NGC 6188 with ED80

[Striker]

After seeing Paul Mayo's beautifull image posted today I had to give it a go myself but with a wider field.

12 x 4 minute unguided images at ISO 800

Taken from my house Brisbane with the moded 350D and ED80 using the UHC-S filter.

Processed the same as always...imagesplus and PhotoshopCS.

I did a star reduction in Imagesplus because I found there were that many stars in the image it took away from the nebula itself....hope you like the slight modification to the image.

http://www.users.on.net/~striker/NGC-6188-crop.jpg

[iceman]

It looks like a velvety curtain. Lovely work Tony.

[Dennis]

Hi Tony

Wow – you are pumping out some really excellent images with this combo. Can’t wait to see the results from your 10” RC.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

Pretty ordainary Effort there Tony;) :D WOW. :thumbsup: :)

[RB]

Beautiful image Tony.
Lots of detail.

[tornado33]

Nice shot there. Great to see everyone getting good results from their modded cameras :)
Scott

[Striker]

Thanks guys.....really enjoying playing around with this modded 350D.

I just wished my LX200R OTA would hurry up...could be a few more weeks away now...and also will be nice to get back into some autoguided images.

[josh]

I want a 350D.:prey:
Perfect i reckon, well done

[PhotonCollector]

Hi Striker,

wow. That's a really good image. Good work.

Shouldn't this nebula have a name? like say the "Tasmania Nebula" or the "Ayres Rock Nebula" - it kinda looks like tasmania in your wide field image (well kinda...)

I'm sure if it were a northern sky object it would be called something like the californian nebula or north america nebula.

Paul M

[JohnH]

Super shot Tony - 4 mins unguided huh well that shows me the way it might be the answer to my autoguiding worries - don't guide...hmmm.....how long does it take you to get polar aligned well enough for 4 mins unguided?

[janoskiss]

Looks awesome, Tony! Love the strong texture in those clouds.

[EzyStyles]

very very nice tony. ! i like it.

[Itchy]

Great Work Tony

[seeker372011]

oooooh...very nice.

[Sausageman]

As I have mentioned before somewhere I think,
You guy's and Gal's are not Amateurs.
Great shot Tony.

Mike.

[JohnH]

Oh I rather hope we are, Amateurs - from the French or Latin root - literally a lover of .... certainly describes how I feel about Astronomy, except of course when my freaking mount won't work ... :D

[Lester]

Good one there Tony.

A star reduction, be nice to see without the reduction as a comparison.

[Striker]

I just got back from our 3 night stay in Melboune and first thing I did was turn the computer on...lol

Who said Melbourne was cold...the weather was beatifull...had a great time but glad to be back home.

I will post a comparison image Lester...just give me some time to get organised.

John....My set up is permanantly mounted so it their is no polar or drift aligning..it did take me around 3 months to get it as close as it is now but that was due to my poor drift aligning skills.....thank god I dont have to drift align every time I want to image.

[Striker]

For those who are intersted in the difference between images with & without star reduction...here is the difference.

Firstly the original with no Star reduction: http://www.users.on.net/~striker/NGC6188bfullstar.jpg

And secondly the final image with the Star reduction...which I like better but it's personal: http://www.users.on.net/~striker/NGC-6188-crop.jpg

[RB]

So which one's the one with star reduction ????.....Just kidding.:poke:
Wow what a great result Tony.

[CoombellKid]

They are cracker shots Tony,

It's good to see how far you have come, great work!

regards,CS

Rob