The Southern Crown (Corona Australis)

[Octane]

Hi all,

Taken at Kulnura.

Read and view here (http://members.optusnet.com.au/mrozycka/Kulnura/Kulnura_20060820_Corona_Australis.h tml).

Comments and critique welcome.

Warning: file is approximately 1.6 MB in size.

Regards,
Humayun

[h0ughy]

wonderful image, did you give the camera back?

[Octane]

David,

I wanted to keep it, badly. That, or the lens. Either/or. :)

Cheers for the compliment.

Regards,
Humayun

[ballaratdragons]

Nice star field image Humayun.

The Dark Nebulae certainly mysteriously winds it way through the stars :thumbsup:

[Garyh]

Top widefield shot :thumbsup:. Another favorite area of sky for me. You brought out the dark stuff really nice...
I was imaging this too last night but the smoke and mist got me :( Will try again tonight...
Gary

[astro-angel]

Awesome mind blowingly beautiful......
thanks octane...
astro-angel :-)

[sheeny]

Yet another great shot from you, Humayan!:thumbsup:

Al.

[RB]

Just beautiful Humayun !!

It was well worth all the effort.

:thumbsup:

[alandee]

Your posts are always outstanding Humayun, this one is no exception.
Thanks for sharing.

[Orion]

So that's what all the test shots were for.
Good result!

[Lester]

Hi-Octane,

another explosive shot, well done.

[Octane]

Ken,

Thanks for the compliment.

It is such a bizarre object. It's interesting to note how the most colourful objects have so much going on.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Gary,

Thanks for the kind words.

It's quickly becoming a favourite for me, too. At first I thought it was a little too bland to image. Now, I know I was wrong.

Look forward to your attempt.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

astro-angel,

Thank you so much. :)

You're most welcome.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Al,

Thanks!

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Andrew,

It couldn't have been done without you or your equipment. :)

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Alan,

You make me blush.

Thank you for the kind words.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Ed,

I didn't include the test shots in this composite. I thought that it may introduce artifacts as the test shots were framed all over the place.

Thanks!

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Lester,

Thank you!

Regards,
Humayun

[tornado33]

Wow, thats the best widefield Corona Australis Ive seen, the darkness of the inner cloud mingled with the brown of its edges running across the image. Well done.
Scott

[tornado33]

I forgot to ask, did you do the flatfields there at the time? you use a white sheet over the lens I think you said before? The flatfielding looks very accurate, no sign of uneven ness at all :)
Scott

[avandonk]

Beautiful widefield and so well presented. This is the enjoyment we get from imaging, to get an image that does the original object some sort of justice as a realistic representation. I am slowly finding out that the more we do this the better we all become. It does take a while to get the most out of the equipment we have.
Obviously a good dark sky site is the first step to produce such a nice image, the rest is patience and skill.

Again a very good image of a difficult target.

Bert

[Octane]

Scott,

Now, that's a compliment and-a-half!

Thank you.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Scott,

I most certainly did. I took flats at the end of the night. I used my laptop's screen set to white, placed the camera on the keypad and shot 15 or so flats.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Bert,

Thank you for the kind words.

You're right, the more we do it, the better we get.

I'm still restricted to doing widefields, I am not sure if my equipment is conducive for deep space imaging without an autoguided setup. Don't have the money for that at the moment.

Regards,
Humayun

[tornado33]

Thanks Humayun, thats an excellent way of taking flats :) The screen is perfectly evenly lit, making an ideal flat field.
Scott

[Octane]

Scott,

The alternative would have been to either a) wait for sunrise (for sky flats), or b) take Andrew's 20Da and his 200mm F/2.8L home to take flats in my own time. I think both were out of the question. :lol:

Regards,
Humayun

[ving]

brilliant shot H.!!!
so much detail there!

[Octane]

David,

Glad you liked it. :)

Where were you on Saturday night? :)

Regards,
Humayun

[ving]

i was recovering from a cold :(

and you?

[Octane]

David,

Bugger.

I was out in the cold taking those pictures!

Regards,
Humayun

[ving]

time well spent for you then.. really good stuff :)_

[EzyStyles]

beautiful Humayun esp for unmodded cam.