Another lagoon

[baileys2611]

2nd light with a QHY8 and GSO RC12-A on Paramount MX, OAG with an SBIG ST-ic.


Here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skyslab/19035288138/in/dateposted-public/) is the higher res picture
Here (http://www.skyslab.info/ngc6523-the-lagoon-nebula/) is some history, mythology, some zooming on the central O-type star and a scale of stars for comparison with the Sun.

[rustigsmed]

lovely and smooth Simon.

Cheers,

Russ

[Slawomir]

Very pretty Lagoon and pleasing to the eye, well done Simon. I would like the nebula to stand out a tad more though, in particular in the darker parts.

[topheart]

Good one Simon.....drowning in the lagoon!

I also enjoyed the discussion about the features you have highlighted.
Cheers,
Tim

[multiweb]

That looks really good. Great shot. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[baileys2611]

Thanks Marc, very much appreciated.



Thanks Tim. I had some fun with this. I think I'm getting interested about the history and science behind the pictures as well as the pictures themselves. There are so many resources that help.



Excellent advice Slawomir, thank you for giving me that. I'm always on the lookout for advice on what I can do to help improve my techniques and images. I was a little worried when I applied some curves to this. Often I'll stretch out too little at the bottom end of the scale which reduced my darks to greys more than blacks. I'll keep your advice in mind though and go a little darker for the future I think. I agree by the way, when I experimented with bring out out some more detail in the central region I found that by going darker, more detail came out! Counter intuitive for me but I'll experiment with it some more and see what happens.



Thanks Russ, glad you like it.

[strongmanmike]

That's really nice as well Simon, I like the colour too.

Not that it is a bad thing but seems like an awful lot of exposure for such a bright object..still, if you can then why not, huh? :thumbsup:

Mike