A quickie from last night

[multiweb]

Full moon but still in the right part of the sky. Decent seeing but most importantly the only clear night this week. Coming week-end doesn't look to hot... :sadeyes:

22x10min - 90mm APO F/6.7 - QHY9 - Baader Ha 7nm
Bigger one here (http://www.astropic.net/astro/M17_ha_HD.jpg). [1.5MB]

Changed my RA worm and had to polar align again after my trip back from the house so might as well snap something bright while testing. :)

[Ross G]

Hi Marc,

An excellent monochrome photo.

Sharp and so much detail.

Again, I love the tones.

Ross.

[rustigsmed]

nice work Marc,
can you fire over some of that good weather you've been having? - i can't remember what a star looks like ...

[multiweb]

Thanks Ross. :thumbsup: Turned out alright.


Thanks mate. :thumbsup: Good weather? You gotta say it quick. It's raining and windy right now and it wasn't much better yesterday but there was a small window last night to squeeze in.

[peter_4059]

Great image Marc. Which replacement worm did you go for?

[multiweb]

Thanks Peter. :thumbsup: I have the Losmandy block. I just changed the brass worm inside for a new one.

[dvj]

Very sharp. Great dynamic range in the processing too!

jg

[ourkind]

That very nice Marc, good to see you can still get more than decent images on a full moon! :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Thanks a lot John. :thumbsup:


Thanks Carlos. :thumbsup: You can still get decent results in Ha provided the full moon is far enough. Too close and you will have stary light, possibly reflections and gradients as a result. Phases are not an issue because the light is to faint to affect your pics. Obviously no moon and dark skies will boost your contrast. That's true for NB too.

[Paul Haese]

Nice contrast Marc. Composition is nice too. I have been using m17 for automation testing imaging for the last couple of weeks to iron out any bugs. Your filter being narrower produces much nicer contrast than I have been getting. That is about to change though with a 5nm on the way. I also like the smoothness of your image here too. Would love to see this in an RGB or narrowband image.

[multiweb]

Thanks Paul. :thumbsup: Yeah this one is a very nice object in narrowband. I find it a difficult customer in color. Actually one of the best color shot I've seen on it was yours posted here a couple of months ago.

[nebulosity.]

Geez Marc, your images make me drool. :P:thumbsup:

[marco]

Lovely one Marc, I like the Ha images you are producing lately :thumbsup:

Clear skies
Marco

[multiweb]

Thank you very much guys. :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Very nice, Marc! An excellent test image :)

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Whole new perspective for me on M17, So much nebulosity!!

Nice work Marc!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[multiweb]

Thanks guys. :thumbsup:

[David Fitz-Henr]

Yeah, nice "quickie" Marc; interesting to see M17 in Ha only.

[multiweb]

Thankd David. :thumbsup: I'm surprised you haven't hammered that one with your newt yet. That's a perfect FOV for it.