M1 - Crab Nebula, Eungella Qld

[weathermon]

Hi all, completely forgot about this one! M1 - the Crab Nebula, imaged over 2 nights at Eungella, 70km west of Mackay at 3300ft. Pentax K-3, ISO800, 25x300s, ED100 with 0.85x reducer on NEQ6 Pro. Guided with Orion 80mm shortscope+SSAG+PHDGuiding2. Processed in DSS + Photoshop CS4.

[Placidus]

It pops right out of the screen! Well done.

[Ross G]

Great capture Mike!

Ross.

[RickS]

Nice job on a tricky object, Mike!

Cheers,
Rick.

[gaa_ian]

Well done and from one of my favourite spots. I used to compete in the State Hang gliding titles there for a few years :-)