The Fighting Dragons of Ara - NGC 6188
Oblivious to their surroundings, locked in perpetual combat, Godzilla and Monster X fight their eternal battle to the death under the stars of Ara.
I've always loved this extraordinary DSO and have desperately wanted to achieve some kind of a result, but I've have had to wait until now to have a real go at it. Starting initially at 2am after it clears a big tree next door, this is 5 nights data captured with the QSI wsg8 and 5mn Astrodons from my light polluted suburban backyard.
Processed in Nebulosity, Startools, PS & Nik filters -took a while. I have sacrificed a little noise to keep as much detail as possible - and as always, it could probably use more data to smooth it out further
Note to self - do something about learning how to plate solve on a mac, it's hard work lining this up each time!
Tricolour NB image - Hubble palatte (ish)
Ha 3 hrs 900 sec subs
S2 4 hrs 900 sec subs
O3 4 Hrs 900 sec subs
RGB stars
Photographed over 5 nights from backyard Melbourne, Australia
(Updated) High res here -
http://www.astrobin.com/164638/B/
Comments, constructive criticism welcome - thanks for looking.
Andy