First attempt @ M17

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Still working my way through the more common DSO's. M17, the Swan/ Omega Nebula, 21x600 sec. acquired with Nebulosity IV, using SBIG 8300 c, FLT 98 & autoguiding with PHD, processed(too much perhaps) in Photoshop CS2. Comments welcome & thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Tony

[xelasnave]

Well done Tony.
I said more in reply to your nice comments in my Orion thread...I am having problems staying logged in for some reason...it gets in a loop between log in redirect and back to log in..over and over but only did it just now about four times whereas lately I just have to give up and just read stuff and go.
Again well done.
Alex

[Startrek (Martin)]

Tony
That’s a nice M17 wth plenty of detail and well framed
M17 is my favourite winter target
Martin

[casstony]

Nice detail and colour in that one Tony

[Zubenel (Wes)]

Hi Tony , I like the colour and detail.A far wider FOV than I can achieve . I note that having perfectly black sky is not imperative to the visual experience. May be I'm loosing too much data when trying to kill LP???

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Thanks for your comments guys,
Alex, I was having the same problems staying logged in until I emptied my PM box.
Martin re comments on the detail & framing.
Tony & Wes, I appreciate your feedback on the colours & yes Wes, trying to eliminate LP can cost you data. casstony is using the L enhance LP filter to good effect, maybe that's the way to go.
Cheers,
Tony

[Zubenel (Wes)]

Hi Tony, I’ve had a look at the specs and a very recent comparison between the L-ehance and L-pro filters . Due to short exposures I sometime don’t get enough stars to be able to stack with DSS so will think about getting the L-pro filter. Thx for your suggestions. https://www.nightskydan.com/optolong...filter-review/