M8 and M20

[gregbradley]

Continuing on with the widefield series here is M8 and M20.

Taken last night with FSQ106ED and reducer at F3.65.

FLI PL16803, Baader filters.

HaLRGB 70 70 60 60 50

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/124811617

Greg.

[peeb61]

Greg,
Stunning and beautiful...two different words that sum up your image.

Paul

[multiweb]

Truly awesome work Greg. I love the colors in that field. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

What a great FOV :eyepop: Greg

Nice colours and composition :thumbsup:

This looks just a little flat and harsh to me though...it doesn't have that softer glowing sorta look that looks so good with this area..?

Still, nice work

Mike

[renormalised]

Nice shot, Greg. Great colours and excellent framing of the subject:)

[Lester]

Beautiful Greg. Thanks for the view.

[TrevorW]

Good one Greg how come less blue than green in the exposures

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much Paul I am glad you like it.



Its easy to get a lolly colour going in this area and I have made that mistake before so I tried to keep it more muted this time.



You getting all touchy feely mate? I understand what you mean. I did not do any deconvolution for that very reason. I think there may be some work that could be done to soften it a tad. I understand.



I did spend quite a while adjusting the camera angle rotator to get the 2 items level and roughly centred in the image.



Thanks Lester.



Simple, the last exposure was blue and that was at about 5:29am and dawn was approaching and that sub had too much dawn light in it so I rejected it. Not because of any formula or anything.

Greg.

[dcalleja]

Greg
Pretty amazing widefield. Most impressive and very sharp

[gregbradley]

Thankls Daniel.

I just did a repro and posted it to the same link. It is now as Mike pointed out a bit softer and a bit more glow something I also thought it needed. A bit of selective sharpening along the way of the earlier version was too much for a widefield. I prefer this version and is how I envisioned it would be.

Greg.

[dcalleja]

It is a bit less flouro now and softer as you say. Really quite remarkable

[Omaroo]

Beautiful Greg. Makes mine look like beginners material.

[strongmanmike]

Yeh that's a bit better Greg. I think the high level of shrinking you have imposed for web display may not be helping here either...?

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Awesome image Greg, totally superb.

[RB]

Beautiful image Greg, love the FOV.

[Hagar]

Nice one Greg. The big chip gives a huge field with the FSQ with the reducer fitted. I haven't used the reducer yet but must give it a go.

Well done.

[gregbradley]

Thanks veyr much Daniel.



Oh c'mon. It is top end gear I am using here.



There is always a drop in image quality coming off the monitor at 50 odd megabytes down to 2.4mb or less. Perhaps a larger file is possible. This one is bigger than normal at 2.4mb.



Gee thanks Paul.



Yes the reducer and chip gives a massive FOV with relatively good resolution.



Yeah whack it on. I think you'll like the results. I have also seen the 8300 chip work well with this reducer. The smaller pixels are well suited to the faster scope.

[spearo]

Awesome
frank

[Omaroo]

LOL! It's just a fact Greg. Take the compliment. :thumbsup:

[Bassnut]

mmm, nice, but id like to see each target seperately,properly with the CDK :poke::D

[gregbradley]

Thanks!



Hehe. What more do you want, I opened the box today!
it'll be up and running soon, pier in a few days, observatory wrapped up in a few days as well. Counterweight and shaft extension on the way.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Frank.

[gregbradley]

This one got Anacortes Pcture of the Day also.

I'll have to start sending some off to the NASA APOD guys.

Greg.