Alnitak Region

[atalas]

Hi again all

This shot was take last weekend at Coonabarabran and I hope you all enjoy It.

Shot with the ZS 66SD/.8 reducer through a SXV-H9C and guided with a ZS110 on a G11 mount.
Exposures on this were 10 minutes x 12 and data was captured,aligned & combined with AA3 and post processing done in CS2.

[h0ughy]

:scared: wow :eyepop: thats absolutely fantastic, all that with a 66mm scope:) !!! Awesome!.:thumbsup:

Glad your back from your holiday too louie:whistle: ;)

[beren]

:thumbsup: Top notch image Louie, good to see you back :hi:

[norm]

That is excellent. Horsehead looks great.:thumbsup:

[spearo]

Very nice indeed!
And you managed the star brightness very well it can otherwise ruin a good shot, well done.

and if you look closely...you can see the mini HH in there too !
:]
frank

[[1ponders]]

Jeez Louie, what a pearler :thumbsup: Stunning.

[atalas]

Thanks guy's glad you like It , I've been wanting to do this one for quite a while now so I thought the heck with It and went and bought a ZS 66SD so I could fit It on the chip ! needs another couple of hours to smooth out the faint parts yet.

[Starkler]

Beautiful shot! I love it :thumbsup:

[RB]

I love this shot, very well captured Louie.
Fantastic detail in the flame and the blue hues are amazing around the star between the flame and h.head.

[atalas]

Thanks for the kind words guy's.

[richardo]

Excellent image Louie !!
Some great detail indeed.
I was wondering how these little ZS sd66 handled CA and judging by this image there's no drama at all ???

Cheers
Rich

[atalas]

Thanks Rich,these little scope are worth the $620.00 they cost and visually they are excellent as well.
I highly recommend the ZS 66SD !!

[Ric]

Hi Louie, theres not much more I can add to the comments already except

BRILLIANT :thumbsup:


cheers

[atalas]

Thanks Ric,you too kind mate.

[Striker]

I really like this one Louie.

You have done a great job.

Glad to see you back.

[atalas]

Thanks Tony,glad you like It mate.

[gbeal]

Not much I can add to what has already been said Louie, very very nice.
And good to see you back as well.

[ving]

great stuff louie! :thumbsup:

so good it looks fake... if you know what i mean? :)

[atalas]

Thanks Gary ,and It's nice to be back.

[atalas]

Thanks David ! for some reason I get images of The Swan nebula in my head :lol:

[Octane]

Louie,

Well, I knew from the raw data that you'd captured that night that this was going to be a corking pearler.

Damn, that Horsehead really pops. So 3D.

Well done.

Regards,
Humayun

[spacezebra]

Another brilliant image - they are all a pleasure to look at. Totally agree with the 3D aspect.

Cheers Petra

[EzyStyles]

that is one great shot Louie! glad that you're back :)

[atalas]

Thanks H,Petra and Eric...glad you like It.