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LightningNZ
23-09-2014, 11:49 PM
Captured still climbing through the murk of city lights, here is an hour's worth of 4 minute subs of the Tarantula Nebula and LMC. Processing this was a real challenge. There's almost no usable colour information in this picture - I seriously thought about presenting it as a black and white. Still, I'm very happy with the detail, though it's been heavily JPEG'd here by the ISS forums software.

AT65EDQ scope, Nikon D5100 at ISO 800 with Hutech IDAS P2 LPF on HEQ5 Pro mounting. Bias and flat corrected in DSS. Post processed in Adobe Photoshop.
raymo
24-09-2014, 12:08 AM
Can I ask a favour Cam? Since starting digital imaging I've not had the chance to work with an image that was the result of 4 min subs; would you mind if I had a play with this image, just for my own entertainment, you understand. I would then delete the image.
raymo
LightningNZ
24-09-2014, 12:50 AM
Sure, anyone's welcome to have a play. I've put the stacked TIF up on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gvu7102f4s7hupa/LMC1.TIF?dl=0

Due to the awful light pollution the 4 minute subs aren't as exciting as you might hope.
athua
24-09-2014, 12:52 AM
That shot looks great Cam. Lots of star detail in the LMC.
I too took some shots of Tarantula on Monday night and I'll post it up once I get a chance to process it.
SimmoW
24-09-2014, 06:17 AM
That's a nice composition! Such a busy area
multiweb
24-09-2014, 07:57 AM
Very nice field. Nailed the focus and guiding. Well done. :thumbsup:
archioptic
24-09-2014, 08:11 AM
Great shot Cam. I love seeing the little nebulosity around this area. I went to image it last weekend but by the time I got to it my lens started fogging over. Next time!
raymo
24-09-2014, 01:14 PM
Can I post my vomit inducing psychedelic result of playing with your image, or would you rather I kept it to myself?
raymo
LightningNZ
24-09-2014, 02:12 PM
Go for it raymo!

And thanks everyone for your nice comments.
raymo
24-09-2014, 02:56 PM
This is not meant as a serious attempt at an image; you could hang it
on the wall as an abstract art piece.
It is, of course only a JPEG now.
raymo

Oops, Sorry Cam, maybe I should have posted it in a separate thread.
Rex
27-09-2014, 11:16 PM
That's a great shot Cam. Your stars are so crisp, well done mate.