Cone Nebula - 17 hours with 10" CDK

[John K]

Hi everyone,

The Cone Nebula from the ASV's LMDSS in Heathcote, Victoria over several months.

17 hours total made up of 11 hours of Luminance, 2 hours each of R,G,B. 10" f/6.8 CDK, 1600mm camera and AP900 mount.

A challenge in colour balance, saturation, sharpening and contrast.

Processed in Pixinsight with some adjustments in Photoshop.

Clear skies.
John K.

[strongmanmike]

That looks very nice indeed John, lovely colours and textures, all looks about right to me :thumbsup: that wouldn't get that high up from central VIC either, so extra nice work there :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Can you put a larger version at your flickr page so we can really enjoy it?

Mike

[multiweb]

A brilliant rendition. Gorgeous colours and details. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Bassnut]

17 hrs pic posted as a thumbnail, what were you thinking?

[John K]

Thanks Marc,




Thanks Mike,

Gave up on Flickr once the exorbitant subscriptions kicked in. Here a link esp. for you on Google Drive:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/sD69uBAQZtp8ZW5W9

PS. Congrats on the new observatory!

[strongmanmike]

Aaah..beeeeautiful!

What a vista :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

It looks like Christmas!

Bright and cheery. Well done.

Greg.

[Addos]

great job dude! on your photo, and getting the chips to fall in life where you can afford a wonderful setup like that and enjoy it at a nice dark site. super jealous :)