[RB (Andrew)]

Many thanks everyone, glad you enjoyed.
I'm quite chuffed with this one, well worth the effort.

Originally Posted by toryglen-boy

Excellent RB, especially for how far it climbs, i used to view it from Glasgow, almsot overhead, so i daresay here, it just peeps above the horizon.

Yep your not wrong Duncan, it transits at just under 20 deg to the north.
Quite low and I'm lucky to have a clear view to the north.
Here's another one I did that is even lower in the north, M31 at only 9 deg.

http://www.iimagespace.com/page/ds/m31.htm

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That has to be the best Veil I have seen taken from the Southern Hemisphere. Amazing.

Only minor comment is the red in the neb looks like it has a tad too much orange in it.

Stars are perfect and you don't seem to have suffered from it being low on the horizon.

Imaged from a tripod? This would be below my observatory walls I am pretty sure.

Greg.

Cheers Greg,
I was expecting the reds to be more subtle too as that's what I'm used to seeing in other images. They turned out a little more bolder and as you say have a bit of orange.
I think it's to do with the amount of exposure that's really brought out those hues through the 20Da.

Originally Posted by matt

Very nice, Andrew.

Just a minor issue: What do you think's causing the orange halos around many of the stars?

Thanks Matt, as I mentioned in my first post the seeing was below average and considering it is so low in the north and 6 hours on a DSLR, I expect a little bit of a halo effect.
I didn't want to apply any minimisation routine to the stars so that's how I left it.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yep have to agree with Greg here, excellent shot.

You have mastered your DSLR mate (the brilliant scope helps too ) , makes me want one...are there many Canon 20Da's around? How much do they go for when they are available?

Mike

Cheers Mike, not sure how much the 20Da's go for now, they are rare I think.
I must say though if anyone is in the market for an astro DSLR, you are better off with a 40D or higher and getting it modded as these new models now have 14 bit colour depth.

Originally Posted by dugnsuz

6 hours eh!? You're throwing down the gauntlet to one and all there Andrew.

Can't wait to get home and check this out on my 24" iMac - my PC monitor at work isn't doing this justice I reckon.

Few of the larger red stars look a bit bloated as you've said - but the colours in the Veil are stunning.

Sweet!!
Doug

Onya Dougie !
Yeah mate 6 hours over two nights, I wanted to give this one my best shot.

I love viewing all these images on my 24" screen, and it's worth posting in a larger size since you get so much more detail coming through.
I'm starting to post my images at 1440px as it's probably a good average size people view them in on their monitors, especially considering that now larger screens are becoming more affordable.
I also recommend to anyone that wants to display images to use a dedicated site to host images on, as you and I do and a lot of others here do, since you loose so much detail trying to downsize to forum restrictions.


Many thanks once again.