in the shot, Glad you like the shot.
6 weeks ago

Don Sutherland said:

Stunning nebula.
6 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to Don Sutherland:

Thank you the detail that the filters bring out is staggering. While its been a real bit of thinking to get get the whole lot to run right I am glad the last 3 night did not have a problem once I worked out the problems.
6 weeks ago

William Sutherland said:

Incredible shots!
6 weeks ago ( translate )

Steve Paxton replied to William Sutherland:

Thank you a lot of work.
6 weeks ago

tiabunna said:

Great images that I missed previously, Steve.
5 weeks ago

Steve Paxton replied to tiabunna:

Many thanks the top image with the filters is quite a mazing for detail that the colour camera was not able to capture at all.
3 weeks ago