Go Back   IceInSpace > Beginners Start Here > Beginners Astrophotography

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread
  #1  
Old 02-06-2020, 01:39 PM
Startrek (Martin)
Registered User

Startrek is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sydney and South Coast NSW
Posts: 5,990
M20 Trifid Nebula from South Coast

Captured my first Nebula in the Sagittarius group for this year , M20 the Trifid Nebula on Saturday night.
Again a beautiful clear night with good conditions in the Shoalhaven, I decided to wait until the moon almost set at around 10.00pm before starting
Finished subs around 2.30am and darks at 4.00am ( long night )
8” f5 Bintel newt on an EQ6-R Mount
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector
51 x 4 minute dithered guided subs
30 x darks
ISO 800 ( sensor electronics running at 23degC )
Medium dither
Semi Auto meridian flip
PHD2 guiding at 0.90 to 1.00 arc sec error total
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Frame, focus and capture BYEOS
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.5 Linear data set

Comments always welcome

Thanks
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (73F15B06-2CA6-4F4F-B0FA-D7DE4017352C.jpg)
224.2 KB122 views
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 03-06-2020, 08:59 PM
cometcatcher's Avatar
cometcatcher (Kevin)
<--- Comet Hale-Bopp

cometcatcher is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
Posts: 6,542
That's very nice Martin.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-06-2020, 07:05 AM
RyanJones
Registered User

RyanJones is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Melbourne,Australia
Posts: 1,439
Hi Martin,

I’m loving the clarity of the star fields in all of your recent work and this one is no different. Really nice, soft and natural colours too. Nice work

Cheers

Ryan
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-06-2020, 10:35 AM
Startrek (Martin)
Registered User

Startrek is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sydney and South Coast NSW
Posts: 5,990
Thanks Kevin and Ryan
I tend to hold off a bit with the colour module as it tends to mask some detail but on the other hand detracts from the wow factor of Nebula, so I guess it’s a balancing act like most things in processing
It’s such a great compact object to image covering dark, emission and reflection nebulosity
Thanks again !
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-06-2020, 11:02 AM
xelasnave's Avatar
xelasnave
Gravity does not Suck

xelasnave is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,866
Great job there Martin very impressive to say the least.
Alex
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 04-06-2020, 11:12 AM
Sunfish's Avatar
Sunfish (Ray)
Registered User

Sunfish is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Wollongong
Posts: 1,909
Great colour in the object and all the stars and a lot of detail. I will have to try that selection but it would seem to take a lot of time to get anywhere close.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 04-06-2020, 08:36 PM
Startrek (Martin)
Registered User

Startrek is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sydney and South Coast NSW
Posts: 5,990
Thanks Alex and Ray
It was one of those nights where everything went like clockwork
I don’t t think any more data would have improved the result especially using a noisy DSLR
One of my favourite Nebulas
Cheers
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 05-06-2020, 02:13 AM
LostInSp_ce's Avatar
LostInSp_ce
Unregistered User

LostInSp_ce is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 754
Beautiflly captured and processed. A really clean image and not overly saturated. The stars as always are pinpoint. Great work again Martin!
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 05-06-2020, 07:07 AM
Startrek (Martin)
Registered User

Startrek is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sydney and South Coast NSW
Posts: 5,990
Thanks LIS
Imaging under great skies helps a lot
Cheers
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +10. The time is now 06:03 AM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 | Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Advertisement
Bintel
Advertisement
Testar
Advertisement