Centaurus A and Lagoon

[rumples riot]

Very long night last night. Skies were finally clear, but was not able to get M104. However I did get Centaurus A and the lagoon

Centaurus A
25.5 Minutes at ISO 1250
LX200 10"

Lagoon Nebula
41 minutes at ISO 1250
Orion ED80

Camera Nikon D70

Comments Welcome

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Now for Lagoon

[Brendan]

nice shots paul,
now if only the weather gods will part the clouds for tonight all will be right in the world.

[seeker372011]

very long expoures..you went really deep, and nice results

[rumples riot]

I rotated the image of the Lagoon to show it as we commonly see it presented. Tell me which you like

[atalas]

Nice work again Paul !


Louie:cool2:

[ving]

excelent work paul! cent a looks great! you got some nice colour in it :)

and the lagoon is fantastic :)

[Astroman]

Great shots paul,
Just being picky now, why the big blobs on the Cent A pic? Focus?

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Yeah focus was not spot on. I spent some time just looking at the image and thought it was right and did a test shot but the the spikes were not as long as previously. Its ok to be picky on that shot, I knew that it was not the best. I will do another run of it another night.

Tonight I am going for either M104 again with many images near 45minutes or M83 with something similar.

Thanks for the comments though chaps, really appreciated.

[trufflehunter]

Hey Paul, great shots! 25.5 and 41 minutes on the Nikon D70! How long did the NR routine take, out of curiosity?

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Truffle, those times are combined image times of shorter images. I think 17 images for Centaurus A and 23 for Lagoon. Did mean to mislead.