Rho Ophiucus 200mm

[astronobob]

Hi there,
Havent had much luck with sky & time etc, Last new moon my Lappy siezed out Leyburn, so did some NEQ6p tracked only captures, with the 'L' series 70-200 Lens , ,
This image is a result of 27 x 90secs, 200mm, F3.2, ICNR, 600D . .
I think the signal is good, though my quick proccesing on this has left a bit to be disired, may go again another time !
Another Problem I had was that on getting home, my home PC actually started freezing/shutting down as well, , simple fix tho, Power supply, but the lappy needs to have windows re-written apparently, which is being done by mate next week : ) see what that does, prob lost evrything tho, which is not a lot actually : ) hasnt been an astro busy couple seasons hey : )
Yeah, so quick proccess left some colour unattended properly, some red background about and the yellow area of neb looking a bit washed to me aswell, , ! Also, if obtain a better ballance, might be able to lift the general levels further as it appears a little on the dark side ? ?
Anyway, thought to drop it in as havent posted a pic in a while !
Thoughts and comments appreciated , , ,
HavagoodN !

[Larryp]

Nice image, Bob!

[IanP]

Nice image, though for me it's a little bit dark ...
Thanks for sharing !!!
:thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

That's good Bob!

A little more contrast and brightness on the nebula would make it spot on.
Looks pretty smooth for the amount of data.

Cheers,

Justin.

[atalas]

Great catch Bob!lovely field.

[multiweb]

Great shot Bob. 200mm is about just right for that one. :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Looks like you've got some decent data there, Bob! Nice work.

[stardust steve]

Looks fab Bob. I'm going to try and "borrow" an L lens and have a go at this soon :) :thumbsup:

[naskies]

Nice work, Bob. The data looks pretty good... might be worth having a bit of a play around with it for a bit more saturation and contrast :thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Cheers Laurie, hope your injury is on the better side of fair by now champ :thumbsup:


Thanx for the confirmation Ian :thumbsup:


Appreciate your feedback Justin, a first at ISO1600, so, am happy with the smoothness also, I shoud have another go at this, colours were going a bit wrong for me by this stage and were becoming out of whack in my view, , Ill avoid shortcutting next time - which hopfully give some room for some brightness etc, Cheers for that :thumbsup:


Thanx Louie, I kinda dig the dark dust lane hanging out there like that, may have went a bit much tho kinda different :thumbsup:


Cheers Marc'o, tried at 200mm once before but needed more and longer subs, and yep, 200mm still catches all the goodness :P


Thanx for feedback Rick, Its not often I get more than 10 subs, so, much better SNR with 20 odd, im learning & appreciate your confirmation on this point :thumbsup:


Thanx Steve, the 'L' lens's do a pretty fair job at this. if was able to guide, I would'ave like to have gone 2+min subs ! I'm sure you'll like what the lens can do. All the best :thumbsup:


Cheers Dave, thanx for you feedback, I will have another go from scratch mate, hopfully improve the image , , I did something not quite right early in the processing which exasperated things towards the end ? All in the name of obtaining experience, apparently ;)
Appreciate your input, All the best :thumbsup:

[ourkind]

Nice shot Bob! Beautiful colours :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Beautiful wide photo Bob.

Great colours.

The lens works very well...so sharp.

Ross.