Captured over the last 2 nights in Sydney under ordinary seeing conditions, managed to salvage 2 hours of reasonable data on the Lagoon Nebula
Neighbours outside lights on both sides ( 2 storey homes )
And smoke in the air from combustion fires in the area
Winge, winge , winge
6” f6 Bintel newt on an EQ6-R Mount
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector ( filters )
Sensor electronics running at 22 deg C
ISO 800
Bortle 8 skies
85 x 90 sec dithered guided subs
30 x darks
PHD2 guiding at 1.20 to 1.50 arc sec error ( very poor for this rig , conditions the main culprit)
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Frame, focus and capture BYEOS
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.5 Linear data set
Great wide shot of the lagoon. Many delicate jelly like details in that lagoon and so much better than than the overwhelming red I get. The joy of DSLR colour with a little fast aperture.
That really is a nice looking image, you don't often see so much detail as you have managed to show here.
Well done.
Did you manage to get a delivery date on the new camera?
The 6” newt is an brilliant telescope for both visual and AP. I chose the f6 for a bit more focal length ( 900mm ) for Imaging. It only cost me $299
Most folk go for an 80mm or 100mm refractor as a first scope which is totally understandable and when it comes to newtonians the words “Collimation” and “Coma” may steer folk away from these types of scopes. Personally I had no issues at all and I knew nothing about telescopes when I started.
I love newts and visually enjoy their clean crisp views and images
I’d recommend a 6” newt as a beginner scope to anyone anytime !!
That's a great shot, a good balance of detail in the core and surrounds!
You should be able to brighten the core a bit without losing detail if you wanted to, but that's down to personal taste
Thanks Marc and Nathan
I could have spent a lot more time on processing but I’m finding the more you massage it he worse it becomes. I’m glad I collected enough data to expose some good detail in there especially using a noisy DSLR. Startools did an exceptional job at mitigating the gradient and noise to provide a half decent image
Thanks again
Sorry Jack
Latest delivery date for my new 2600MC is mid to late July, as long as it arrives in excellent condition, working order and functions correctly that all I care about at this stage
Cheers
