M20 using 10" GSO RC and QHY 9

[Grahame]

Taken on Friday night (temp got down to a whopping 4 degrees) using the GSO 10" RC, QHY-9 (with dealer supplied colour filters) and tracked on a losmandy G-11. Guiding done with MaximDL and Lodestar on an Orion APEX 102 (102mm mak cass)

Pic Stats are as follows:
60 min Lum total (6x10min subs)
16 mins each R,G,B (3min20sec subs X5)
QHY-9 at -25 degrees with TEC running at 20-30% power.

no darks or flats have been used (yet)
Stacked in ccdstack and photoshop curves edited.

let me know what you think, especially any improvements with the color processing! :D
LINK to larger image (http://www.astro-photo.net/M20color_CS4_IIS_Large.jpg)
cheers,
Grahame

[leinad]

Awesome! :thumbsup:
The QHY9 and Lum filter sure does pick up those nice fine details of the neb well.

[Grahame]

:eyepop: sure does!

The image is not cropped in any way either :D

Grahame.

[MrB]

Nice one G!
You're loving that new pier aren't you?

[gregbradley]

Sensational image. You nailed that one, colours, tracking , focus, details.

Very nicely done. That's the first image I have seen from a 10 inch GSO RC. Impressive.

Greg.

[Omaroo]

Very nice Grahame :) There's detail at 4 o'clock that you don't normally see in day to day M20's. Top effort :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

:eyepop: That looks terrific! Great shot! :thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

Nice work must save for the 12"

[h0ughy]

nice result - showing the detail

[CoolhandJo]

Very nice and smooth. nice FOV and tight stars. The colours look very natural to me.. :)

[DavidU]

It's all there ! What a nice job you have done.:thumbsup:

[Octane]

Grahame,

Wow! Your image has done the 10" GSO RC some justice indeed.

Looking forward to more from this setup.

H

[Grahame]

Thanks guys! Im looking forward to getting some more shots with this setup also. After the trials of collimation im almost happy with it now. :)

[strongmanmike]

Great shot Grahame

Great result without darks or flats too :thumbsup:

The new filters will make it even better ;)

Mike