NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula

[Startrek]

After tuning my worm gears last Thursday to minimise some obvious backlash on the EQ6-R mount I managed to get the mount guiding ok at around 1.00am after battling with passing cloud earlier in the evening
Picked a test target in the south east, NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula as I hadn’t imaged it for nearly a year.
Still have some work to do on the mount, mainly balancing
NexDome Obs
EQ6-R mount
8” f5 GSO newt
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom to highest dynamic range, cooled to -10C
Optolong L Extreme Filter
Baader MPCC coma corrector
30 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
40 x Flats
50 x Bias
Goto and tracking EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Framed focused and captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.75 to 0.85 arc sec )
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 Linear data set OSC Narrowband Bi Colour versions in SHO

Comments welcome

Thanks

[gregbradley]

Excellent framing and an impressive view.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Good to hear you over came the technical issues, that's always a good thing, and yes, a nice looking composition that Martone :thumbsup:

Mike

[AdamJL]

One thing I've noticed, Martin, is that your stars are even better these days. You've nailed it :)

Nice images

[Stephane]

Another great image Martin. Nice work.

[Startrek]

Thanks Greg,
I just snuck part of the Gem cluster in which adds a nice feature to the overall image
Martin

[Startrek]

Thanks Mike
Hope your Obs located above the clouds is progressing well
Martin

[Startrek]

Thanks Adam
Appreciate it
Nice tight stars do make a difference in an image regardless of other detail
Martin

[Startrek]

Thanks Stephane