Tuc 47 and LMC at 5am

[leon]

Hi Guys..

Last night i was laying in bed coughing and spluttering with a bit of a cold coming on, so i said bugger this, cant lay here all night, awake, and decided to whisk away to the observatory, at 4 am this morning.

These two images are the better of the four objects i imaged, although it was a bit windy, it was pretty clear, and no dew or frost.

First is (Large Mag Cloud) 20 exposures @ 35 Sec's @800 ISO, unguided on G11, with Canon 300mm F/2.8 lens and 5D, processed in Image Plus, in camera darks, no flats.

Second is ( 47 Tuc ) all times and exposures as the first image.

All comments welcome, good or otherwise.

Cheers Leon :thumbsup:

[Dr Nick]

Great work ;)

[little col]

love the glob :thumbsup:

[jase]

Yes, its nearly that time of the year again to start LMC/SMC imaging. A marvellous presentation of the LMC Leon. Well done mate. :thumbsup: Really enjoy the large FOV displaying the faint knots of nebulosity outside the large HII dominate region. Would love to see a larger image of it.

[duncan]

Well done Leon. At the bottom centre of LMC is that the supernova? Looks like a small red circle of nebulosity.
Lovely shots, congrats.:thumbsup:
Cheers,
Duncan

[ballaratdragons]

Hooly-Dooly Leon! Tarantula stands out beautifully!!!!

[ballaratdragons]

Duncan, here is the location of Supernova 1987A in Leons image :thumbsup:

[leon]

Thanks Ken for pointing that out, i knew it was in there somewhere, but not quite sure where, and thanks for the other comments, from you other good folk.

Leon

[ballaratdragons]

Yeah, not much to look at these days. But back in 1987 it was fantastic for months! Even with an 'Unaided Eye' :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Actually, to get it right, it shouldn't be called Supernova 1987a.

SN1987A occurred 170,000 years ago, so that would make it SN-BC168,013a :lol:

[mill]

Hi Leon very good shots but it looks so blocky on my monitor, any one else has this?
Unless it is slightly over processed?

[leon]

Yea Mill here too, buggered if i know why, maybe i'm doing something very wrong in the processing area.

Leon

[leon]

Hey Ken, back in dose days of film, and when i was much younger, about 30 years younger, i happened to get tis image of the Supa Nova and then one with a meteor, pretty poor stuff back then, but that is the way it was.

Leon

[h0ughy]

excellent Leon, thank you for your insomnia!!

[dugnsuz]

Love that LMC leon,
Fond memories!!
That was the first DSO I imaged/stacked and got a half decent result.
Remember thinking "Holy cow, I can do this!!!"
...how wrong I was!!!!!!!!
Great images mate.
Doug

[Ric]

Hi Leon the LMC is a beauty, there so much to see in that image.

A fantastic capture

[ballaratdragons]

Yep, especially on the enlarge version. It appears to be JPEG conversion artifact.

[ballaratdragons]

They are great Leon. I notice that Tarantula hadn't formed then.
But SN1987a was certainly bright :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Yes the LMC shot shots heavy compression artifacts - how are you saving for web, Leon?

Very very nice images!

[leon]

Mike, when it comes to saving for web and that sort of stuff i really dont know what i'm doing, so to speak, if some one could suggest the procedure from image to posting i would be so happy. ;)

Leon :whistle:

[duncan]

Thanks for the info on SN. i haven't been able to see much of LMC since i got the scope as it is below neighbours treeline. Roll on summer,LOL.:thumbsup: