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RobF
29-08-2015, 11:40 PM
Squeezed this one in for a couple of nights towards the end of astrofest. About 3.5hrs of HaLRGB. Probably would have rotated the field if wasn't already shooting other objects. Mostly 10min subs QHY9/FSQ.

Comments, fruit or thrown bottles always welcome. :confuse3:

Larger version here: https://goo.gl/photos/7SEeLXayDPZUTgwW7
Paul Haese
30-08-2015, 01:04 AM
Looks alright Rob. Star colours pretty good overall. You can see the blue stars in the dark field at the top of the image and the golden fields at the bottom.
troypiggo
30-08-2015, 06:33 AM
Looks great, rob.
multiweb
30-08-2015, 08:33 AM
Nice one Rob.:thumbsup: can't go wrong with M8.:)
ozstronomer
30-08-2015, 08:38 AM
Looks good Rob, a nicely presented M8

Geoff
RobF
30-08-2015, 09:23 AM
Thanks Paul. Getting a better feel for the min amount of data to pull off the brighter DSOs with this rig finally, and wouldn't want to go much below this many hours now with 10min subs.



Thanks Troy. Bit of blue halo on the brighter stars in hindsight, but didn't stop me sleeping last night :lol:



You should try shooting this one sometime Marc? :P :D



Cheers Geoff. Just nice to have endless clear dark skies to choose from for a change.
Atmos
30-08-2015, 10:08 AM
Nice resolution and detailed in that M8 :P
multiweb
30-08-2015, 12:10 PM
On my to-do list mate. :D
RickS
30-08-2015, 04:20 PM
Another nice one, Rob. I thought the star colours were good too.
strongmanmike
30-08-2015, 04:21 PM
Well no, telltale decon or wavelette artifacts that I can see :astron:... soooo no bottles from me :P

It's a rather pleasing looking Lagoon Rob and in that orientation I always see Homer Simpsons (or Bart's) profile (looking to the right) DOH! :thumbsup:

Mike
Somnium
30-08-2015, 04:41 PM
Now that you have mentioned that Mike i can't not see it ! damn pareidolia
strongmanmike
30-08-2015, 06:53 PM
It's like a curse....I see people in things :scared2: she was in my lounge room this afternoon :eyepop:
Somnium
30-08-2015, 09:05 PM
Nice
DJT
30-08-2015, 10:04 PM
Nice image, Rob.looks great.
RobF
01-09-2015, 09:04 PM
Thanks Rick - pretty happy in the end. Haven't done this one seriously since 2010 with the Newt now I think about it, and never this wider field.



Ah, there's an artistic side as well as a scientific side to your imaging then Mike! Not enough data for deconv or wavelet magic. Just a bit of masking and saturation and contrast work from memory.



Thanks for that Aidan.




Thanks David - hope you mean the Lagoon, not that couch :lol: