[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by JA

Lee that's a fantastic Image. Hi Res is .... I don't really see any downside regarding the paucity of data you mentioned.

Best
JA

Thanks JA :-) Carina's a pretty bright area, combined with the low noise and my dark skies it's easy to do a decent job of it, I just expected to need a couple more hours. Now the processing is the hard part...

Originally Posted by Flugel88

Lovely deep colours

Thanks Michael :-)

Originally Posted by RobF

Wow Lee, that's one smooth image. The smoothness and detail is such that I'd have happily believed it was from a 10 or 12" scope if that's what Astrobin had said.

You've done well seeing stars through recent weather too BTW.

Thanks Rob :-) Yeah, the Esprit is a cracker. Only down side is that it does so well it occasionally has me contemplating a bigger scope...

Originally Posted by multiweb

+1 The high-res is superb. Very detailed. Nicely processed too.

Thanks very much Marc :-)

Originally Posted by RickS

Great detail, Lee

Thanks Rick!

Originally Posted by Placidus

Excellent result, especially for the time available. Very nicely processed.
All our favourite tiny details are there, in a very wide field.

Thanks Mike! I thought of you guys as I was processing this one; I tend to go with a more orange palette but this one's closer to what you guys typically do, a more natural SHO.

Originally Posted by Octane

Les,

That is simply outstanding.

Beautiful processing, and, your choice in composition lends itself to an air of mystery.

A refreshing take on an old favourite.

Well done.

H

Thanks very much H, appreciate the kind words! :-)

Originally Posted by DJScotty

Very nice Lee, given the issues you are encountering and limited data.
Impressive. The Esprit looks like a quality piece(s) of glass!

Thanks Scott! The Esprit definitely has nice glass that's for sure.

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

In my experiments, I've not seen a significant deviation in the darks going deeper from -10C but each camera may be different.

Cheers Dunk. I haven't actually measured the dark signal at -10C so it may well be insignificant, lower is always better though it's just a matter of how much. Of course it's not better when your sensor freezes up and leaves nice patterns all over your images...