Tarantula Nebula

[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

Hi everyone,

The weather has been poor for sometime, however, I was up late
Monday night, (08.03.21), and the clouds seemed to be clearing.

I quickly setup, but the time I was ready, Orion had all but dipped
below the tree line, which was a shame, as I was looking forward to
imaging it again.............again...........a gain............

It was about 2.00 am, when the clouds finally disappeared.

I set my sights on The Tarantula Nebula.

Details as follows:

29 x 60 second exposures
ISO 1800
Modded Canon 1100D
No filters
Orion EON 110mm f6
Field flattener
Sykwatcher HEQ5 Pro
No guiding
Images captured in Astro Photography Tools
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Windows Live Photo Gallery

Two images:

Original wide field and cropped frame.

A few artifacts, but I am pleased with the results.

Thank you for looking.

Comments welcomed.


Paul.

[AdamJL]

Nice wide field there, Paul. Images are a little green though, did you set the black point or is that intentional?

[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

Thanks Adam,

its probably a combination of my eyes and the PC screen I am using.

I tried to achieve a `natural` background sky, rather than a heavy black.

There seemed to be a lot of nebulosity that the camera picked up.

Possibly some noise too......it was a warm night and the camera was running at around 26 degrees.

Image reprocessed......thanks again Adam.


Paul.