Swan and Helix from A.S.I.G.N.

[bloodhound31]

Had another crack at the Swan tonight, with better results. Also did the Helix nebula.

http://i11.tinypic.com/4mkzpsz.jpg
http://i9.tinypic.com/4rc8b9j.jpg

Baz.

[Tamtarn]

WOW Baz. What a difference in a few weeks. Every image your'e posting is a big improvement on the previous one.

Keep them coming..........Great job :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Garyh]

I agree there!!
Your guiding and processing are going ahead in leaps and bounds!!!
The swan is a very good swan!!.. :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Well done Baz they are two very nice images.

Well done

[jase]

Nice work Baz. You're really getting to know your set up capabilities. Look forward to seeing more.

[tornado33]

Yes the Swan in particular has really good colour.
Scott

[Dr Nick]

Great shots! ;)

[bloodhound31]

Sorry all, I forgot to give you the details on the shots...

Swan was 11 subs at 3 minutes each.

Also did the Helix nebula, 12 Subs at 3 minutes.

19 Darks at same exposure times and operating temperature.
19 Offsets at 1/4000sec
No flat lights.

Imaging train: Canon 400D on Skywatcher ED80. Prime focus at F/7.5 Processed with Deep sky stacker then cropped, labeled, framed and tweaked with Photoshop. Manually tracked with Celestron Nexstar 11 GPS as Guide-scope.

[Ric]

Hi Baz, it's a bit off topic but I noticed your distance indicator is a bit out. I'm sure I'm only about 40 k's away from you. It might need a minus sign in front of the latitude otherwise I've got a very long ride to work tomorrow:lol:

Cheers

[ballaratdragons]

Baz, great work mate!

They are both terrific images. I like the colours you have captured in both too.

[strongmanmike]

That M17 is really quite a good image, well done :thumbsup:

The guiding certainly improved too.

Mike