ini mini spider ...

[multiweb]

Managed to bag a fair amount of subs last night. This is 24x5min on the edge of the LMC + some smaller subs for the cores of various Ha regions that burned too quick. Dynamic range is pretty big across the whole field. Some of the arches are very faint and some nebulae are very bright. The bottom left glow is in the direction of the core of the LMC, the right is further Ha regions. Definitely going to mosaic around it when the moon's gone as it is a bit hard to extract anything too close to the sky count.

There's a bigger version here (http://memkxw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ppbLRKi2wRoqns_XoHLUuUK160Cpoqhb9 p0rLQ39fOoPEIFOt2VC0E2Ijh7GlNo7JBcK xm_z0Wk7Es0IShv6e5X47LbY8eiAE/NGC2070_HS3_Ha_ff.jpg?psid=1)on my gallery.
Thanks for looking. :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Looks good Marc, Its got lots to look at in this image. Mosaic will be very nice and very big. Look forward to seeing the final product.
It doesn't look good for some OIII for me tonight.

[strongmanmike]

Hey, what's with the negative view everyone is showing now :rolleyes: .. looks way too impressive and rather detailed and the faint stuff stands out too well ;)

UK Marc Schmidt

[dugnsuz]

Very nice detail in the High Res Marc with no core burnout - nice.

Mike, the negative version is God's eye view - from the outside looking in!!

[Octane]

Just spent 15 minutes staring at the negative whilst eating dinner.

There's some really intricate striated nebulosity to the right that I've not seen before. Just gorgeous.

Bring on the mosaic!

H

[multiweb]

Thanks Doug. :thumbsup: I saw a shot made by J.Gleason of the LMC in Ha. Long way to go still but there's heaps to dig out in there. I can't do Oiii from home especially when the moon is up. I find LP does affect Oiii more than Ha.


Thanks Mike. :thumbsup: Somebody started the inverted trend... might do an inverted M8 now? ;)


Thanks Doug. :thumbsup: Imaging from the otherside might sound like a good idea. No clouds to contend with. :)


Thanks H. :thumbsup: Loads of faint Ha in there but I'll have to go deeper like 10-15min exposures and composite it all as the spider area will be well and truly cooked by then.

[spearo]

pretty cool stuff
well done
the inverted b/w does give it a completely different feel
frank

[multiweb]

Thanks Frank. :thumbsup: Yes there is a lot of very faint Ha fronts that seem concentric with the spider. Will have to push exposures to 15 to 20min under darker skies to get them clearly.

[peter_4059]

It's shaping up to be a really impressive image Marc. I've not seen such a wide field view of this before and there certainly is a lot to take in. I like the negative image - might have to try it too!

Looking forward to seeing the final result

Peter

[multiweb]

Thanks Peter. :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Yeh, negative is the new narrowband but much easier :thumbsup:...good one for Fred to take up :lol:....kidding Fred :scared3:

Trend setter :D

[Bassnut]

OK, but what about COLOUR negs ?, mmm.............mmmm

[Bassnut]

Excellent Marc, although you chopped off something there bottom right (mosiac will fix that) I like the composition included the bubble thing top right, would be interesting to zoom in on that, or quite a few things in the field actually. I think youve created an imageing plan image :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Thanks Fred. :thumbsup: Yes plenty chopped around. Will mosaic next.

[TheDecepticon]

Hi Marc! Certainly love the detail and swirly, roundy bits! Great field of view!:)

Did you say mosaic?? Wow, ok, do it!:eyepop:

[Ross G]

Hi Marc,

I love the positive image......so many bubbles and swirls - looks fantatstic!

Ross

[multiweb]

Thanks Gray. :thumbsup: Mosaic it definitely is.



Thanks Ross. :thumbsup: My boy reckons it's a kiwi nebula. Too much twirly wool up there. :P So... just to make sure, it's Mudgee right? :question: ;)

[RobF]

Really REALLY nice work Marc. Looking forward to seeing lots more on this! Was it done with the ED80? Certainly a wonderful field of view.

[multiweb]

Thanks Rob. :thumbsup: No, with the C11 /HyperstarIII which is a fov very close to the ED80, actually a bit wider.

[RobF]

Aha! No wonder it looks so damned good then. Congrats you have the rig working so well! :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Not quite. One more mirror tilt to sort out in Y on my pictures. It is repeatable and consistent so I'll figure it out and it's not the mirror lock. It is obvious on the top or bottom of my pictures. The whole field tilts uniformely.