The Dark Doodad

[AstroJason]

Been a while since I posted an image. I have only had 1 good imaging night this entire year which was out at Katoomba Airfield. Work has offered me very few opportunities to get away. I posted 1 image from that session which was my extreme Centaurus widefield (can be seen here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonwehbe/19204909680/))

This is another image I got earlier on that same night. It has been imaged a lot but this was my first real attempt at it. I found it a bit of a challenge processing it and wasn't happy with the shot at the time. It needs more data than just 90 minutes worth. I also think it needs more focal length than just 200mm. There is a lot of detail within the dust of the Doodad that I can't resolve with the lens. But I have a soft spot for dark nebulae and like the two globulas floating in the field.

Higher res can be found here. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonwehbe/21633594674)

Cheers for looking!

Jase

[Camelopardalis]

That's a beauty mate, well done :thumbsup: love the contrast with the globs!

[RickS]

Very nice, Jase. Perhaps just a little understated, but that could be my less-than-subtle taste :)

[Placidus]

Definitely dark and definitely a doodad.

The star colours and the colour and detail in the globular clusters is great.

[DJT]

Excellent stuff. Enjoying the FOV and it's been handled really well. Colours are great.

thanks for sharing

[AstroJason]

Thanks mate. Yeah those globs do add something to the field.



Cheers Rick. Yeah you're probably right. Maybe I will give this a repro one day.



Thanks Mike. Tried to make sure I didn't over saturate the colours on this.



Cheers David, glad you like this colours as well. One of the things I was hoping to get was the brownish colour the Doodad seems to have in some other photos. I think I need more data, aperture and focal length.