Vela SNR closeup..

[Garyh]

Hi Folks,
Has been a while since I have posted any deepsky images. Have been a bit bogged down with various things and also had problems with some of the software I use for my processing not working correctly. Lost a few nice nights due to high humidity fogging up the Coma corrector and even suspect the Cmos in the camera as well.

Have been eager to try a section of the Vela Supernova remnants with the 8" newt to see what sort of detail I could get. After seeing Greg`s, Mikes and Bert`s widefield I decided on this region on the eastern edge which showed up fairly bright on widefield shots giving me the best chance to get some detail.
Image is 30 x 6 min @ iso 800 with 8" newt and Eric modded 20D.
Image is full frame and resized to around 30% with heaps of compression to get under 200k.
Took me three goes at processing this till I was happy with the outcome. As you can tell it is pushed very hard to ring out all I can from it. Glad the nights have been coolish compared to Vic, SA and WA at around 18-20*C

I have to try some more parts of the Vela SNR if the weather conditions are right!
Thanks for looking! and comments are most welcome :thumbsup:
Gary

[strongmanmike]

An excellent rendition Gary, one to be very proud of!

Beautiful DSLR work :clap:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Oh I like that! Top image Gary.:thumbsup:

Also you did the hours and bagged the result. 3 hours is a good exposure time for
any camera and brings out the best in your DSLR. The 20D is a great modded Canon, I have one of those
as well and have modded several of them.

Greg

[Peter Ward]

A great result!

Nice to see excellent star colour variation which few DSLR users achieve.

Well done :thumbsup:

[avandonk]

Here is your image superimposed on the mosaic.

Bert

[Quark]

Lovely image Gary,

Like it a lot, love how crisp your star images are and their colours.

Well done.
Regards
Trevor

[gregbradley]

That's amazing Bert. It is such a small slice of such a large complex.

What an interesting part of the southern sky.

Greg.

[Garyh]

cheers Mike! :thumbsup: I`d drink to that! lol (because it`s verrry hot at the moment!) :drink:



Thanks Greg! Yes true! I find 2 to 4 hours gives quiet nice results...
I must try something like a 6 hour run and see how it comes out.:)



Thanks Peter, I`m always very careful with the stars these days and try not to push them to the white point. curves are great for doing this.
:thumbsup:



Gee it looks so small when you show it like that! lots of opportunities for other closeups! Like Greg mentions what a wonderfully complex part of the sky!



Many thanks Trevor! :thumbsup: much appreciated.
Gary

[Alchemy]

very nice gary. really nice starcolors and sharp tight stars too..... oh the neb is good too

[jkrah]

Awesome image Gary !!
Can I ask how long have you been doing the astro imagery stuff ?
How dark was it when you took the shots ?
Im just starting out (like just got my first scope/mount/slr) and to see pics like this inspire me to get out under sky..

and Bert a really nice job with superimpose.. I love the perspective it gives..

[Matty P]

Really nice work Gary. Excellent star colour and great detail.

You have really mastered imaging with a DSLR. Keep it up. :)

:thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

A lovely image Gary! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Rich star colours too - nicely processed!

Cheers, Marcus

[Garyh]

Thanks Clive, Matt and Marcus! :) most welcome!




jkrah, Have been doing imaging more seriously now for around 4 -5 years nut dabbled in it since the 1980`s without much success or improvement and many rolls of film allocated to the garbage bin.
But since I got a DSLR and joined IIS my skills have greatly improved over the last few years as has my gear.
cheers and clear skies and remamber it is a bit of a learning curve but it`s fun and inspiring seeing what materializes from your raw shots! :thumbsup:

[RobF]

You really do get wonderful colours coming through in stars that rarely seem visible in other people's DSLR images - have to agree with the earlier comments. Keep on inspiring us Gary! :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

well deserving of the accolaides