M20 and M8 Widefield

[peeb61]

Here is my M8 and M20 effort.
Taken with a Canon 350D using an Orion DSF at prime focus attached to a Saxon ED80
piggybacked on a polar mounted 10" LX200GPS.
Autoguided with a Meade Deep Sky Imager through the LX200GPS.

The composition is a stack of 6 x 5m at 800iso and 12 x 4 minutes at
1600iso.

Stacked using Deep Sky Stacker and processed using Photoshop CS3.

Paul

[jjjnettie]

Very pretty!

[CoolhandJo]

Good shot Paul. Shame that you did not quite fit the entire Lagoon Neb in - but hey - its big! Is your Canon modded?

[Matty P]

That is very nice Paul. Great colours and detail there. :)

Well done. :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Very Nice, Shame you didn't move it up a touch and fit more of Lagoon into the frame but well captured and processed.

Well done. Nice field of view.

[RB]

Paul you've done a very nice job processing this shot !
Very nice colours, smooth detail and you've controlled the noise very well.

Looking forward to more from you.

:thumbsup:

[peeb61]

Thanks All for your words,
The shot is cropped marginally, only because of the stacking software but it is a full field.

It was a shame I didn't move the scope to fill all of the Lagoon in and I am kicking myself over it but I was after the Triffid originally and the Lagoon was showing up in the bottom right hand corner and trying to take 1 minute 1600iso snaps and moving the scope to frame both objects in was trying with LX200 because of the angle.

I am happy with the outcome. The processing is down to this group, reading posts and trying different techniques.

Dr Paul the camera is unmodded, but very soon it will be, I will be booking it in soon for the operation.

Paul

[Alchemy]

another good image, you have a clear understanding of not blowing out the highlights.... not something everyone comes to grips with.

clive

[Tamtarn]

You're really getting the hang of the processing now Paul. You can see the improvement with each new image you post. Well done :thumbsup:

[peeb61]

Thanks Clive, It's a tough and long road to follow and looking at the work on this forum makes you wonder if you will ever get anywhere..but one step at a time.

Thanks Barb and David for your words, never thought anyone was looking over and keeping an eye on me, it appears, in a small way I am making ground in what I am doing.

Paul