Grey Triffid (M20)

[Peter Ward]

Having spent a night getting luminance data, I foolishly thought I'd be able to get colour data on the following night.....

Of course it is now raining in Sydney.:rain:

That said, inspired by a new book by one D. Malin....I put a bit more effort into this B&W image that I normally do....

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery46.html

[rat156]

That's a great start there Peter.

Cheers
Stuart

[leon]

Nice one Peter, an other stunning image.

Leon

[beren]

:) Very impressive, nice surprise opening the link

[Octane]

Peter,

Oh, my. When this one's finished, you can claim your 2010 Malin Award.

Regards,
Humayun

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Stuart

Leon, while there are still a few things I need to fix in this technicolor world...there are still shades of gray :)


Indeed, I think B&W is very much about light and shade....the triffid has much to offer there



2010?? What happened to 2009? :lol:

[iceman]

Quite an image scale! Nice work Pete.

[Tamtarn]

This image is amazing as it is Peter, the detail & clarity within the light shades is outstanding.

[dpastern]

That's a super shot Peter - wow, brilliant!

Dave

[marc4darkskies]

Stunning detail Peter, nice and smooth - just lovely! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Yep, putting extra effort into Lum is never wasted! Ten bucks says you end up stretching it a bit more though. :) Can't wait to see the colour of course. And don't get me started on Sydney weather - the clouds out west here are downright vindictive!!

Cheers, Marcus

[renormalised]

Fantastic shot there, Peter. Can't wait to see the colour shot, but I've always been of the opinion that nothing can pass the clarity and sharpness of a good B & W shot. They have that "edge" about them.

Great work:thumbsup::D:D

[Peter Ward]

Agreed!

Thanks Marcus . BTW ...My cheerful prediction is your even more delightful Corona Aust shot should do very well at CWAS this year :)

Glad you like it.
What can I say? :) B&W can still be cool.


Thanks Mike. Guess I'll see you at CWAS too?

[Craig_L]

Really stunning shot Peter. Any details on number and length of subs?

[Peter Ward]

Due the ever wasteful light pollution from Sydney, nearly all my subs are 600 seconds minimum. In this case a stack of 7....guess that's 70 minutes :)

Filtered I'd run 900 sec subs.

STL11k, guided with the AOL...but don't look too closely as I used a 2" nosepiece instead of my normal threaded fitting ...and it didn't go in quite square.. :doh: but should be fixable with non-centroidal stacking.

[strongmanmike]

Looks great Peter, looks like some sharp processing went into this one?

A change from all the Ha Trifid images being posted positioned on the left or right with nothing in the other half of the image :P

Ok you guys, the Ha only shots look ok too :thumbsup:

Mike

[Peter Ward]

Thanks...I think it's getting there. Not a lot of processing at all, as the raw data was pretty good. There is a 15% USM to keep the deaded "doughnuts" at bay but give it just a bit more snap.

[multiweb]

Very smooth processing - superb picture. Can't wait to see the color added. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Ken]

Very nice image, you know when those two stars in core are cleanly split that it will turn out great.
Clear skies Ken

[DavidU]

Beautiful image. I always enjoy a good B&W image, it kinda takes the emotion out of a shot.
Superb !

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Ken. Actually the core system has a binary and triple star. The close companions in the triple look elongated in many images. I have split
them with very short exposures on nights of excellent seeing.

[Alchemy]

some nice clean detail, should come up a treat as a completed image, i dont think it is a stand alone B/W image such as the horsehead can be.

[Hagar]

Lovely detailed Lum shot Peter. The image scale is wonderful.
Look forward to seeing it with some RGB added although I am getting fond of black and white.

[AlexN]

Awesome! resolution looks fantastic...

Was AO used? or did you just have awesome seeing...

[Matty P]

Amazing resolution. I really can't wait to see the final image.

:thumbsup: