Lagoon Nebula

[baileys2611]

Lagoon Nebula, 6 shots of 5 minutes, no guiding on a Paramount MX with QHY8 through a C9.25 XLT. Taken with Nebulosity, stacked in MaximDL, post processing with Photoshop.

Higher resolution is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyslab/8714960937/in/photostream/

[IanP]

I think the focus is not 100% correct. As far as astrophotography goes, C9.25 is terrible without proper “feather-touch” focuser, that gives you 10 extra turns per one original turn.

Anyhow, good try !!!
:thumbsup:

[baileys2611]

Ah, excellent - thank you for the comment. :thumbsup:

I'm slowly getting there with this and it's great to know what to look at for improvement.

[Ross G]

A nice looking closeup Simon.


Ross.

[multiweb]

Excellent close-up. Great tracking at that FL. :thumbsup:

[jase]

You should be stoked by this result Simon. As far as an SCT image goes, its a ripper. The PMX no doubt has significantly influenced the outcome with nice round stars especially given the focal length you're operating at. Only 30mins of data too. Well done.