Ngc 2070

[jjjnettie]

Tarantula Nebula ( NGC 2070 )
Imaged from my back yard 3rd Oct 2011.
10 x 8 minute subs, stacked in DSS and processed in CS3
Camera....Canon 550D (unmodded) @ ISO 400
Scope....ED80
Mount....HEQ5Pro

Focus is a little soft, and I'm struggling with the colour balance. I put that down to tiredness. We've been lucky with the skies of late so I've been on the night shift. :) yawnnnnnssss
But, it's the best I've taken of this object so far, so thought it warranted a post. :D

[WingnutR32]

I like it JJJ. Personally couldn't tell the colours off from my own experience, since I've only managed to see about 30 seconds of NGC 2070 through an OIII filter.

[RickS]

Nice detail, JJJ! I expect it's difficult to get good colour on this area with an unmodded DSLR.

[Tom Davis]

Big spider!!! Beautiful!

Tom

[jjjnettie]

I'm torn Rick.
One part of me wouldn't mind modding this camera, then buy another body for day work.
But I should really take that step up and buy a ccd camera.
I do love the simplicity of capturing with a DSLR though. No dramas or complications.
Or am I just wussing out because of the CCD learning curve??
ohhhhh, might just have a nana nap and sleep on it. LOL

[TheDecepticon]

Good effort on this! I personally avoid imaging this and the surrounding area, it never looks tidy! :question:

[RickS]

Get a mono CCD then you can spend many late (cloudy) nights trying to figure out how to successfully blend Ha into LRGB. Don't ask me how I know ;)

[marco]

Nice one JJJ, pity that with unmodded cameras it's almost impossible to get a decent red response! Are you planning to modify it? That would boost a lot the overall response..

Clear Skies
Marco

[mill]

Looking good jjj, no burnout at all :thumbsup:
Go mono it is set and forget :P

[peter_4059]

Nice going JJJ - I've always found it difficult to get a good image of the spider.

[jjjnettie]

I might invest in some coloured pencils and take up sketching instead.

[John Hothersall]

Tarantula shows quite beautiful structure, faint nebulosity all around.

John.

[Paul Haese]

When you get that camera we were talking about JJJ, you will get more detail and better colour rendering. That said, this is pretty tidy really. It is a tough area as Gray said. I always find the area has so many stars the fainter ones look like noise to me. Worth a challenge though and hence why did the 2032 and others image. Keep at it JJJ. :)

[apaulo]

Hi JJ

I reckon this object is really hard to capture without blowing out the core. I can really look into the centre of this nebula and see deep into it's core well done!

Regards Paul. :)

[jjjnettie]

"Shadows and Highlights" is one of the best tools in Photoshop. :)

[spacezebra]

Brilliant JJJ

Cheers Petra d.

[strongmanmike]

Well you used it quite well then :thumbsup:...the use of this filter is often obvious but not here.

Can you not use PS or other to accentuate the colours a little?

Overall a tidy image and well worth the effort.

Mike

[jjjnettie]

I twied, I really did twy to get the colour working for me. :(

re shadows/highlights.... less is more, like most of our processing tools. It's always tempting to push the data just a little bit more, then boom, you've introduced undesirable artefacts in other regions of the image.
It's a balancing act isn't it. LOL

Looking forward to finally meeting you in just a few weeks time. :D