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Startrek
10-11-2019, 10:03 AM
Last capture of NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula for the year in Sydney as my roof is obscuring the FOV restricting my capture time
Bortle 8 skies
85% waxing moon
6” f6 Bintel GSO newt
HEQ5 mount
45 x 90 sec dithered guided subs
25 x darks
Canon 600D unmodded with Baader coma corrector
No Filters
ISO 800
PHD2 guiding using hysterisis algorithm at 1.05 to 1.20 arc sec error ( best guiding all year with this mount and 9kg payload )
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools

Thanks for looking , comments always welcome

John W
10-11-2019, 11:00 AM
Nice image Martin - always interesting to see the different colours for this object.

RyanJones
10-11-2019, 01:50 PM
Nice image Martin. Well done. Some really nice star colours in the field too . :thumbsup:

Outcast
10-11-2019, 03:11 PM
Beautiful

Paulyman
10-11-2019, 05:27 PM
Very nice. I love this region.

Startrek
11-11-2019, 08:21 AM
Thanks all for your comments
The Tarantula is of my favourites , a beautiful Nebula full of detail and unique star field

Nikolas
11-11-2019, 08:59 AM
Imagine the detail you could pull out with a filter, the L-Enhance really brings out the reds and dust that are in this area, it's a great image

LostInSp_ce
20-11-2019, 02:55 AM
Beautifully captured Martin.