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Originally Posted by Garyh
Woaha! that`s a beauty Mike, Don`t think I have seen such a closeup!
Was it easy to frame being so faint? I remember doing it some time back with the TV and I couldn`t even see it on a sub with the DSLR!
cheers Gary
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Thanks Gary, glad you liked it. I guess that is teh difference between DSLR's and CCD's I just binned my pixels 3X3 for the framing and used 10sec exposures and it showed up nicely, noisy but I could see it all
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Originally Posted by leon
Yes I have to agree, a great effort, and very well captured.
leon
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Thanks Leon, I was very surprised it came out even this well, had the conditions been more acceptable it would have been quite a fine structured vista I recon..? Somehow a few background galaxies still showed up though.
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Originally Posted by Hagar
Lovely image with so much nebula visible. So faint a nebula would be a real pain to capture or at least process with out blowing the stars away and lifting the grain in the image. The fine detail stands out so well considering the conditions you were in. Must be very dark up there. I hope Lostock is similar.
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Actually this was one of my easier processing efforts Doug
the faintness helps in not blowing out any bright bits in the nebula..because there are3n't any
and the stars in the field aren't bright either. The seeing and wind would have affected the fine resolution for sure so I would love to do it again in better conditions, I recon the difference would be pretty obvious.
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Originally Posted by winensky
Definately a dark sky object. You must have avery good knowledge of the star field to have framed it so well. A real beauty.
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Oh I know roughly where it is Matt but the goto, after aligning on Rigel, put her nose right in the middle of the frame really. I just binned the framing shots so she showed up quite ok, I only kept imaging out of imaging addiction and withdrawals really but I'm glad I persevered, as an object it looks quite nice I think, even in amazingly bad conditions?
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Originally Posted by Matty P
WOW!! Once again a fine image Mike. 
You have done an amazing job of capturing this illusive nebula.
I just spent a couple of minutes viewing the Hi-Res version. Stunning!
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You are welcome Matt
it's a nice vista huh? and a bit different really, the Witchhead isn't imaged up close like this often, I was pretty pleased that I could fit her whole face in
Mike