IC 2944 in Ha

[Chris85]

Hi all,
I'd like to share my first light image with my new GSO RC 10" truss.
Only 4 x 30 min Ha subs with darks, with curves and dead pixel removal the only processing.
Top left corner shows my collimation needs to be tweaked, but over all I'm pretty happy with how the scope, and especially the mount, has performed. I do plan on adding more Ha along with some O3 once these clouds bugger off.
Larger version can be found here http://www.astrobin.com/169856/0/
This is also my first excursion outside of the beginners forum, so be gentle!
Thanks for looking!
Chris

[SpaceNoob]

Boom! Now that's a first light! 30min subs from a tripod against a deep southern target, ballsy! Once the collimation is sorted you'll be rocking some cool stuff. Pretty sharp details too. :D

[Slawomir]

Nicely done Chris!

I like sharp details too :thumbsup:

As an experiment, try stretching this image more aggressively and see if you can pull out some fainter stuff.

Your tracking is top notch.

[multiweb]

That's a superb shot. The high res is wonderful. Really well done. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Amaranthus]

Good focus and sharp detail. Nice.

[RickS]

Great first light, Chris. As others already said it's very sharp!

[Ross G]

A beautiful monochrome photo Chris.

So sharp with amazing details.

I love the composition and smooth tones.

Ross.

[rustigsmed]

awesome work Chris - 30 min subs worked like a charm!

[Placidus]

Pin point stars and clean non-clipped Bok globules. Excellent result.

[DJT]

Great first Light, Chris. Great deatils in the image:thumbsup:

[jwoody]

Nice and sharp, well done.
RC10 eh? Mmmm my RC6 may not be big enough!

[Chris85]

Cheers Chris :D


Cheers Slawomir! I had a go at stretching the image a bit more and used some slight noise reduction within Nebulosity, what do you think? http://www.astrobin.com/169856/B/


Thanks a lot Marc! :)


Cheers Barry


Thanks Rick. I must say I'm very impressed with the optics


Thanks Ross, I appreciate the comments


Cheers Rus. 30 min subs is the way to go - I've never worked with such smooth data before!


Much appreciated Mike. Getting right in close to image Bok's was one of the main reasons for going the bigger, longer focal length scope. :)


Thanks David!


Haha cheers Jeremy! The 6" is a great scope to learn the ropes on how these scopes operate. You can have first dibs on the 10" when I decide to go bigger again :P

Thanks again to all for the comments
Chris

[Slawomir]

Well done, Chris! I personally like modifying histogram and applying different stretches to the same data. NASA's FITS Liberator (free software) can also help with achieving a balanced stretch.

Clear skies