NGC 2070 - Tarantula Nebula (Ha)RGB

[Brad Moore]

Hi All,

Here is the first light image with my brand spanking new William Optics 80mm Fluorite Doublet WO/TMB Designed!

http://www.southern-astro.com/gallery.php?PhotoID=9 (709 KB)
http://www.southern-astro.com/gallery.php?PhotoID=8 (659 KB)

NGC 2070 - Tarantula Nebula
ZS-FD @ F5.6
SBIG 2000XM w/CFW8A
Total Exposure Time: 7 Hours
William Optics x.80 Field Flattener

I'm planning to add another 10 hours to the HA channel once the weather
clears up!

Cheers,
<st1 ="">Brad Moore
</st1>

[iceman]

:eyepop:

Wow Brad, stunning shots. Incredible detail and great colour.

Well done!

[Starkler]

The neb looks good but the stars are very blue :confused:

[Brad Moore]

Iceman: Thanks for your nice words. This little FD is a real gem!

Starkler: You’ve got a good eye for detail. I thought the same thing as you. I know it’s strange to see so many blue stars, however they are really blue (young newly formed stars like M45), if you look carefully you can see orange and white stars in the image as well :-). NGC 2070 is a big stellar nursery. What is not shown in the image is right at the core there are more bright blue stars which light up the nebula.

It’s hard to maintain good star colour in a CCD image as they normally get washed out and turn out white. <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:30pt; height:11.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\BRADMO~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\ msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif" o:href="http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/images/smilies/sad49.gif"/> </v:shape><![endif]-->

Here is the pure RGB version.
http://www.southern-astro.com/imgs/gallery/nebulas/ngc2070/attempt2/ngc2070-RGB-Small.jpg
http://www.southern-astro.com/imgs/gallery/nebulas/ngc2070/attempt2/ngc2070-RGB-Full.jpg

Cheers,
Brad

[atalas]

Great shots Brad ! AWESOME !

[xstream]

Great shots Brad!
What are you going to do when the RC arrives? One can only imagine. :D

[ving]

there are so mant blue start there! is that a glob to the right of the tarantula neb?

fantastic shot btw

[Striker]

Wow...very nice Brad...you have a Paramount ME as welll...I hope you have more then a William Optics 80mm Fluorite Doublet sitting on it.

Why the hell stop at 7 hours of imaging time...lol..thats some serious exposure time.

These scopes are about $1300 am I correct....I might have to sit one of these on my ED80

[Itchy]

Hi Brad

Great detail in the Tarantula. The Paramount ME is certainly paying dividends. I must admit though that the bright blue stars are a little disconcerting. Anyhow, great job!!!

Cheers

[h0ughy]

wow, AWESOME and wonderful detail and colour! thanks for sharing this one!!!