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09-07-2008, 07:37 PM
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Amongst the stars
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Black Snake in Space
Hi again everyone,
This image was done a few weeks ago and only have just got around to finishing it off.
Wanted to try something different so decided to do some of that dark dusty stuff.
Barnard 72 is a dark nebulae in Ophiuchus that resembles a snake, and thought that should make a interesting target. Also in the image is Barnard 68 and 69 which are quiet dense little clouds of dust... something I havn`t seen many closeups before. The whole area seems laced with dust reddening the stars behind it..
Image is 20 x 6 min with modded 20D and 6" f/5.6 scope. Seeing was average but PHD guided well and gave me nice stars.. 
Stacked in DSS and all other fiddling done in PS..
Little bit longer subs would have been better but I think it came out not too bad at all!..
Image size around 400ks and is around a 60% crop that has been resized by 50% to post. Still needed heaps of compression to get it to this size..
cheers and thanks for looking!... 
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads...72-20stack.jpg
cheers Gary
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09-07-2008, 07:51 PM
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Wonderful image Gary.
Greg.
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09-07-2008, 07:53 PM
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Wow that's stunning! Excellent image, Gary!
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09-07-2008, 07:58 PM
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Very nice Gary
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09-07-2008, 09:06 PM
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Ah yes... the old black snake, just a venomous as the eastern brown. Nothing short of magnificent work Gary. Well done indeed.
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09-07-2008, 09:09 PM
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cool
first time i see this one
frank
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09-07-2008, 09:52 PM
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Gary that is a beauty, very well captured indeed.
Leon
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09-07-2008, 10:08 PM
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That's a fine image Gary.
Steven
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09-07-2008, 10:18 PM
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That's great! Complements your Dark Doodad photo well! These objects are great targets.
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09-07-2008, 11:49 PM
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Very nice Gary, this one stands out wonderfully.
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10-07-2008, 09:28 AM
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Very Very Nice Gary.. Beautiful star colour and contrast to the nebula. A real keeper..
Well done.
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10-07-2008, 09:52 AM
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Thanks Greg, Mike, Doug, Jase (was nice to meet you at CWAS), Frank, Leon, Steven, Eric, Ric and Doug! very much appreciated..
Was glad the weather held up and things ran smoothly with no hiccups!
No operator induced stuffups that night...LOL
thanks for looking
cheers Gary
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10-07-2008, 09:56 AM
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Gary that is stunning, wonderfully processed.
Great work mate.
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11-07-2008, 09:25 PM
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Nice going gary,very nice...hows the 8 inch going?
cheers
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12-07-2008, 10:48 AM
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Hi Gary & All,
Excellent image -- really nice. Very good work on the processing.
Best,
Les D
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12-07-2008, 10:56 AM
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Just beautiful Gary, nicely processed.
10 out of 10. 
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12-07-2008, 12:23 PM
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Dude ! That's great.... What kind of flattener / corrector are you using?
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12-07-2008, 11:18 PM
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Billions and Billions ...
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Interesting subject - very nicely done Gary.
Cheers, Marcus
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13-07-2008, 12:05 AM
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O I love that shot - that is impressive!!
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13-07-2008, 01:21 AM
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very very nice gary. certainly not a common object to image indeed. very low noise also 
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