Rho Ophiuchi

[LKD]

Managed to get a few hours of imaging over July new moon. Bortle 3,Rcat 51, QHY600M, 20x180sec subs per channel. RGB. Conditions were not that great, very thin cirrus about, so a few subs rejected, but result not too bad. I was hopping to try again this weekend, but we are stuck at home!

[multiweb]

Forgot to upload the pic?

[LKD]

Just noticed , Thanks

[gregbradley]

Small version looks really nice. Can you post a larger image?

Greg.

[LKD]

Hi Greg,

Thanks, Whats best way to do this. I had to shrink file for it to upload on forum. Sorry I havn't posted images very often in the past so Im a real newbie in this

[LKD]

Ok, got off my backside and joined astrobin, https://astrob.in/7onc5c/0/

[rustigsmed]

very nice - i'm sure you could crank up the saturation a few notches too if you were inclined to do so ;)

Cheers

[LKD]

Your are right I got a few drafts with varying degrees of saturation, etc. I posted the least enhamced version

[Peter Ward]

Gee.... that is impressive. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

An A-list result Luke.

[LKD]

Hi Peter, Thanks for your kind words. I think its my favourite image to date. Looks amazing at full res on my 75" 4k TV.

[multiweb]

Beautiful. You've got a lot of faint deep stuff. :thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

One of the best Rho Oph complex shots I've seen, great work!
You've got some spacing issues (too much back focus? weird, because you're using a Petzval) and some pinched optics as well btw

[LKD]

Thanks Adam

[LKD]

Thanks Marc, I'm surprised how much detail seen. You cant beat dark skies imo.

[ahmed_haider]

That is an amazing image Luke! Great work!
I was just interested in your Tak CN212 and was looking through your images to see images taken through it.

Looking through your old posts, it seems like you went to DSO imaging wizardry school from 2014 to 2021 and came back to take shots like these :D
Cheers

[LKD]

Thanks Ahmed, Yes work and family get in the way sometimes.

[Craig_]

Stunning image!