Lagoon Nebula in hydrogen alpha

[tornado33]

Imaged the Lagoon in moonlight with the 7 Nm Ha filter last night. 2x 10 mins ISO 400, with 10 inch F5.6 scope. Dynamic stretching done in IRIS, Green and blue channels then discarded in Photoshop.
Scott

[avandonk]

One word

Ghostly

Bert

[Itchy]

Stunning Scott

[RB]

Beautiful work Scott.

[Striker]

I was stuck trying to compete with Berts respone of 1 word.....I couldn't find anything less then 1 word that explained my fealing towards this image Scott.

So Seing Bert started with 1 word then 2 from Itchy and 3 from Andrew I thought 4 was the go...lol

"Absolutely great depth Scott"

I would like to say more but my quota is up.

[h0ughy]

Stunning, supurb, enchanting, eclectic and perennial

[Itchy]

:rofl: at Striker!! He can count! I thought I was the only Maths geeks around here :screwy: .

[avandonk]

really meant
Ghastly!
bert:D

[h0ughy]

:lol: @ Berts response.

Lucky I know him;), Scott that is

[iceman]

lol bert

Great shot Scott, very very impressive.

[tornado33]

Many thanks all :)
I was hoping it would turn out, given that it showed up when I used the old unmodded 300D with the Ha filter last year. The Lagoon is a strong Ha emitter. Focussing and composing is a hassle, as its strictly trial and error, taking 1 minute shots to determine focus and composition.
Scott

[seeker372011]

love that H alpha look--and who cares about the moon eh

[PhotonCollector]

Totally awesome image, I think! and under the Moon wow. In fact you could probably turn all your lights on and it wouldnt make a difference.

Here's a inverted view of your image - which is interesting too.

Paul M

[[1ponders]]

:bowdown: to both Scott and Paul. Brilliant imaging guys.

[tornado33]

Thanks all.
Gee Paul the inverted shot seems to look better, thanks for that. :)
I guess thats why Schmidt plates are shown that way.
Scott