LMC @ Astrofest

[jjjnettie]

I collected just over 3hrs of data for this one. Still, I'd like to add to it. A work in progress I guess. But this is how it looks so far. I've cropped out a little coma and rotation.

canon 20d
canon 50mm lens
riding on eq5 mount
2.15 minute subs.

DSS
Photoshop cs3

PS. The background gradient is the Brissie skyglow.

[RB]

Another lovely shot jjj with nice detail.

:)

[toryglen-boy]

Nice one JJJ, i love the blue "aura" coming from this :)

:)

[DavidU]

Great shot, tight stars, excellent

[troypiggo]

Very impressive. You were well rewarded with that time spent.

[renormalised]

Nice shot:D:D

[h0ughy]

great shot JJJ. I ran the jpeg through pixinsight and used dynamic background extraction to redo the image minus the gradient. hope you approve:help:

[jjjnettie]

You're always welcome to do a repro David.
Thanks.

[AlexN]

Looks fantastic! David's repro is a real winner JJJ!! Another shot for your wall of fame I think!

[Paul Haese]

Like the image JJJ. Great wide field.

[RobF]

Another slap on the back here too. Nice work Jeanette!
Good to see you weren't yacking all week, or distracted by all the gadgets Paul and David had going nearby :lol:

[gregbradley]

I had a go as well, I hope you don't mind also. Its a beaut shot. Gradient Xterminator 2X and levels and curves, shadow/highlights, color balance,reduce star size 2x, increase star colour.

I wonder how many hours it would take with a telescope to show the whole LMC like that. It looks like an apple and is almost round. Most images only show 2/3rds of it. Fantastic.

Hey first time I got an attachment in a post, always wondered how others did that!

Greg.

[tornado33]

Lovely deep shot there

[Jen]

:hi: Hi JJJ
beautiful pic nice work :thumbsup:

[Lumen Miner]

repro removed

[jjjnettie]

Hey, if you guys want a higher resolution version to play with, just pm me.

[bloodhound31]

Nice job Jeanette!

Baz.

[atalas]

Lovely shot Jeanette!

[Octane]

Jeanette,

Great stuff. I want to do a widefield just like that. :thumbsup:

Might just do that next time I'm out. :)

Regards,
Humayun

[Hagar]

Very nice Jeanette. Looks like a lot of wide field images will be done with a camera and lens from now on.

Well done and a lovely image to share, Thanks.

[Lumen Miner]

repro removed

[gregbradley]

You've black clipped the image. That means you've cut off part of the low end of the brightnesses. It makes the background go black but it also takes away some of the faint nebula.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Jeanette

Bold prediction: you will be the first female David Malin Award winner in the deep sky category, you heard it here :thumbsup:

Now I have to say repro's of other peoples images often make me laugh cause they usually make them worse :rolleyes: but I think there was enough in two of the jobs to show you a few tricks. You seem to be consitent and above all you are clearly steadily improving. No doubt, particularly if you ever get hold of better equipment, you will be in Parkes one day.

Mike

[jjjnettie]

That's high praise Mike. Thanks.
But I've a long way to go before I'd consider entering the DMA's. This is all just fun and games for me at the moment. Don't know if I'd have the patience to do it seriously.

[strongmanmike]

Not as far as you might think...

:hi:

Mike

[jjjnettie]

aww, you do go on. :)

[firstlight]

Snap!
6 X 5 min 400D, 70mm. Not too sure what I'm doing with the processing.

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[firstlight]

Great shot BTW Jeanette.

[Lumen Miner]

Like I said, I'm practising, after requesting if it was ok. Not too sure about making them worse, just adjusted back ground colour...

Guess I should keep practising, with my own work.

[jjjnettie]

I didn't mind in the least Mitch.

[Lumen Miner]

I know you didn't. But he's right, was better left alone.. IMHO :thumbsup:

[DavidU]

Go for it Mitch ! Every time you do, you learn something new. Have a go !

[strongmanmike]

Ah Mitch, I was only being lighthearted, please don't stop having a play with others images does no harm really. But if you do..:whistle: it is always better if you can actually improve them rather than run them through a shreader :lol: I mean no harm at all.

:P

Mike

[Lumen Miner]

I'll be sure to let the makers of Nebulosity2 know, your most valuble opinions on their software... Is there anything else you would like to add, just for their interest I would imagine? Adjust colour background (Offset) has so many complexities to it I think.

Don't worry, I take most things light heartedly. :)

Just in regards to that though, back ground colour, do you see any issues in the original version? Would you adjust the back ground colour, or leave it as it is? ;)

Just remember, I didn't title my post, "I made JJJ's image heaps better, check it out!!!". I made it clear that not only was I practising, I was not happy with my efforts... Hence they have been removed..

[PeterM]

Hey Jeanette
Wow
A great image, love it, absolutely fantastic. Why not do a Supernova search of it? Hey I am serious, there are Thompson /Bryan charts for the LMC and SMC and I bet few people regularly check them. Can scan and send if you like.
PeterM.

[peter_4059]

Great shot JJJ. I really must give widefield a try next time.

Peter

[jjjnettie]

Would you do that for me? That would be great. Thanks.

[jjjnettie]

Wide fields rule!:D

[alan meehan]

Nicely framed jjj a very pleasing shot very well done

[PeterM]

Hi Jeanette,
OK done them. Do you want to PM me with where you want me to send? Obviously your image goes a lot deeper than the Thompson/Bryan Charts (Naked eye chart - limiting magnitude 5 and Bino Charts limiting magnitude 9) but that's ok because you will be looking for anything that is brighter and not on the charts. And, seeing as you will spend time imaging the LMC & probably SMC you might as well use the charts to check naked eye and with Binos and pass the time. If you are really game, check your future LMC images against this "reference" image - but there are an awful lot of stars there, so look for anything unusually bright doesn't appear to be in your reference image, that will then warrant further investigation, a nova, a variable star perhaps supernova. Another thought might be some much shorter images of the LMC and SMC that could be used with the bino chart.
PeterM.

[jjjnettie]

You're a champ Peter.
If you could email them to me that would be fantastic.
It'd be nice to get a taste of another side of this hobby. Wonder where it will lead?