Helix Nebula - Tammin

[bmitchell82]

Well this was the main target of the evening out in tammin M42 was a "quick shoot off"

10 x 10 min iso 400

no darks/flats/bias
10" SW, Canon 40d, EQ6pro, Guided DSI2 DSE 114mm

[allan gould]

Nice shot again Brendan. I still havn't attempted this target.

[bmitchell82]

thanks allan, I found it quite easy to image, but thats the advantage of having a dark sky to image from though you pay to get there. :D (2.5hrs from perth) .

I guess its just great when you hvae data that you can push with the levels and curves. It makes it a joy to process and spend time when you know your noise isn't going to stuff the image!...

[rogerg]

Very nice :thumbsup: Much prefer this to Orion :)

No darks! I suppose it was cold and the 400ISO helped. Still, surprisingly clean for no darks.

Nice one.

[bmitchell82]

2.2 degrees ambient temp the 40d was lovin it, and close to 2 hours worth of data! :) makes targets like this stand up!

[Gallifreyboy]

Very nice image Brendan, it certainly isn't the same image from suburban light polluted Perth.

[bmitchell82]

Your not wrong, dark skies makes the difference, to the point that the only time i set the scope up at home is to do testing. If i had Ha filters then i would probably go a bit harder during the full moon from home but alass :D

[batema]

That is one fantastic image. Well done.

Mark

[dpastern]

Tis a good shot Brendan, well done.

Dave

[RobF]

Way to go Brendan. Very impressive.
Sounds like you've got a good spot there too.

[multiweb]

Very cool. That's a tough one. Well done. :thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Yeah, good one. Colours very saturated but not too much.

[MrB]

Nice one Brendan!
I gotta get me a mount and head back out to dark skies :(

[bmitchell82]

Thankyou all for the words, it makes it worth it sitting in 2 degrees doing not too much for a few hours. When all the images look exactly like the last ;D.

Do remember that this was taken while the half moon was up, there was a slight bit of moon wash so i couldn't pull out the other detail that i know is there on the top right hand side, as it would ruin the overall image. I will be definately adding some good data to it soon. :D

[Hagar]

Another lovely image Brendan.

Well done again.