My little M8

[traveller]

Taken over two nights in the (very rare) cloud free Melbourne on Sat and Sunday.
Final image is a stack of 67x180 sec at 1600ISO with equal darks applied.
Taken with FLT 110 and modded Canon 1100D on EQ6 in light polluted Melbourne 10kms from the CBD.
I tried to show the 3D nature of the nebula and may have overdone it a bit :)
Comments welcome!
Thanks
Bo

[Placidus]

The open cluster looks great. Real stars floating in an imagined oyster shell. The cluster tends to look much less spectacular in narrowband shots. Nice work.

[cometcatcher]

Nice and contrasty Bo. It certainly stands out.

[Atmos]

Really nice Bo! Just wait until the ASI1600 is up and running :) Narrowband really helps our heavily light polluted situation.

[traveller]

Thank you M&T. The stars had noticeable halos when the image was stretched, a few of the larger ones still do. Live and learn..



Thanks Kevin, your turn next :lol:



Yeah, still need a few extra nights to shake down the 1600, but there was only two clear nights, so I had to make the most of it!

[strongmanmike]

Quite nice Bo, certainly respects the light :thumbsup:

Mike

[topheart]

Hi Bo,
That's a pleasing M8.
Cheers,
Tim

[RickS]

Looks good, Bo!

[traveller]

Thanks all, a higher res version is here
http://www.astrobin.com/full/296681/0/
Cheers
Bo