NGC2070 - Tarantula

[wysiwyg]

Had a decent go at Tarantula the other night.

Used masking in PS CS3 to bring out the core.

3 x 25min @ ISO800
3 x 12.5min @ ISO800
4 x 6.25min @ ISO800
4 x 3min @ ISO800
4 x 1.5min @ ISO 800
6 x 31sec @ ISO 800

Only had time to take 1 x 25 dark and 1 x 12.5 dark, used previous bias and flats for processing.
Total Exposure time of: 158 minutes.

Thanks for Looking!

[darkskybondi]

spectacular.

[TrevorW]

Someone suggested the best way to process Tarantula is using HDR.

Seems a bit noisey and soft in places otherwise not to shabby

Cheers

[iceman]

Beautiful, Mark. That's some great detail.

[atalas]

Very nice Mark.

[Matty P]

Excellent image Mark.

:thumbsup:

[peeb61]

Holy cow Batman! Defiantly some nice contrast there!

Very nice Mark.

[bmitchell82]

Good to see that peir is getting a good workout :D Great photo:thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Very nice Mark, you have captured the vast amount nebulosity in this area and your focus and guiding looks very good.

[wysiwyg]

Thanks guys for your feedback.

This has proven to be a worthy adversary. Its definitely one of the hardest targets I had to process. Its a very busy part of the sky and its dififcult to get the image smooth without overprocessing.

I think the fact that I was imaging through cloud at some stages did not help.

Next time I hope to spend some more time on this sucker!

Mark