NGC6357 crustacean

[cometcatcher]

A little disappointed I couldn't fit him all in! But if you don't think of it as a lobster, but rather a nice nebula it's not so bad. :P I like how the DSLR starts to wake up at around the 10 hour mark, even though I know a dedicated astro cam can do the same in a fraction of the time. Oh well, one day I'll get one.

GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, full spectrum modified Canon 1100D, 1272 x 30 seconds or about 10.6 hours, HEQ5 Pro unguided.

Bigger at Astrobin ---> http://astrob.in/304243/0/

[Atmos]

Is it 10 hours to capture, 20 hours to process 10 hours of 30s subs? :lol:
Has turned out pretty good though!

[Andy01]

Looks pretty good, great colours too but at full res it appears a bit soft - I wonder if that's the result of stacking a zillion short subs vs. less with more exposure?

[cometcatcher]

Haha, yeah stacking took a while. Had t do it twice too as I had a couple of subs that messed it up.



A single sub is definitely sharper, but most DSLR images are soft that I've seen.

[willik]

Good image not easy target needs a bit of sharpening but still very good
Martin.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Martin. I don't often use sharpening. Not a big fan of it for DSO's. The sky here in winter can make seeing soft also so I'll just accept what I can get.

[Retrograde]

Very nice for what is a relatively faint object.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Pete. My previous attempt at this particular seafood was not successful because my camera wasn't Ha sensitive. This is my best to date, even though it's poorly framed.

[Placidus]

Definitely has that lobster-shell look to it. Good colours.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks M&T.

[RickS]

Looks good to me too, Kevin! Colour is always tricky with this one and you've handled it well.

[strongmanmike]

Nice shot Kev and I agree with Rick :thumbsup:

Mike

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rick and Mike! I wasn't too sure about the colour so kind of took it from other pics that "looked about right".

[gregbradley]

Nice Lob!
A hard one to make interesting but you have done well.
Greg

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Greg! I'll have to find something else off the beaten path to play with now.