Superb Fighting Dragons image

[strongmanmike]

One of our most popular imaging targets in the southern skies, this is probably the finest image I have seen of this area.
It is flawlessly rendered and shows all three colours produced by the narrow band emission line filters (SII Ha OIII) beautifully.

115hr exposure taken from a World Class observing location (http://www.cielaustral.com/) near the Atacama desert

The Fighting Dragons of Ara (http://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo70f.jpg)

...and an equally superb Running Chicken (http://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo69f.jpg) :eyepop:

Enjoy :)

Mike

[LewisM]

http://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo67bf.jpg is pretty darned fine too.

The beauty of refractor images is hard to beat

[Slawomir]

Splendid images, thank you for sharing your find Mike :thumbsup:

When looking at these images, I am actually quite happy with what my 4" produces from inner city in humid Brisbane and with much less exposure :)

[LewisM]

Move to the Canberra Desert Slaw :)

[Slawomir]

Too cold for a Pole! :lol:

[Camelopardalis]

Nice image, but I'd want better from the finest location in the world...I've measured sub-2" seeing on a number of occasions this winter from right here in inner Brisvegas. Narrowband of course, RGB is futile :lol:

[el_draco]

Man, you're telling me! :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Not sure what their general seeing conditions are like (couldn't see it referenced anywhere?) but I an sure it is better than any of ours....I'd just like to have so much clear sky that I could manage to collect 115hrs of usable :eyepop: exposure, in just two months.....and that may not have been the only object being imaged over that time either?! ;)

The three images they have released so far are to me superb in every aspect.

Mike

[Slawomir]

Agree 100%. These images are something to aspire to, for me anyway. And I can only dream of over 100 hours of exposure dedicated to just one target... But at the same time I find it encouraging that what can be achieved from our location can be somehow comparable, in some aspects at least :thumbsup: