M8 The Lagoon Nebula

[cometcatcher]

First Lagoon with the 10 inch. Had a heck of a time imaging last night. I kept losing focus. Apparently the main mirror locking screws need to be really tight on this thing to stop it moving all over the place. Then the wind picked up. Anyway enough complaining.

GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, 278 x 30 seconds unguided on a HEQ5 Pro, Baader Semi-Apo filter, Baader MPCC MKIII, Pentax K-5.

Bigger at astrobin ---> http://astrob.in/193844/0/

[topheart]

Good on you Kevin!!

Got to be resilient haven't we to win against the odds with deep sky imaging!!

Cheers,
Tim

[strongmanmike]

All good, complaining is perfectly allowed...done plenty of it myself :innocent:

Gold star for braving the elements and equipment woes, an image is an image, and almost always worth it regardless of the tials and tribulations, hallelujah! :)

...funnily enough, arhem, I've almost completed another hybrid composite using past and present data (from two different telescopes and three different cameras), on this just last night and your colours lookvery much like my colours...so I recon they are good :D :thumbsup: I might post it soon?

Mike

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Tim. Resilient and perhaps a bit nuts. ;)



Cool Mike, looking forward to your image!

[marco]

Very nice colors Kevin, once again you surprise me with the results you get with your modded DSLR!
Clear skies
Marco

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Marco! Just a standard off the shelf DSLR. I'd love to get a modded K-5 for extra Ha. I have a modified Nikon, but it's kinda old now.

[Rex]

Beautiful colours Kevin. Very well done mate. I love what your doing with these shorter subs. Keep it up mate.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rex. Shooting again tonight.

[Leonardo70]

Great image

All the best,
Leo

[Nortilus]

finally some nice weather here hey Kevin, even I am using it while we can.

[cometcatcher]

Good onya Josh!

Thanks Leo! Shooting it's partner M20 tonight.

[multiweb]

Superb shot. The highres is great! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Marc!

[RickS]

Nice one, Kevin!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rick!

[astronobob]

Well, that pretty Fang Dang Awesome Kevin :thumbsup:
What prog are you stackin' all then subs with, finding it ok ?
Shes a mighty fine result for 30 sec subs :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Bob. Just DSS for stacking and photoshop for processing.