My little M8

[traveller (Bo)]

Taken over two nights in the (very rare) cloud free Melbourne on Sat and Sunday.
Final image is a stack of 67x180 sec at 1600ISO with equal darks applied.
Taken with FLT 110 and modded Canon 1100D on EQ6 in light polluted Melbourne 10kms from the CBD.
I tried to show the 3D nature of the nebula and may have overdone it a bit
Comments welcome!
Thanks
Bo

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

The open cluster looks great. Real stars floating in an imagined oyster shell. The cluster tends to look much less spectacular in narrowband shots. Nice work.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Nice and contrasty Bo. It certainly stands out.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Really nice Bo! Just wait until the ASI1600 is up and running Narrowband really helps our heavily light polluted situation.

[traveller (Bo)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

The open cluster looks great. Real stars floating in an imagined oyster shell. The cluster tends to look much less spectacular in narrowband shots. Nice work.

Thank you M&T. The stars had noticeable halos when the image was stretched, a few of the larger ones still do. Live and learn..

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Nice and contrasty Bo. It certainly stands out.

Thanks Kevin, your turn next

Originally Posted by Atmos

Really nice Bo! Just wait until the ASI1600 is up and running Narrowband really helps our heavily light polluted situation.

Yeah, still need a few extra nights to shake down the 1600, but there was only two clear nights, so I had to make the most of it!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Quite nice Bo, certainly respects the light

Mike

[topheart]

Hi Bo,
That's a pleasing M8.
Cheers,
Tim

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks good, Bo!

[traveller (Bo)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks good, Bo!

Originally Posted by topheart

Hi Bo,
That's a pleasing M8.
Cheers,
Tim

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Quite nice Bo, certainly respects the light

Mike

Thanks all, a higher res version is here
http://www.astrobin.com/full/296681/0/
Cheers
Bo