Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex & Friends LRGB

[wysiwyg]

Well its been an awesome week for imaging, no moon, clear skies and awesome seeing!

I finally got around to imaging something I wanted to image for a very long time. I have always enjoyed looking at other peoples renditions of this object and I absolutely love the vast number of colours it has to offer.
I hope I have done it justice.

This image is comprised of (3:1.5:1.5:1.5) LRGB (5 minute subs)

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex - Large (http://www.pbase.com/wysinwyg/image/142278754/large)

Thanks for Looking!

[Mighty_oz]

Looks nice Mark :) But u got a lot of tilt there on that pic the left is out a bit, love the combo of FSQ and 1100k cameras.

[wysiwyg]

Thanks, yes the tilt is there unfortunately. The culprit is the Takahashi CAA. I have tried to tighten the CAA screws but to no avail, still there is slop.
The CAA unfortunately cannot handle the weight of the STL+8CFW+Clement Focuser no matter how much you tighten those screws.
I use the TAKometer with the CAA for rotation and I have finally decided to remove the CAA completely and replace it with a Pyxis 3" rotator.
That will have to wait for the next maintenance trip to Arkaroola :)
Until then, tilt it is :)

Cheers
Mark

[Mighty_oz]

Yeah that's their only weakness i can see for these tak's.

[jjjnettie]

Totally delicious!!

[trent_julie]

Beautiful!

[Lester]

Good to see you back imaging again Mark. Wonderful view.

[wysiwyg]

Thanks Jeanette!



Thanks Julie!



Cheers mate, yes its good to have some time to do this thing people call imaging :)

[Paul Haese]

Lovely looking image Mark. Great colours and nice fine detail showing through. Perhaps as a suggestion reduce the image to around 1800 pixels wide. That gives a really nice scale and overall perception of the view.

[iceman]

Beautiful image Mark, really nice.

Agree with Paul, I'd like to see a version between the small (large) and original. Something I can fill the screen with without having to scroll around.

[Peter.M]

I usually just load the largest image that is available and right click on it and click "view image", that way I can see all of it and if there is any region of interest I can zoom in on it. Alternatively holding control down while scrolling will adjust the web browsers zoom.

[wysiwyg]

Thanks Guys!

[Ross G]

Great photo Mark.

Amazing colours.


Ross.

[strongmanmike]

Yeh this is a top shot Mark nice and sharp and multiple globs too, bonus.

You could experiment with colours a tad more maybe :question:... but it's still great :thumbsup:

Mike

[wysiwyg]

Thanks Ross :)



Thanks Mike!
I have really enjoyed processing this object as it offers so many possibilities.
To improve it i am going to add some star colours by taking some shorter subs.

[TrevorW]

well done Mark

[rcheshire]

Brilliant Mark. Very nicely done.

[wysiwyg]

Thanks Trevor, Rowland :thumbsup:

[LucasB]

Love this area. Beautiful shot - well captured and processed.:thumbsup:
Lucas

[multiweb]

Beautiful shot. Love it. :thumbsup: