Antares at 300mm

[DJScotty]

Hi there all,

First warty LRGB image of Antares. Lots of things to fix up I know. Need lots more data.

10 minute LRGB subs through CLS filter. About 3 hours of each filter

OPINION: Do you think I need to push the subs to 15 minutes? Or will more data be sufficient?

Uploaded a second more aggressively stretched version just to see what details can be drawn out. This of course has blown out stars etc.

Any feedback or suggestions are welcome.

Cheers.

Scott :D

[billdan]

Hi Scott,

I like the second image, it looks a big storm moving in on Antares.
I just think you need to add more data to it and then you don't have to stretch it so much.

Cheers
Bill

[DJScotty]

Thanks bill.
More data to come. guess we are all now in the hands of the cloud gods! 😆

[Slawomir]

Very nice work Scott:thumbsup:

I like the first version more. I know that there are tricks to reduce halos around very bright stars, but have never tried doing that myself.

But I like the image as is, and of course more data is always good :)

[DJScotty]

Thanks Slawomir.

I personally like the halos.

No such concept as TOO MUCH DATA! :D

[RickS]

Not unless you run out of disk space :lol:

Looks good, Scotty. I would think that 15 minutes is way more than you need on such a bright target.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Decimus]

Beautiful image, Scott - I love it! Sharp too. Well done.

Cheers,
Richard

[DJScotty]

Thanks Rick and Richard.
I will stick to 10 minutes and just charge on with the data collection!
How would've us astrophotographers gone back in the early 90s when hard drive sizes were 50mb!

[Ross G]

Great looking photos Scott.

I prefer the first one.

What equipment did you use?

Ross.

[DJScotty]

Thanks Ross. The first one is growing on me now.
In regards to equipment
Imaging camera is the atik11000
Guide camera is the atik 314l through the 400 mm f5 scope
Imaged through my 75 -300 canon lens at f8 300 mm.
Mounted on the azeq6.
Orion lrgb 2" filters plus the astronomik cls filter.