The Large Magellanic Cloud in Ha and O111

[gregbradley]

I used a Pentax 67 300mm F4 lens for this one. I attached it to my FLI Proline camera and used the CDK17 as an autoguider!

Ha O111 bicolour 2 hours total.

Not an attempt at an APOD but it turned out allright though.

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/153146681/large

Greg.

[Larryp]

Nice one, Greg!

[gregbradley]

Thanks Larry. I was imaging with lenses at the time and thought I would try out this Pentax 67 300mm lens I had gotten some time ago but never used. So this is first light for it. It makes a cheap telescope!

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Looks alright to me Greg, it is such an awe inspiring object, hard to take a bad image of it anyway :thumbsup: This and particularly Johns latest version remind me so much of the Schmidt contact prints (ie 14" X 14" 1:1 copies) I found one night in the Oddie dome up at Stromlo back in the mid 80's :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickS]

Nice image, Greg. It's a busy FOV!

[multiweb]

Very cool shot. How did you blend?

[Bassnut]

Excellent Greg. Gaud, there's so many interesting blobs in there to image in NF.

[IanP]

Great shot and perfect processing!

Have you tried a script written in PixInsight called NBRGB (narrow band RGB)?

[gregbradley]

Thanks Mike. It amazed me how many tufts of Ha there are. John Gleasons recent shot is a fantastic reference for all those nebulas.



It sure is. A lot going on.



Ha red (O111 + Ha)/2 for green and O111 for blue.



There are some nice targets for your RCOS NB setup. Have a look at John Gleasons one. There is a nice nebula up at the right hand corner that is worth imaging. Also NGC1935 is another. I started imaging that in Ha quite some time ago and is an unfinished project.




Thanks Ian. No I haven't. I have PI Version 1.7. I sent an email to PI about how to upgrade but it was ignored. The website is a bit of a mess and does not make it clear how you get the latest version. Very European that way.

Greg.

[Rex]

Beautiful Greg. Love the colours.

[dvj]

Hmmmm, all in one shot! That's justs not right. ;)

[gregbradley]

Thanks Rex.



:rofl:Yes the lazy man's mosaic tool - the Pentax 67 300mm F4 lens!

Greg.

[broca]

Nice use of the camera lens. Well done Greg!

[IanP]

This scrip is not part of the PixInsight core and should also work with V1.7.
You can download it from:
http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=3446.90
page7
zipname: NBRGBCombinationV1.5.zip
:hi:

[marco]

It looks very nice to me Greg :thumbsup: Nice to see another image with the 300mm/PL16803, I kinda miss that lens for these wide fields :confuse3:

Clear skies
Marco

[ourkind]

Beautiful work Greg!

[gregbradley]

Thanks Ian. I intend to upgrade to V1.8.



Its a good lens. This is the non ED lens version. It can get some nice widefields easily.



Thanks Carlos.

Greg.

[Ross G]

A beautiful, wide photo Greg.

Amazing detail!


Ross.

[gregbradley]

The amount of Ha in the surrounds of the LMC is amazing.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Interesting look to this area. I don't mind the mustards. Is there some slight star elongation in the top right corner? In any event a great field of view of this entire region.

[RobF]

Great shot Greg.
Do you have any shots of the lens in action out of interest?

[gregbradley]

Cheers Paul. The lens really needs more support as its quite a long lens. The adapter has a small amount of play in it. So need to adjust something there.



No I don't but I could take one next time I have it out.

Greg.

[jjjnettie]

Crikey!!

[gregbradley]

:lol: Thanks JJJ. The LMC is a really busy area.

Greg.

[Octane]

That looks wonderful, Greg.

So much going on, wow.

H

[gregbradley]

Thanks H. That Pentax 67 lens is a great and cheap way of doing widefields. Its only a $450 lens.

Greg.