Swampy right foot from Astrofest 2012

[h0ughy]

Well this is my first go at this one - only got just over 2h worth of data with cooled Canon 40D and a york 80mm scope. its not a perfect scope - has a fringe (needs a haircut)

Processed in pixinsight - slight crop because of some rotation - which i noticed during the imaging run and adjusted the drift alignment the following night.

So its my version of a M8 swampy right foot - its not perfect but its mine ;)


EDIT - REPRO ADDED TO KEEP SANITY:D

[jjjnettie]

:) It's a tight fit in the FOV isn't it.
The background could use a run through with HLVG, then I reckon it will be a cracker of a shot.
I don't think you'll get better than that using an 80mm Dave. Well done. :D

[alpal]

I agree - a nice shot but I don't think David has Photoshop.
It needs a star mask to stop burning out the stars
& also get rid of the slight green cast.
It's hard to do that without Photoshop.
Anyway - well done.

[Tandum]

You almost got it all Dave. Looks good.
HLVG won't do it, Blue has been clipped off. Fix that first.
Some sort of reduce star size / blue stars type action clipped the blue maybe?

[h0ughy]

Repro added to original post

[h0ughy]

na just me being stupid while tired:lol:

[strongmanmike]

I see the foot but it's a Left Foot?...then again depends how you look at it I guess.

Nice result Dave

Mike

[h0ughy]

your left foot must be slightly distorted Mike:rofl: the big toe is at the top and the smaller one at the bottom:P

now if it were mirrored it would look leftish:rofl:

[strongmanmike]

Well, I was seeing it as a footprint so the curve of the arch print is that of a left foot and which side has the big toe is rather vague.

Mike

[DavidTrap]

I like the colour and dynamic range of the first one. I'll admit it's more "clipped", but there's better contrast in the centre of the nebula.

DT

[strongmanmike]

OK.... it's an ambidextrous foot :P

[h0ughy]

we will go with that:rofl::thumbsup:

[peter_4059]

Nice capture Dave. I'm with Mike - looks like a left foot to me!

[RB]

What's the FOV of the scope?
About a foot??
:lol:

Nice image Dave.
Repro is good. :thumbsup:

:)