M16 in Ha with QHY9 and TSA120

[Hagar]

After shooting the Ha for my M17 image I thought I would have a go at M16 just next door.

I managed 7 X 10 minute subs of M16 with QHY9, Baader 7nm Ha filter and Takahashi TSA120 telescope.

I have included a couple of crops to show the detail captured. The first image is full frame.

[h0ughy]

almost makes a person cry - it certainly has the wow factor Doug

[atalas]

Beautiful Doug.

[Mighty_oz]

Yep second that wow, lovely how u processed it to show off the highlights.

[Ross G]

Hi Doug,

So sharp and so much detail.

Nice tones too.

A great photo.

Thanks.

Ross.

[multiweb]

This is quite a treat Doug! I'd be stoked with one like this one. Superb! :thumbsup:

[DavidU]

The second crop is awesome Doug, very clean, a heap of depth. Wonderful work.:thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Thanks David. I just love Ha, It takes very little work to finish off if the data is good to start with.



Thanks Loui.



Thanks it's quite easy to achieve this with straight Ha.



Thanks Ross. It all works as long as you don't push it to hard.



Thanks Marc. Last night was probably the best night here for 12 months but I had to work today so had to cut it short, otherwise I might have had a crack at something else.



Thanks David, one of the nice things about Ha.

[mill]

Very good looking image with good detail mate :thumbsup:
But where do you get these clear night's from ????
C'mon fess up :P
Just clouds and more clouds here, i can't even test the latest beta from the G2 :(

[Hagar]

Thanks Martin, Just a lucky night without cloud for a few hours. Doesn't happen very often I might add so I have to grab it while I can.
I was very happy with this image and how it turned out for so little exposure. I think one of my better images.

[Hagar]

A hard audience. I was quite excited by this one.

[Bassnut]

The 1st pic is excellent Doug, atmospheric. And thanks for makeing me zoom in 200% on the other 2 marginal thumbnails to see anything.

[Hagar]

Sorry Fred

Full frame Hi Res here (http://www.darkskyau.com/cm/displayimage.php?album=27&pos=2)
Crop Here (http://www.darkskyau.com/cm/displayimage.php?pid=329&fullsize=1)

[Bassnut]

Thats much better, remarkably smooth, clean and detailed, top work.

[desler]

Absolutely love the full frame Doug, Smooth and a 3D effect. Really nice work.


Darren

[Octane]

Doug,

Wow, mate. As beautiful as the crops are, I adore the full frame that you've presented here. The hydrogen alpha processing definitely gives a sense of scale. Very, very smooth processing, too. Glad to see you've toned the sharpening down a touch. :)

The only thing I would suggest is if the main attraction was more centred. Other than that, magic. I will have to give this a go with the FSQ and Extender-Q 1.6x.

Cheers!

H

[jjjnettie]

Beautiful work Doug!

[Hagar]

Thanks everyone, I was really happy how this one turned out for a relatively short exposure time. Everything just worked for once.

[TrevorW]

Very well resolved and processed Doug, how do you compare the QHY9 to Atik you had

[Hagar]

Thanks Trevor, Two very different cameras indeed. The Atik was a big full frame 35mm CCD with 9um pixels. The QHY9 is a smaller CCD with much smaller pixels which much better suits my scopes. The QHY9 also has better cooling which suits me during the summer months. I really cannot complain about either camera as they did exactly what they were designed to do and did it well.
I will say that the QHY cameras have evolved into a range of cameras quite able to stand next to many of the much more expensive cameras out there, provide a real cost saving and some features that the others do lack. This at times does make them harder to initially come to grips with but in the end provide some extra features not available to the others such as a variable gain and offset. Usefull at times but can also be set and forgotten as well.
I have seen the QHY range mature and am very happy to use them as my prefered camera. Theo is also something else providing an aftersales service which is hard to beat.

[Lester]

Wonderful views Doug. Good to see someone is getting some clear skies. All the best.

[FranckiM06]

It is beautiful image.
Franck

[gregbradley]

Gee that really is very very sharp.

Greg.

[irwjager]

It think the Hi-Res fullframe is my new favorite M16 - just beautiful Doug!

[Hagar]

Thanks Lester, Just a freak of nature. Not any more though. Cloudy, rainy and just plain horrible.



Thanks Franck.



Thanks Greg, I was very happy with this one.



Thanks Ivo. The full frame Hi res really does set it up beautifully.

[strongmanmike]

Yeh this is a nice Ha Eagle Doug, some great details revealed, the zoom in effect is cool too ;)

MIke

[Hagar]

Thanks Mike Can't get up and personal like Fred with only 900mm of FL.

[beren]

:thumbsup: Superb Doug well done.

[Hagar]

Thanks Beren, I do like Ha. It adds a lot that RGB leaves behind and does look great and you don't have to worry about colour balance at all.