lagoon nebula

[monoxide]

well im slowly starting to work things out and im getting a tad better at drift aligning but still a long way to go yet, those tight round stars are elusive :P

the wind was gusting pretty bad and i had to cut the session a lot shorter than i would have liked due to clouds moving in. i really wanted to get a lot more data but i guess its better than nothing.
still learning when it comes to processing too as you can probably tell :doh:


anyway heres my second image with the new setup
4x30s @ iso800 (cropped)
*image updated*

[Ric]

Very nice Tj, pity the clouds cut things short it looks like it was developing into a very nice image with some nice detail coming through.

Cheers

[monoxide]

thanks Ric,
i like the meade ota, amazing to look through with the 24 panoptic.
very contrasty, the diffraction spikes look very nice too.
heres a single shot of acrux @ 30s

[Ric]

Nice image of Acrux Tj, the double has split perfectly.

A very enjoyable image and the spikes really set it off as well.

Cheers

[monoxide]

wow, i just re-processed the image and noticed how much i'd butchered it..
i think ill replace it with the re-process!

[Garyh]

Not bad Tj for such short exposures!!
Keep at it!!
cheers Gary

[Ric]

Very nice Tj, you've certainly got a lot more data out of the second processing.

Cheers

[Dr Nick]

Nice work! ;)