Ngc 2002

[oska]

Over the previous weeks I've grabbed whatever I could on NGC 2002. Some (many) nights I only got less than an hour. So basically an epic struggle of 'Man vs the Old Gods and the Elements', a saga as old as time itself, you know clouds.
No filters, no fancy palettes, just roll out, align and hit continue in NINA. Love that girl.

Thanks V for the nudge to do something different ;)

Reducing and jpg'n murdered it:
https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/143682


EON85 F/5 (0.8x)
ASI2600MC -10C 100g 50o
EQ6R + NINA

10hrs of 300s

Tips, tricks and criticism most welcome. :thumbsup:

[Kuz]

Nice wide view image John. I can't wait to get a couple of full clear nights here in central Queensland and get out under the stars

[oska]

Cheers Kuz.

[AstroViking]

That looks like an explosion in some sort of cake factory, with great blobs of strawberry mousse flying everywhere. Great image and excellent colours. :thumbsup:

No worries at all! There are plenty of (semi) obscure targets out there to choose from. It's just a matter of those confounded clouds leaving us alone...

Cheers,
V

[oska]

Cheers V, and now you've made me hungry :)

[Dave882]

Great pic!
That telescopius site looks interesting I might look into that for sharing some images in future…

[oska]

Cheers Dave. The sharing part is secondary. I use it for target planning ("targets" up the top of the page), it's great IMHO and it's a cute vanity to have your images show up in the examples of objects :) it also lets you put in your scope and camera details and get a framing approximation, kinda like the stellarium plugin.

[Doogs38]

Great image John - I'm always a sucker for wide FOV images and that's beautifully framed. There are so many things in the full size image for eyes to rummage around in. Alex

[AstroViking]

No worries at all! :thumbsup:

[oska]

Cheers mate, absolutely, the magellanic clouds are a gold mine if you're after wonder :)




The dog said someone was giving me cheek about only shooting pretty nebula so she suggested shooting a star cluster ;)