m20

[jjjnettie]

25x5min
ED80 and Canon 550D @ ISO 400
Words cannot express how happy I am with this. :D

Just added a saturated version. ;)

[batema]

As you should be JJJ. Great image.

[spearo]

very nice
perfectly round stars too!
well done
frank

[mswhin63]

Very nice JJJ getting the job done quickly as well. Well done :thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

rocking my world JJJ,

Smooth as a baby's b.........

Take a bow...

Awesome

Cheers

Chris

[peter_4059]

I can see why you are happy with that. Was it unguided also? Stars look great!

[adman]

There is such a huge difference in the noise from the 550D at different temps. My sensor generally sits at about 10 degrees above ambient during an imaging run - so the last few nights it has been 25-26 degrees - but during summer is more like 37-38 degrees. The noise is much easier to deal with at the lower temp.

I will dig up some darks and post them.

That is a cracker of an image by the way :thumbsup:!

Adam

[Saturn%5]

Very well done keep em coming.

[multiweb]

Great close up. Real nice details. :thumbsup:

[ChrisM]

Great work JJJ. Your efforts have paid off.

Chris

[jjjnettie]

Thanks guys. I'll work on this one again today, see if I can give it some more contrast.

[CoolhandJo]

Wow. Like that. Noise under control, detail great, framing good, stars nice depth. Gotta be happy with 550 now.?

[[1ponders]]

Guess who can stack RAWs now :D. Now you've done it to yourself. Really set the standard. Fantastic shot Nettie. I agree you have handled the noise really well. Excellent detail. What process did you use to sharpen? It looks to have done a nice job.

[DavidU]

Wow ! Nice one.

[jjjnettie]

She didn't give in without a fight though, did she Paul.
My colt didn't give me this much curry when I broke him in.
But stubbornness pays off. Makes the victory all the sweeter I think. ;)
:rofl:

[ving]

and so you shoul be happy. this is the type of stuff i am hoping to eventually do once i sell my scope and get an ed80.

i cant stack raws at teh moment tho, only tiffs. but i dont have the lastest DSS

[asimov]

25X5 is a good noise kill ratio. Well done JJJ. I like the way you have refrained from hitting the 'lets go nuts with the saturation here!' button.

Great stuff.

[jjjnettie]

more saturation = more noise
It looks pretty in pastel. :D

[Hagar]

Very nice JJ, you have captured a lot of the bouter nebulosity considering the short subs. Looks like this camera will be OK after all......................... That has to be one less worry.

Keep them coming.

[Paul Haese]

Looks pretty nice JJJ. Colour could be a little more saturated, but not too much of course.

Stars look generally good with good colour and pretty reasonable shape.

I like the image scale of the first image, and am not keen on the second, some minor problem spoil the look of that image. I would like to see another 2 to 3 hours of data on it. Then boosting saturation will prevent noise. Certainly one of your best to date. I am really looking forward to seeing more of your images. :thumbsup:

[adman]

Here you go:

I didn't have any 300 second darks at the same ISO - but this is a useful comparison anyway.

1st image: 300 seconds, 400iso, 38 degrees
2nd image: 300 seconds, 800iso, 26 degrees

these are 300x300 pixel crops from the upper left of frame

Adam

[Octane]

Wow, babez. That is your best effort yet. Top stuff!

What did you have to do to get DSS/RAWs to play nice?

H

[renormalised]

H, the latest version of DSS can handle RAW files a lot better than the previous versions.

[jjjnettie]

Adman put me on to DSS 3.3.3 beta. :)
Glad you like the image H.
I've got 7 months of lost time to catch up on now. :lol:

[Cosmic]

Beautiful target, and a terrific result. Well done.

[Stevec35]

Excellent! Colours and stars look just about perfect.

Cheers

Steve

[Ross G]

Excellent photo.

One of the best M20s I have seen from a DSLR

Sharpness , colour and tones near perfect.


Ross.