Somewhere in Serpens....

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

I was playing in Serpens the last few nights and this is what I came up with:
http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astr...s-1_0000d7.htm

There is a lot of stuff there -- some dark nebulae mixed with some very faint wispish nebulae. There is also some very faint reflection nebulae that I can't seem to find a catalog designation for. Oh, and there are a lot of stars!

You can see the OSC data here:
http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astr...s-1_0000df.htm

I don't know why some people think OSC cameras are not up to the task. There is a lot of stuff in this frame!

-Tom

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Super result Tom, the 3D look is about the strongest I have seen in your dust work to date, amazing processing skills you have sir!

Overall though, in composition and feel, I actually like the OSC version the best.

Mike

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Thats just stunningly beautiful! Definitely one of the best images I have seen in a long time. The glow from those orange-red stars makes an incredible contrast with the sharp edges of the dust clouds, and the reflection nebulae is the icing on the cake. Very well done!

[TheDecepticon]

Either way Tom, it is a great image. As Mike said, great processing skills there!

[RobF (Rob)]

Yep, definitely another stunner from the champion "dustbuster"
Just wonderful.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Actually prefer the first image, the second one seems a little loaded to the lower right and not the same level of interest to the upper right.

Personal taste perhaps.

[Peter Ward]

Tom that is way, way cool. A great image for sure

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Thanks everyone. I like this region of the sky for interesting, yet faint, objects.

Tom

[gregbradley]

A wonderful image Tom.

I used to have an STL11000XCM -a very fun camera.

Greg.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Brilliant bit of work!!!

Fantastic details in both....some of that dust looks like fog!!.

[renormalised (Carl)]

There's also hints of emission neb through the shot as well, especially in the top right hand corner.

[John Hothersall]

That is a wonderous result especially the OSC version with such variation throughout.

John.

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

WOW!!

Congrats on an absolutely stunning shot!!!

Davin

[Paul Haese]

Tom dustman Davis. You're the only imager that has such a huge collection of dust images. I spent a couple of hours looking through your gallery the other day just to get some ideas on which object I would try for next (since I would like to image more dust). This is just another great image to add to your collection. Very nicely done.

[iceman (Mike)]

Stunning picture, Tom.
I really love these dusty star fields.

This is now IOTW.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice as usual Tom. You seem to extract each and every spoeck of dust. I love it.

[multiweb (Marc)]

As usual a superb picture. Very deep. Awesome work.

[Ross G]

Great photos Tom.

The superb detail and colours draw you in.

Really does look 3D.


Thanks.


Ross.

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Thanks again everyone. This is such an interesting part of the sky I thought it needed some exposure time.

Tom