M8 Lagoon with 8" F4

[astronobob]

Hi all,
Another target from Leyburn, The Orion 8" F4 with a borrowed MPCC, The Collimation was a bit off at this stage, Was just great being in amongst it again actually, minor technicals didnt really set in untill the last few nights of a 5 days astro feast : ) They have been few & far ? ?

Image stats = Stock 600D, 12 x 120sec, RegistaX & CS3 & hope it worth the squizz :thumbsup:

Link to 1500px 500kb or somethin around there, ho )
http://astrobin.com/full/12110/?mod=none

[Lester]

I like that a Lot Bob. Top view. All the best.

[jjjnettie]

:) Top shot Bob.

[Cosmic]

That's some nice work Bob. :thumbsup:

[jenchris]

Neat colours -

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi Bob,

Great colours you achieved in that image, and glad to see you have things sorted.
Look forward to your next image.

Cheers,

Justin.

[stevous67]

It's a very nice M8! Nice colour scheme. It's one of those things about astrophotography that we can be creative on how an object looks.

Steve

[RickS]

Yes, great looking Lagoon, Bob!

[naskies]

Great colours, Bob!

Is it just me, or do the stars look a little strangely-shaped on the large version?

[2stroke]

Same here tracking or stacking problem or a dodgey shot being put into the stacking. dam nice colors :thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Glad you like Lester, all the best u2


TY jjj, trying to adjust framing for compositon before the Image run


Thanx Daniel, quite enjoyed processing this Neb, a brightish subject and some semi solid data made life easier !


Cheers Jenny, it what I call "The Unmodded Dslr Palette" :P


Cheers also Justing and thanx for your advice earlier on CC's, these scope are in desperate need of the right one , , Yep !


TY Steve and totally agree, like the falsely coloured Blue star spikes in it, uh oh, cats out da bag and could be dangerous : )


Hey thanx Rick ! !


TY Dave, & yes, stars not great due to a few possible things, Collimation was a smidge off (teardrop stars) & may have effected stacking somewhat ? and/ or other as Jay mentions below !


Thanx also for your comment Jay, Tracking/guiding I can probably rule out, more likely a dodgy stack and/or the fact of Collimation ? ? My allignment star was in the brighter neb area and the stars @ top left frame seem to be the worse on the full file, so some scrutiny needed, maybe ?
'Ave A 'Appy , ,

[2stroke]

Yer kind of looks like something got into the stack, maybe a bit of PE, guess you would have to go through the shots and weed out the offender. Dam nice work all the same and take what i say with a grain of salt, my experience isn't as vast as others.

[astronobob]

Alls good Jay, I just checked the frames and they all have weird shaped stars from Collimation off slightly, Focus a smidge out, and the Coma Correcter I borrowed was Not doing the job 100% !
All soughted, thanx !