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stevous67

17-10-2013, 06:23 PM

Hi all,

Seeing people with 17.5hrs...22.5hrs of data, and I'm wondering how you can chain enough clear skies to do that at the moment?? May be you don't live in Melbourne. :question: Even our deep sky site in Heathcote Victoria has been somewhat finicky, with full night clear skies on the weekdays...

This one is from the city; it's of a section of the SMC, including NGC346, NGC371 and NGC 395 [I think].

It's about 3 hours of data, taken with a CDK12.5, STL11000, on AP900. Colours a bit washed out, but it was fun still to do.

1/2 Res (http://www.southernnightskies.com.au/pages/nebula/images/02half/NGC346_NGC371_NGC395_Steven_Mohr_CD K125_AP900_STL11000_H.jpg)

Full Res (http://www.southernnightskies.com.au/pages/nebula/images/03full/NGC346_NGC371_NGC395_Steven_Mohr_CD K125_AP900_STL11000.jpg)

Cheers

Steve

tilbrook@rbe.ne

17-10-2013, 06:32 PM

That's superb Steve!:thumbsup:

Even more so that's from such a light polluted area.
It's certainly the most detailed image I've seen of this region.

Cheers,

Justin..

RickS

17-10-2013, 07:03 PM

I quite like the muted colours. Nice image, Steve!

Rex

17-10-2013, 08:49 PM

Hi Steve, very wispy and smoky, I like it.

Ross G

17-10-2013, 09:46 PM

Great capture Steve...especially from a city!

Ross.

17-10-2013, 10:21 PM

Steve, I like it. I like the natural wispy look about it. Yes, Melbourne has been very difficult to image. Unless your into that cloud spotting thing or wind.
:windy:

Terry

multiweb

18-10-2013, 08:36 AM

Beautiful close up Steve. Very tidy. :thumbsup:

Larryp

18-10-2013, 08:45 AM

Great image, Steve

Stevec35

18-10-2013, 10:36 AM

Nice work Steve. The colour looks a little muted but the detail is superb.

Cheers

Steve

stevous67

18-10-2013, 04:08 PM

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

Steve, your right, the colours are quite faint, with the light pollution being the colour killer. I had the worst capture numbers, with the best colour sub being FWHM 3.9, and the worst up around the 7's. I kept the data up to FWHM 5.0 [where I would normally delete anything 3 or above].

I'm going to try again, especially seeing a few nice pieces of work from other IIS members coming out of city locations.

Bye everyone,

Steve

Paul Haese

18-10-2013, 05:42 PM

I really like the detail and muted colours. Well done. For 17.5 hours of dat you need a remote setup. So you can image for months before collecting all the data.;)

stevous67

19-10-2013, 11:18 AM

Thanks Paul, and I would love a remote setup. It's clearly an ideal option. Maybe one day...

Cheers,

Steve :thanx: