Monoceros & Carina 100mm Ha widefields

[multiweb]

Here's my two shots from the other night. The moon turned out to be a real nuisance for the cone/rosette shot. Carina was good but I got only one 20min sub and the guiding was very average on it.

I uploaded larger versions here (https://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6RIMGzWlSvqmGir4HBhJeDo6tOG7UaLT bL_R8o7E4YxXOfstu6dJP0B4r1ooWNb6qBQ 4D_gpU6Y1yKwbdzRE_g/carina_ha_ff.jpg?psid=1)and here (https://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8nx7QNvqFDoJGLVqQP1tpjjAx82FZtah k-DSx0vzUxGvpSJgSrvMYMgTVGvtqelNmZ0Js uCcliS4ufTY-znjpg/monoceros_ff.jpg?psid=1).
It was still good to get out. Beautiful night. :)

[Mighty_oz]

That rosette looks great, how many subs did u use ?

[strongmanmike]

Can't imagine why you would have tried the Rosette :question: if it was Sat night the moon would have almost been in the same field of view :lol:

A crop of the main nebulae from the Eta frame would look good I recon.

MIke

[multiweb]

Thanks Marcus :thumbsup: I used 7x600s & 9x1200s.


Yeah I know. But I really wanted to have a shot at it. Call me optimist. I stopped after the first sub on Eta. Looks ok in the context of the widefield which is what I wanted to capture but up close is a shocker. Next time I'll rotate the frame 90 degrees and get the chook in there as well.

[gregbradley]

They turned out pretty good despite the difficulties of the moon.

Greg.

[multiweb]

Thanks Greg. :thumbsup: Yeah I've seen worse... sort of :P Anyway it was still a good night and I had fun. :)

[atalas]

Very nice work Marc...glad you got out imaging.

[Star Catcher]

I like those images, nice work Marc despite the moon.

Ted

[multiweb]

Thanks Louie :thumbsup: Yeah it had been a while.


Thanks for looking Ted. :thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Lovely fields there. What's the 100mm lens? Pentax IIRC? Looks good.

[TrevorW]

At least you were out there Marc

[multiweb]

Thanks Troy. The lens is a 100mm Pentax SMC F2.8 .


Yep - no pain no gain eh? ;)

[Ross G]

Hi Marc,

Two great mono photos.

You have brought out so much detail.

Ross.

[multiweb]

Thanks mate - see you tomorrow. :thumbsup:

[Fabiomax]

Good job, the wide field is always beautiful and these pictures represent it well!
Bye,
Fabiomax

[Saturnine]

Really love the Eta widefield, 100mm seems to frame the area nicely, now to play spot the dso. To quote a line from Dickens " Can we have some more please " . Excellent work.

KInd Regards

Jeff

[multiweb]

Thanks a lot mate. :thumbsup:



Thanks Jeff :thumbsup: Will update the post when I manage to platesolve it.

[marco]

Both images extremely nice Marc, these narrowband filters are a real blessing on moonlight nights..

Clear skies
Marco

[multiweb]

Thanks again Marco. :thumbsup: If it wasn't for Ha I wouldn't be imaging at all. The weather has been too unpredicatble to justify a long week-end drive for a long while now and the light pollution from my backyard has reached a level where there is absolutely no point trying anything in color. Even Oiii suffers from light gradients at home. That's how bad it's become.