Centaurus A and Lagoon

rumples riot · #1 07-05-2005, 11:15 AM

Very long night last night. Skies were finally clear, but was not able to get M104. However I did get Centaurus A and the lagoon

Centaurus A
25.5 Minutes at ISO 1250
LX200 10"

Lagoon Nebula
41 minutes at ISO 1250
Orion ED80

Camera Nikon D70

Comments Welcome

rumples riot · #2 07-05-2005, 11:16 AM

Now for Lagoon

Brendan · #3 07-05-2005, 12:26 PM

nice shots paul,
now if only the weather gods will part the clouds for tonight all will be right in the world.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #4 07-05-2005, 12:49 PM

very long expoures..you went really deep, and nice results

rumples riot · #5 07-05-2005, 01:19 PM

I rotated the image of the Lagoon to show it as we commonly see it presented. Tell me which you like

atalas · #6 07-05-2005, 01:31 PM

Nice work again Paul !

Louie

ving (David) · #7 07-05-2005, 04:49 PM

excelent work paul! cent a looks great! you got some nice colour in it

and the lagoon is fantastic

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #8 07-05-2005, 05:52 PM

Great shots paul,
Just being picky now, why the big blobs on the Cent A pic? Focus?

rumples riot · #9 07-05-2005, 06:19 PM

Yeah focus was not spot on. I spent some time just looking at the image and thought it was right and did a test shot but the the spikes were not as long as previously. Its ok to be picky on that shot, I knew that it was not the best. I will do another run of it another night.

Tonight I am going for either M104 again with many images near 45minutes or M83 with something similar.

Thanks for the comments though chaps, really appreciated.

trufflehunter (Wayne Robinson) · #10 07-05-2005, 06:40 PM

Hey Paul, great shots! 25.5 and 41 minutes on the Nikon D70! How long did the NR routine take, out of curiosity?

rumples riot · #11 07-05-2005, 06:49 PM

Truffle, those times are combined image times of shorter images. I think 17 images for Centaurus A and 23 for Lagoon. Did mean to mislead.