Helix with Astrograph

[Lester]

Hi all, Got the Helix last night with Takahashi 160mm F3.3 Astrograph. This image is 20 exposures taken with Astro 40D. One image is the full FOV and the other is a crop.

[asimov]

Nice work. You got the outer regions nicely. Onya mate.

[Lester]

Thanks John. All the best.

[h0ughy]

not a bad image and i am jealous of the data you have! you have a fair bit of background gradient in the image you processed, could you try removing it, i think it will bring out the outer loop much better.

[Hagar]

Very nice Lester, Pretty popular target at the moment being so high in the sky. This little scope does a very nice job on a target like this.
Well done Mate.

[Lester]

Thanks David and Doug for your comments. I will be getting a light box made to reduce the vignetting and hope that will also reduce the gradient. All the best.