M17 The Swan Nebula

[strongmanmike]

The weather has been playing hard ball but I managed to squeeze in 30min Ha in some average seeing and 20min each of RGB in less than average seeing (which didn't matter). I have seen what good seeing looks like from inside the dome but I haven't been able to enjoy it for a full image yet :doh:...all better than the seeing in Newcastle though!! (thank god)

Anyway, considering I knew I was against the clock I went for something bright :thumbsup: I am enjoying this new camera though, great guiding with the OAG, I can see when the seeing cooperates some really good resolution should be able to be extracted :)

M17 The Swan Nebula (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/151299577/original)

Hopefully a galaxy next time :prey:

Incidentally.. I have been astroimaging/photographing for over 30 years now...this is a shot of M17 I did back when I was 17, for its time it wasn't to shabby: M17 1984 (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/66997199/original) :lol:

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

Beautiful Mike! :thumbsup:

1.5 hours though? That's barely enought time for one filter's worth or data for me! :sadeyes:

Cheers, Marcus

[RickS]

Excellent for a quickie, Mike.



About time too :D

[Stevec35]

That looks good Mike. I was planning to do this myself next but as you know the weather in the ACT region has been anything but kind lately.

Cheers

Steve

[strongmanmike]

While still essentially in teh testing phase, I just wanted something, an image is an image sometimes.... besides t'is only the Swan, not worth mega data :)



Yeh, coming...:thumbsup:



Yes the weather has been less than favourable for a winter here...of course, it goes without saying since I just completed an observatory :rolleyes:

Mike

[multiweb]

Very fine details. Great shot. :thumbsup:

[RobF]

Nice one Mike! Do you think you'll collect any more data?

[Shiraz]

another nice image Mike - looking forward to that galaxy. regards Ray

[strongmanmike]

Cheers Marc



Naaah Rob, it was just a habit satisfier :P



Yeh, yeh...coming Ray :rolleyes: :lol:

Mike

[naskies]

Very nice, Mike! I see a angry dragon in side profile :lol:

The yellow stars have green halos though... :question:

[Ken]

Nice image but I like the old one better :lol: no I dont. I remember my first astro shots in 85 were pretty bad, never knew wot to expect when that roll of film came back from the chemist.
Clear skies Ken.

[jase]

Impressive Mike. Perhaps a glimpse of what's to come. As you mention when the conditions are more favourable the resolution you'll obtain will be mind boggling. Is it all about resolution however? A wide sweeping flat field also adds dimension. You sitting inside the dome isn't going to do much for local seeing conditions either with all heat rising through the dome slit. Time to get the rotation kit me thinks. Looking forward to seeing more.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Great resolution on this Mike, and so quick!

A 12" and HA sensitivity sure helps.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp]

Lovely image, Mike!

[petershah]

another fine image there Mike :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Wonderful color and detail Mike....come on,worth chucking in a couple of more hours,don't you think?

[strongmanmike]

Ah an angry Dragon huh..? :question:

Green halos? meah, I like colour :lol: :thumbsup:



Ah those were the days.... :love:



Yeh well, with two cameras now I guess I have both capabilities I guess - wide and narrow :thumbsup: so after 2 years of doing wide stuff successfully with the AG12 and 16803 Proline I guess I was looking for something different for a while :)

No chance of automation any time soon I am afraid :sadeyes: so I will have to wear space blanket insulation I guess :lol:...actually I haven't noticed a change in temp inside the dome, my thermometer reads the same temp inside and out when I am in it to +/- 0.1 deg :shrug:



Yes it's a great scope and so far seems a great little camera setup too...so I'm excited about using it actually :)



Cheers Lozza :thumbsup:



Cheers Peter :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

...:question:...naaah good enough and besides... bored :lol: time to move on :thumbsup:

Thanks Louie

Mike

[Ross G]

Beautiful looking photo Mike.

Great colour and great composition.

Good luck with the new camera.


Ross.

[strongmanmike]

Thanks a lot Ross :thumbsup:

Mike

[E_ri_k]

Looks good Mike :)
Erik

[strongmanmike]

Yeh? Cool :)

Mike

[ChrisM]

Your pic shows up the structure quite well. And an interesting comparison with your much earlier pic. I wonder if you thought then that you might still be imaging 30 years on?

Chris

[Paul Haese]

Like the colours Mike, with better seeing I am sure you would produce a much better result. More data though I reckon.;)

[strongmanmike]

Cheers Chris

I certainly wasn't thinking such an image as this latest M17 would ever be possible, that's for sure! Even Pro photos didn't show this much then.

Mike

[Octane]

That is beautiful. And, for such short integration time, too. Nicely done.

H

[SkyViking]

That's a nice swan Mike :) Some of the stars have a green tint, but perhaps that's a narrowband issue? In any case you can easily fix that using SCNR in PixInsight.

[E_ri_k]

Yeah, totally! For a short exposure. Looks better than my 4 hour shot a few years ago.
Erik

[David Fitz-Henr]

Yeah, nice Swan Mike; smooth detail for a modest total exposure time :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Thanks for looking guys, in this age of mega data imaging (I heard of a guy who did 120hrs once :question:), t'was a snap shot, nothing grand...:thumbsup:

Rolf the green tint in some of the stars was my wife's idea, she thought it would go with the curtains :P...could fix it I guess...but meah, maybe not :)

Mike

[astronobob]

Wonderful result Mike, even with a quicky, its great to see what can be had with different gear and time on the more common targets !
Top show :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Thanks a lot Bob :)

Once this howling weather passes...look out ;)

Mike