RCW37 Pencil Nebula and RCW38

[PhotonCollector]

Hi all,

here's an image I did a few weeks back of the Pencil Nebula and RCW38.

The image was done with my WO 4.3" APO refractor working at f/4.7 and my modded Canon 300D autoguided on the G-11 mount.

There's a much better look at the image here http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/Pencil_Nebula.html

clear skies !

[renormalised]

Very nicely done, Paul. Colours look good and so is the detail.

[leon]

Nice pencil Paul, now I can see what mine was supposed to look like the other day , well done,

However I have to ask if you can get an image like that with your 400d, (unmodded i presume) why cant I get close to this with the 5d and with more subs than what you took. :shrug:

My subs were 6mins as well, and at 500 ISO through the Tak, but my result was pretty dismal, I think.


leon :thumbsup:

[seeker372011]

nicely composed there-two great targets in one frame

[Garyh]

Beautiful widefield shot of this area Paul!
:thumbsup:

[Matty P]

Great image Paul, Lovely colour and detail.

Very well done.

[PhotonCollector]

Hello Leon

Well I couldn't say for sure without knowing more details. But at a guess by the look of your images you are using AUTO -> Digitial Development in ImagesPlus ? If you are - the problem could be associated with AUTO. I find AUTO DDP cuts the background too black and you loose detail in the shadows when you do that.

Maybe cause you are using a Tak and not a WO ( whahahahaha )

best regards
Paul