Tucana 47

[rat156]

My God it's full of stars.

Here's a nice test of the field flatness of the GSO RC.

Tucana 47 in LRGB. (30, 20, 20, 20 Minutes)

8" GSO RC, SBIG ST-10XME etc.

I'm really happy with the result. Will have to check the colour balance again when I'm not so tired.

Much larger image available here (http://tinyurl.com/yab6uc6)

Cheers
Stuart

[Hagar]

Looks good Stuart. As for the field. It looks very good. Flat as the can mans hat.

Very nice, and the colour looks OK to.

[michaellxv]

:eyepop:

you could count them with a picture like that :lol:

Michael

[Paul Haese]

Nice Stuart. Like you said colour balances needs a little look at, but overall this is nice. Stars are nicely formed. :thumbsup:

[rat156]

Hi Paul,

Have a look at this one though. This shows the top right and bottom left of the sub. I had moved the camera to find a decent guide star, but when I tightened everything up I managed to tilt the camera.

Looks similar to the problems you've been having?

Cheers
Stuart

[rat156]

Fixed the colour up, much happier now.

Cheers
Stuart

[RobF]

Beautiful shot Stuart :thumbsup:

[desler]

It doesn't matter how many times I see 47, it's one of the most spectacular objects in the sky.

Really nice and deep, can almost get lost in the detail.



Darren

[Paul Haese]

Stuart the field looks better at the corners than mine for sure. The stars still have a pinkish look to them though. Guiding is superb. What settings are you using with your OAG?

[strongmanmike]

Top work Stuart and nice round stars.

Mike

[AlexN]

great focus and guiding, very sharp overall with a beautiful silky smooth black background..

Great job Stuart.

[rat156]

Hi Paul,

I tried to yellow out the stars, but I like it like this, personal preference I suppose.

As you know I use an AOL, this was one second guiding exposures, I don't use very aggressive guiding settings, about 6 on a scale of 1 to 10, I found if I go much higher it has a tendency to overcorrect, which is probably seeing induced.

Cheers
Stuart

[rat156]

Thanks Rob



Thanks Darren, I hope you got out on Friday night as well.



Could probably do with a reprocess though Mike!



I've found that if I spend another half hour on setup I end up with better pics Alex. Focus is King, but sometimes it's hard to resist starting taking images when we finally get a clear night.

Thanks for all the encouragement, I really had a good night on Friday, everything seemed to work well. Now all I have to do is get some more data for the NGC1365 image I started.

Cheers
Stuart

[gregbradley]

That's a great 47 Tuc. Nice job.

Greg.

[multiweb]

Great result and lovely colors :thumbsup: Had a quick go at it on Saturday waiting for other stuff but I think I over cooked the center. :P

[TrevorW]

Stuart nice Tucana I would suggest more yellow on the straglers and central blue stars than the reddish tone

Core well resolved

[iceman]

Lovely result Stuart, I like the second one!