Corona Australis region

[cometcatcher]

This is 3.6 hours of a region in Corona Australis (The Southern Crown) that contains globular cluster NGC6723, blue reflection nebula NGC6726 / NGC6729, dark nebula and dusty nebula. This is the first time I've been able to capture the dusty nebula. It's a tricky one to process and it seems my framing could have been better if I had panned down a bit more.

Capture details: Bintel 8" F4 Newtonian, Baader MPCC MKIII, HEQ5 Pro unguided, 429 x 30 seconds, Pentax K-5. Poor K-5. Too many of these will kill the shutter.
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Pesky satellites (or aliens) crossed the field numerous times!

[Placidus]

Kevin, that's rather wonderful! You've done a masterly job on the HH jet - what I call "Yoda's Walking Stick". The tendrils in the reflection nebulosity are great, as is the thick dust. The framing is fine as it is. Lovely pic.

Best,
Mike

[RickS]

Good work on the glob too, Kevin. It's hard to get everything looking good in this complex FOV.

Cheers,
Rick.

[rustigsmed]

That is great Kevin, you've pulled out a fair bit of the dust. as rick said the glob often looks out of place but not here - looks terrific.

cheers

russ

[gregbradley]

That is a very high quality Corona Australis Kevin. Nicely processed and well framed. You got the glob nicely resolved as well.

Greg.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Mike!



Thanks Rick! The glob was tricky. Wasn't sure if I got it right.



Thanks Russ! My last attempt was with the refractor and that image, even though it went for 4+ hours lacked dust. The reflector at F4 seems to have done a better job.



Thanks Greg!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Good work again Kevin!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

I notice your images progressively getting stronger and richer in colour, some DSO's lend them selves to strong saturation.

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Justin. I hope I haven't overdone the colour. Deeper time means I can "stretch" the colour further. But that doesn't necessarily mean I should! And sometimes it depends if I have a headache or not when processing. ;)

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Always personal taste.

For me nothing like a well done colourful image.:)

Just look at Leo's M82.:eyepop:

Cheers,

Justin.

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Kevin.

I love this object and you have captured it well.

I like the colours and composition.

Ross.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Ross.