Hi all,
Here's 2 versions of Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070), in LRGB and Ha, that were taken on my first ever 'dark site' excursion. I chose this target in particular because it's an object which I never get to see from my usual spot out on the back lawn. Would really have loved to get more data on both to help smooth them out, but I had to cut everything short to try beat the encroaching clouds! Also when I finally upgrade to PixInsight I'll revisit this and try include some of the Ha data into the LRGB, for at the moment I can't do it with Maxim or Nebulosity ( that I can see).
LRGB details;
L = 12 x 2min (1x1)
RGB = 5 x 2min (2x2) for each filter
Ha is 11 x 5min
GSO RC 6", Atik 383L on Az EQ6, captured with SGP with processing in Maxim and Nebulosity 3.
Larger version can be found here
http://www.astrobin.com/138827/ for LRGB and here for
http://www.astrobin.com/138829/ H-Alpha
I've added a pic of my rig because I know how much people love a bit of scope porn
Cheers and thanks for looking!
Chris