Sombrero Galaxy and Trifid Nebula

[bloodhound31]

Light capture and darks caused me to spent all night on these two.

65 minutes on Sombrero, darks subtracted.
55 minutes on Trifid, Darks subtracted

Imaging scope- Skywatcher ED120 APO refractor on an EQ6Pro
Guide scope- Skywatcher ED80 APO refractor piggybacked
Imaging camera- Orion Starshoot Pro OS DSI
Guide camera- Orion Starshoot autoguider.

Captured with MaxIm DL essentials
Post processed with PS elements 6

Hope you like.

Baz.

[dcalleja]

Baz
I like the Sombrero - a great 'floating in space' widefield. If you tweak the histogram on it a bit you can get rid of the slight green cast (light pollution I presume as I get that here in Sydney too). The Trifid field is well framed. Very nice.

[peter_4059]

The Triffid has turned out well Baz. Very sharp. The Orion starshoot seems to be working well for you.

[bluescope]

A couple of nice shots Baz ... that little Sombrero needs to be zoomed up 2 or 3 times ay ... I shot it the other night and wasn't happy with the image scale ... I'm waiting for clear, calm skies and then I'm going to slot my 2" 2xTelevue Barlow into the imaging train to try and get the little bugger a bit bigger in frame ;)

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[bloodhound31]

Thanks guys.

Steve, I wish I had one mate. I was chatting with Bintel about a teleview very soon. There is only so much widefield you can do.......

[bluescope]

Yeah you get a yearning to get in closer sometimes ay ... particularly with galaxies !

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