M20 Trifid

[Rob_Bounday]

Hi All,

This is my first real image since purchasing the QHY10 cooled CCD. I've been into astrophotography for about 12 months now after having taken up astronomy as a hobby 18 months ago.
As I'm still relatively new to this and have so much still to learn, I welcome constructive criticism and tips and tricks along the way.

Telescope: Celestron 8" Cassegrain tube, Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Mount, QHY5v Autoguider (PHD2)
Camera: QHY10 cooled ccd
Exposure: 16 x 5 min exposures
Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop CS3, Astra Image 4.0


Thanks for looking

Rob

[strongmanmike]

Looks pretty good to me Rob...perhaps a slight green/yellow cast but otherwise for the equipment used and considering we are only looking at a low res jpeg - it's a good looking image :thumbsup:

Mike

[multiweb]

Great details. As Mike said a little on the yellow/greenish side in parts. HLVG plugin can take care of that. Agree you don't see many SCT pics that sharp. Top shot. :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Some nice detail there Rob!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[Rod771]

Gotta be happy with that one Rob!

Nice detail :thumbsup:

[Rob_Bounday]

Thanks for the great feed back. I'll definitely take a look at the HLVG plugin.

[Rob_Bounday]

Thanks for the tip on the HLVG plugin Marc. It works a treat. Here is the same image after HLVG and a minor colour balance and saturation adjustment.

Cheers

Rob

[astronobob]

Nice images there Rob, colour is much betterra in the repro - impressive detail in the dust lanes too. Mighty fine job .

[RickS]

Nice work, Rob. The repro looks very good.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Shiraz]

very tidy Repro Rob - looks good.

[Rob_Bounday]

Thank you all for the kind words.