Tarantula Nebula

[atalas]

Hi all

I shot this up at the Blue Mountains last night and wanted to share It with you all.
Shot through a ZS 110/.8 reducer with a SXV-H9C and guided with the ZS 66SD on a G11 mount.
I did plan on a copule of hours on this but the clouds had other ideas and only managed 4 minutes x 10 total exposure time.
AA3 was used for Capture,align & combine and CS2 for post processing and I hope you all enjoy one of a Southern treasures. :hi:

[asimov]

Hey Louie, long time no hear mate!

Lovely image there.

[iceman]

Wow, incredible intricate detail in the core.

Great stuff Louie, well done mate.

[atalas]

Thanks guy's glad you like It.

[h0ughy]

You have been putting in the time and effort for this one Louie! top shot

[astroboy]

Great result Louie
I noticed you used a ZS110 did you sell the ZS105.

Zane

[atalas]

Thanks guy's....hi Zane ! I traded up to the 110,It has much sharper optics.

[RB]

Wow Louie, so much detail and beautiful colours.
Excellent work.

[atalas]

Thanks Andrew.

[strongmanmike]

Great lil' image that Louie!

Nicely processed to show the core and the colour is not too bad either particularly given the one shot you use, many psople stuff up the colour processing with one shots so well done. :thumbsup:

Mike
long like the SXV-H9C :lol:

[rogerg]

Nice detail in the nebulosity, congrats :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Thanks guy's !

[Ric]

That's another great shot Louie, the clarity and detail are spot on and the colours are very natural looking.

great imaging

[atalas]

Thanks Ric !

[seeker372011]

what time did you guys finish up last night-or this morning rather?

glad to see you got something to show for it all before the cloud arrived to spoil the party..lots of detail so I guess 4 mins turned out to be the right exposure for your subs after all

[Lee]

Very nice pic Louie..... :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Took off about 5.00am Narayan ,gees It was cold last night up there mate.

[atalas]

Thanks Lee.

[rmcpb]

Louie,

Didn't look like that when I was viewing it up there. Maybe it was the cold, top shot, especially now I have seen the trouble you blokes go to to set up to get these shots.

Cheers

[atalas]

Thanks Rob....ah but did you look at It through the 24" ?
:lol: then again If you got a blast from our laptop screens you won't be seeing anything for an hour !:lol:

[spacezebra]

I have seen the Tarantula Neb through my 12", and I think thats pretty cool but this is amazing.

Excellent image.

Cheers Petra

[Octane]

Louie,

Glad you got some data, man.

Beautifully processed to show the finer intricate details towards the centre without blowing it with saturation.

The framing and overall composition is spot on, too.

Regards,
Humayun

[atalas]

Thanks Petra and H ,glad you enoyed It .