A Sydney Lockdown Trifid.

[Retrograde]

Hi all,

I've been trying to capture subs on this one over the last fortnight but (as ever) I didn't end up with as much integration as I'd have liked.

We've had pretty good weather over the last fortnight and I've been trying to split my time between planetary and deep sky. Being in Bortle 7/8 skies I'm loathe to image when an object gets below about 40 degrees as you can really see how much more murky the sky gets at lower altitude. I planned to collect more subs on this during a clear evening on Wednesday but my mount started playing up with power problems :shrug: .

I'm still not completely happy with my guiding & the resultant star profiles so there's still plenty of tuning needing done (after I work out what the power problem is).

Telescope: Skywatcher MN190
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC
3.5 hours total - 2.5 min subs at gain 100.

Higher resolution version: Astrobin Lockdown Trifid (https://www.astrobin.com/full/vc7l72/0/?mod=&real=)

Comments & CC welcome. :)

[AdamJL]

Wow, Pete!! That's from Sydney? I would have guessed a B3 sky at minimum.

Great work, this is beautiful.

[multiweb]

+1 Great colors and details. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Hah! very nice, looks like a 1980's David Malin shot taken with the AAT :D

Mike

[gregbradley]

A very respectable Trifid.

Greg.

[Bassnut]

Nothing to complain about there, it looks great. The blue nebula extension is pretty good!.

[Retrograde]

Thanks Adam - yes from Sydney.
There were a few gradients to remove. :lol:




Thanks Marc much appreciated. :)




Thanks Mike - I'll take being compared to David at any time. :rofl:




Thank-you Greg.




Thanks Fred - appreciate your comment. :thumbsup:


I've now added a link to the higher-res version in the original post. :)

[Startrek]

Pete,
Excellent Trifid , plenty of detail and colours looks great
Well done !!
Martin

[Craig_]

Looking very nice! Love this target.

[Retrograde]

Thanks Martin - a fair way off being as deep as yours but I'm happy with the result given the level of LP.




Thanks Craig!

[Placidus]

Excellent resolution. Assuming that the Trifid is really a tom-cat's face, I can see the Herbig-Haro jet in the pussy-cat's ear, and the two bright stars on the pussy-cat's nose each resolve into a triple, which is pretty fine shooting. Rare to see that. The reflection nebula came out well.

[Retrograde]

Thanks M & T!

[strongmanmike]

...and the 4m AAT! :eyepop:

:P

[Retrograde]

Yep - that too of course! :rofl:

[vlazg]

Nice Pete, especially from light polluted Sydney :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Thanks George!