Corona Australis - test only

[strongmanmike]

I wasn't going to post this becasue it was a complete after thought after finishing the Lagoon on Friday morning and it is far from a complete image but I thought it might be interesting to some :).

Corona Australis was sinking low into the west, the seeing was very ordinary to poor and the light polution was bad..but you know how it is at the end of a night you think..?..ummm? what can I just wack off (oi! steady, NO not that!) so I don't waste the last of the night :question:

With a new fast scope and bigger field everything is interesting to try at the moment :thumbsup:...so I thought bah! I'll shoot it anyway...

This is just 8X5min Lum yep, 40min from inner suburban Newcastle, low in the sky and crap seeing :screwy:...So, it's by no means a purler of an image.. but man!! It was just a field framing test and I had no idea that I could reveal this much in next to no exposure :eyepop: :shrug: Needless to say I am hugely excited to try again under a dark and steady sky! :eyepop: This scope is a photon sucker and not as useless under light pollution as I thought it would be with LRGB :)

One thing to note, this was using the very latest Astronomik Lum filter so notice the complete lack of halos around the bright stars, so that's good :thumbsup:

Full frame image (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/136843213/original)

Close Crop (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/136843214/original)

MIke

[multiweb]

Crystal clear. It'll be quite a treat with the color. :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

As surprising as this result is, I don't think I'll bother doing this one iin full LRGB from inner Newcastle, it's ok with bright objects (like the Lagoon) and using narrowband filters while I am here but something like this deserves a dark sky to do it justice :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Yeah that's sensational Mike. Really impressive.

You gonna have to do some travel and take it to the farm.

Greg.

[bokglob]

Wow, 40 mins, thats insane! Puts my 5" photon nibbler to shame:rolleyes:, thats hours worth:lol:

[Paul Haese]

That looks surprisingly like another image I have seen lately.;) It nearly is the same scale and size as my image with the 102 and QSI. I bet you did way less data than I did though. Probably 3 subs?

Would like to see a colour image though.

[strongmanmike]

Yeh this will be one to do from a dark sky.

Paul, as I said in the post it's 8 X 5min Lum...this was a simple point and shoot with no planning, which image were you referring to that it looking like..?

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

40 mins?!!! ... Bah!!! ;) ........... :sadeyes:

Nice work mate! Look forward to the colour!

[strongmanmike]

As I said, I think I'll have a deep crack at this under dark and hopefully slightly steadier skies...can't imagine how she will perform out there :thumbsup:

[pvelez]

Mike

I've been plugging away at this for an hour this evening - to add to 1.5 hours at the weekend. I think I'll just give up and move on after seeing your "test" shot. That's a beauty

Pete

[pvelez]

For comparison, here is mine so far - 7 x 10 minutes. I'm only 7km from the Sydney CBD so the light pollution is not helpful.

Only processing is a quick and dirty digital development in Maxim and a minor tweak with curves and levels in PS.

Pete

[Tom Davis]

Its going to be a stunner!

Good filters.

Tom

[strongmanmike]

I think I'll wait fro darker skies to do it justice and yes the new Astronomik Lum filter is Haloless with my image train :thumbsup:

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Sorry too busy not reading thoroughly. :sadeyes:

I meant mine. Similar image scale that's all. My little scope and QSI combo presents a simlar image scale to your monster scope and 16803. :)