July Imaging Challenge - M20 (Trifid Nebula)

[iceman]

Hi all.

We'd love you to take part in the July Imaging Challenge (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=69,217,0,0,1,0). Please post your deep-space images of M20 in this thread. Discussions about the images can also be in this thread.

Please ensure the image obeys the image posting guidelines when you attach them.

While it would be nice if the image were taken in the month of July, it's not essential so feel free to post older images if you're unable to take some new ones.

For observation reports and sketches of the object, see the "Space & Astronomy Talk" forum

[tornado33]

Hi all
heres last nights effort on the Triffid, this time using a Lumicon 1.25 inch Deep Sky filter. 1 x 9 min ISO 1600 shot with the 10 inch F5.6 scope and EOS300d, badly light polluted sky with smoke from fireplaces. http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/temp/triffid%20deepsky.jpg

[[1ponders]]

Wow Scott, you've really got that 300D humming. Every shots a winner :thumbsup: Did you reduce noise using Neatimage? Looks a touch soft, not blurry or soft focus at all, it just seems to me to be short a bit of crispness. Or is that from the smokey skies?

[ausastronomer]

Nice photo Scott.

CS-John B

[tornado33]

Many thanks. No I didnt use any noise reduction. However I now reprocessed it, adding a 2nd 400 sec. shot at ISO 200, stacked them, dark subtracted and then used Noiseware community edition to smooth out noise.
http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/temp/triffid%20deepsky.jpg
I uploaded it as same file name so the link in my first post will lead to this new improved version :)

[tornado33]

oops, I meant the 2nd shot I stacked with the first is a ISO 800 shot, NOT iso 200.

[ving]

lovely shot of the triffid there!
impressed am I!

[dhumpie]

Amazing what you can do with astrophoto's from a light polluted site and a skilled hand. Yours imaged are breathtaking Scott! can we put in request. I want you to image the gum nebula (might have set), the north american and the veil nebula :)

Darren

[tornado33]

Many thanks. My mount is left permenently set up in the back yard (properly covered when not in use), so that it is nicely polar aligned, alls I need to do is put the scope on it and Im ready to go, sadly this means I cant access the northern sky for the north american and veil, however I will have a crack at the Gum when I can :)
Scott

[[1ponders]]

:eyepop:Very 3D Scott.

[Dennis]

Fabulous image Scott - especially the re-processed version.

Well done

Dennis

[dhumpie]

How about NGC 253 the silver coin :)

Darren

[tornado33]

Howdy
heres 253 http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/temp/253.jpg
Taken in November last year ,unfiltered, a 12 min. ISO 200 and 5 min ISO 400 shot. Ive yet to try the DS filter on galaxies but will have to try that soon :)
Scott

[[1ponders]]

M20 with the Orion 80mm ED. 9X300sec @ISO1600

[atalas]

Nice shots guy's

Louie :2thumbs:

[Striker]

Yeah great work guys...you all make me sick......lol

keep them coming.........

[atalas]

Tony please take your medication ! you know how you get with out It. :lol:

Louie :D

[seeker372011]

nice shot Paul

[dhumpie]

Nice shots Paul and Scott! Btw Scott what other images do you have? On second thoughts maybe I will type in your url and have a look myself :)

Darren