Cats Paw NGC6334 LRGB

[peter_4059]

Finally some clear dry nights up here in Brisbane! Managed to get some LRGB of the cats paw with with the QSI683 over a couple of nights.

I've been experimenting with Sequence Generator Pro and I was so impressed I've bought a license. If you are using a monochrome camera and a filter wheel and don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on Maxim this is definately worth checking out. In particular the plate solving and autofocus functions are great.

I'm still trying to work out how to process LRGB images - this one is 20x5mins of L and 7x5mins each RGB.

As always, comments/advice welcome.

[multiweb]

Wow! Nice blend Peter. Really like that one. The details and focus are top notch. Pretty tight stars too with no ringing. Very well done. :thumbsup:

[allan gould]

+1 for me too. Brilliant, Peter

[DavidTrap]

Very nice effort Troy.

Nice to have a bit of fine weather. The wind died down about midnight last night which helped my guiding no end.

I'll hopefully get some processing done in the next few days. As for your LRGB processing, I think you've made a great start!

Were your RGB subs binned 2x2?

DT

[peter_4059]

Thanks for the feedback. All subs were 1x1 David.

[ozstronomer]

Great shot Peter, colours look good and those stars are really sharp

[atalas]

Wow!looks great....well done Peter.

[RickS]

Nice work, Peter!

[peter_4059]

Cheers Geoff, Louie and Rick. Really looking forward to Astrofest to give it a try under some dark skies.

[RickC]

hi Peter

great deep colour and sharp as well, Im still trying osc, so this lrgb is a bit beyond me, great image

Richard

[cybereye]

Peter,

A nice job on the Cat's Paw!! I especially like how sharp and colourful your stars are, something I need to work on with my images. :thumbsup:

Good luck at Astrofest,

Cheers,
Mario

[troypiggo]

Well done mate! No Ha in this, either?

[Ross G]

Great photo Peter.

Sharp with nice, smooth colours.

Nice composition too.

Ross.