Dark Doodad

[firstlight]

I have been wanting to image in this area for some time, but for one reason or other I failed to do so until this last Astrofest. The key reason is that I don't have short enough focal length to grab enough sky... I am begging Anne-Louise to lend me her WO 70mm Zenithstar for our next outing :prey:.

Any rate, Modded 450D, 12 x 600 sec, ISO 800, WO 110mm Megrez, stacked and processed in Pixinsight. NGC4372, The Dark Doodad, and gamma Muscae.

[DavidU]

That's an excellent image Tony, nice and contrasty. Well done with a 450D.

[cometcatcher]

Beautiful shot Tony!

[batema]

Fantastic shot Tony. I wish I was at Astrofest this year.

[Octane]

Lovely! Can't wait to do this one again. :)

H

[firstlight]

We missed you Mark... Adam had to soak up all your photons as well as his :)

Thanks Humayun, I just need to be able to grab more sky.

Thanks David.


Thanks Kevin

[ozstronomer]

Nice shot Tony, a 72mm frame would be nice but your 90mm version looks good

Well done:thumbsup:

[RickS]

Very nice, Tony. You've done well! I've always wanted to image the Doodad but it would have to be a mosaic with my gear. Sorry I didn't get to AF this year either.

Cheers,
Rick.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Nice Troy!:thumbsup:

Great colour and good contrast.

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike]

:lol:..and that'd be 100hrs right there then Rick :eyepop: :thumbsup:

Great shot Tony, a very cool looking feature this one, well done.

Mike

[h0ughy]

very nice tony, like i said to Geoff, i am green with envy to the results you attained at astrofest.

[firstlight]

Ah, good point... I should have said that I used a WO Type II X 0.8 flattener. The scope is 110mm Geoff.


We missed drooling over you kit, Rick.


The region was much more colourful than I expected. Thanks Justin


Thanks Mike. I can't wait to use Anne-Louise's scope next year (likely to be that long before we can organise some time under dark skies :D)

[firstlight]

To say that it wasn't the same without you and Alan would be an understatement.

I didn't get as many targets as I would have liked, and seem to be having a few issues with dark frame management this year. Also have a few issues finding time and energy to process what I have got.

[Frostyricho]

Looks like a smiley face, nice photo though.

[multiweb]

It does look like a big smiley. Cool shot. One of my fav widefield DSOs. Dark against starry background. :thumbsup:

[firstlight]

Thanks Marc and Frostyricho

[alan meehan]

Beautiful shot Tony nice piece of sky,beg harder and Anne-Louise just might lend you the 70mm good luck:lol:
AL

[firstlight]

:lol:
Thanks Alan. I'm at her mercy.