M8 Lagoon Nebula with QHY163M

[joelshort]

Hello, I'm new to this forum and thought I'd introduce myself with an image I took last summer of M8. Unlike you southerners :) M8 is rather low at 41deg north latitude.

I look forward to seeing your images and participating in this forum.

http://www.buckeyestargazer.net/Pages/Nebulae/M8.php

http://buckeyestargazer.net/Images/Thumbnails/M8_1.png (http://www.buckeyestargazer.net/Pages/Nebulae/M8.php)

[joelshort]

Hmmmm....I tried to post html code that displayed a thumbnail and linked to the image webpage, and it showed up fine in a preview, but the actual post does not show the thumbnail link.

[Andy01]

Welcome to IIS Joel, very nice image & good star colours too. :)
There’s some lovely images on your website there.
Just wondering how you managed to elevate your obs 5’ above the ground & keep it stable? Concrete pier footing maybe?
I’m on a hill so this concept is new and of interest to me to access more sky.
Looking forward to seeing some more northern targets from you :thumbsup:

[joelshort]

Thanks Andy. I'm always quite jealous of your southern targets that I can't even see from here. :lol:

There is an 18" concrete pier under the obs and it is SOLID. The guy who put it in for me said that if I could balance it my whole house would sit on top of it.

[Atmos]

Looks really good Joel!
Yeah us southerners get some pretty nice targets like both the Magellanic Clouds, several of the largest Globular clusters. We don’t get things like M31 (11° max alt) or M1 (30° max alt) in optimal positions so it goes both ways :P

[DJT]

Looking good Joel, well done.

[multiweb]

Really like the variety of colours you've got. Very nice. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[joelshort]

Thanks everyone!

[cazza132]

Nice work! Good detail and great colours! :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Welcome, Joel :thumbsup: Nice work on M8.

Cheers,
Rick.

[joelshort]

Thanks Rick, nice to see you here. ;)

[strongmanmike]

That's a good result on this area from 41deg north Joel, well done :thumbsup:

Mike

[Paul Haese]

I really like this Joel. It looks nearly identical to my image I did a few years back. Colour is great and detailing nice too. :thumbsup:

[joelshort]

Thanks Mike and Paul.
I remember being very surprised and pleased with this image considering my latitude.