M20

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Another Astrofest image - M20 taken early in the week. This one is 50 subs - just under three hours in total LRGB with the RGB binned 2x2 using the Meade SN10 and QSI. All processed in PI.

Here's the high res version:
http://astrob.in/202641/0/

Comments welcome.

[jwoody (Jeremy)]

I like it, nice star colour and a smooth image. Plenty of detail also.

[Garbz (Chris)]

How are you churning them out already? I'm still hungover :-)

Looking good. Love the colours. Beautifully saturated yet they seem subtle. The transition between blue and red is great.

Stars look a bit funny though.

[traveller (Bo)]

Nice Peter,
Good to see the SN 10 putting to good use. I still haven't had a chance given the clouds in Melbourne.
Bo

[batema (Mark)]

Beautiful shot. I so wish I could have gone. Now missed it two years in a row.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Nice! Got the colour balance working nicely I think.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nailed the colors. That scope is giving out a beaute field. Top shelf.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah huh! here's another one, your rig was working well, nice work

Mike

[MortonH]

Beautiful.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Loving the wispy dusty stuff that defines the lobes.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

nice job Peter, you've handled the dynamic range really well in this.

cheers

Russ

[Shiraz (Ray)]

nice work Peter. You have managed to keep the saturation under control while still getting across the impact of the object - impressive

[h0ughy (David)]

wow you got some nice data on this one Peter.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm really happy with the SN10. Very satisfying to get some results after months of modifying and tweaking collimation.

I'm also really happy to have a half decent M20 image as I've tried and failed multiple times before.

I've spent a lot more time researching PI since processing this so might have to have another try in an attempt to improve the star profiles.

[RobC (Rob)]

Well done Pete