Dusty Ophiucus

[marco]

Hi all, here is a small postcard from this fascinating wide field around the snake nebula:

http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_YtYhj#1252716720_hzRdg8f-X3-LB

This image cover almost the same FOV of plate 20 of the original Barnard Catalog and this whole area is full of dark nebulae. here is the link to the catalog chart: http://www.library.gatech.edu/Barnard_Project_W/chart/Bar-pt2-cht020_sm.jpg)

As usual from Coonabarabran, RGB, only 30mins per channel (this image was done just as test but this field turned out to be quite pretty, so decided to process the image). Other tech data on the image

Hope you will like it
Clear Skies
Marco

[Leonardo70]

:eyepop:

Marco ... if you find one jaw, under the FLI, when you go over there should be mine, put it aside that I come to take !!!!!

The best photos are when you least expect it ....30 min .... coming for me from heaven ... :thumbsup: congratulations.

Hello,
Leo

[alan meehan]

WOW Marco what a test shot ,lots of dust in there
AL

[TrevorW]

All that glitters is not gold

thats a lot of detail for 30 minutes per channel

[multiweb]

:eyepop: Second jaw drop! Amazing. Love those golden fields with blue stars. Looks like diamonds in the sand. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Did a shot on M7 (http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbuzyxW3iynU2epsXF3KGa7jTHNk5ke_e NV29SWNuz4pdJaG8Eaqz6tVgvg8w44isy2Z nG6blx0-z2ptTBRyktg/M7_ff.jpg?psid=1)a while ago from Ilford but not even close to this even with a lot more integration time. Gotta love Coona. Shame it's such a long drive for us Sydney siders. Top work! :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Beauty is often most revealed in simplicity.

Your Coonabarabran images are becoming a force in the Astroimaging World Marco, hooray for little camera lenses, viva la wide field woose :thumbsup: :lol:

Mike

[suma126]

great work well done. ive have to give this ago one day

[leon]

Top image indeed, so many Stars and dust in that one, well done.

Leon

[atalas]

That looks awesome! would love to see a higher res image....would appreciate the contrast more that way.

[astroron]

Lovely image.
Thanks for shareing.
Cheers

[John Hothersall]

Just WOW at the detail, not dust its wonderful glitter.

John.

[Peter Ward]

On the cool scale...sub zero

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Stevec35]

Very nice indeed. A beautiful image exceptionally well processed.

Cheers

Steve

[trent_julie]

Well done!

[marco]

:rofl:Thanks Leo, I will look carefully than next time I m down there ;)
You are right, I didn't expect much from this shot but somehow these wide fields in the milky way turns out pretty even if there are not so prominent subjects in the FOV



Thanks Alan :)



Thanks Trevor, actually 30 mins are too little and on the shadows this is quite evident. Luckly the sky in Coona helps a lot..



Thanks for your nice comment Marc, I will pay attention to not mix your jaw with the one of Leo than.. :lol: Coona is indeed a looong way to go from Sidney, 7 to 8 hours, but believe u guys don't need to travel that long to find excellent skies:driving:



Thanks Mike, this is a great compliment from a master like you :thanx:



Thanks Shane




Thank you Leon



Thanks Louie. Well, this is the biggest standard res that smugmug permits me to upload, however I am still trying to check if can upload as standard XL up to 2000 pixel per side..



Thanks Ron




Thanks John, now my website name seems quite appropriate :P



Thanks Peter!



Thanks Steve, actually processing this "simple" image took me a very long time, could not find any result that pleased me for at least 4 or 5 versions..:bashcomp:




Thanks Julie

Marco

[Phil Hart]

I'll second that. This setup is *really* delivering the goods! Mind you the 6*7 300mm is not that 'little' ;).. and it's very hard to find too!

Phil

[SkyViking]

That's a great image, it really shows off all the details of this area. The snake looks beautiful and those blue giants gives a nice contrast to the dusty background.

[iceman]

Wow, that's an incredible image.

I'm loving your work Marco!

[Octane]

Marco,

Stunning!

This was one of the first regions I photographed when I got my FSQ-106N; my version was rotated 90 degrees to the right.

The little dusty nebulae really stand out so proud amongst all that sparkling sand.

Excellent work, as per the norm! :)

H

[gregbradley]

Your image shows a lot of vitality for such short exposure time.

Very nice. This area is a bit tricky to image and have it come out interesting. Something your image has achieved well.

Yes the Pentax 67 300mm EDIF is a rare lens. I have the non-ED which is easy to get for about $300. I haven't used it yet except for terrestial and it seemed fine for that. I need an adapter from Precise Parts.
You can get a 67 to Canon or Nikon adapter on ebay for about $65. I am told the non-ED suffers a bit from false colour but would be fine for narrowband.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

4 or 5 times :eyepop:you are but a reprocessing minow :lol:...which is brobably a good thing and an illustration of your high skill level :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickC]

Marco
that is a fantastic image of a favourite area of mine
thanks for sharing

cheers
Richard

[marc4darkskies]

A sparkling image Marco!

Cheers, Marcus

[h0ughy]

great image - pool room material

[marco]

Thanks Phil, yes, I was lucky to find one of these lens on sales a couple years ago :)



Thanks Rolf :)



Thanks to you Mike :)



Thanks H, this was also one of the first area I pictured with this lens, just always left the frames apart waiting for time to process (and re-process..)



Thanks Greg, considering the short exposure I was also a bit surprised by the amount of signal..



Thanks again Mike, in reality I am quite stubborn when it comes to image processing :D



Thanks Richard



Thanks Marcus



Thanks David, need to look for a second hand pool than :P

Clear Skies
Marco