M20

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Taken with William Optics ZS110 and QSI 540. About an hour total exposure.
Geoff

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Was that taken while the nasty old moon was lurking so close by?

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

No, it was during new moon.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Otherwise I was going to ask your secret to combating extreme moon glow.
Nice piccy by the way.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nice Geoff. You got some interesting nebulosity at the bottom right of the frame too. Great processing too. One of your best I reckon.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Thanks Marc. Now if I can only fix up the tracking on my G8.....

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Good shot Geoff - colours look a bit muted compared to some other M20 images, but I like it! Plenty of detail there, looks well tracked too.

Dave

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Geoff, Shows a nice amount of the surounding star field and nebulosity.

Well done.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

I like the sharpness of the stars - which are plentiful in this shot!

[RobF (Rob)]

Top shot Geoff!
I'm fascinated by the red wispy nebulosity you've brought out at the bottom of the field too, but the Triffid has a very pleasing aspect. Plenty of milky way stars too.

[Paul Haese]

Very nice image. I am interested in the your subs duration and did you use luminance? I have a QSI too and while my telescope is a different optical design I am interested in your thoughts. I really like mine but have found the off axis guider a little bit of a challenge.

Colour is great and processing is superb.

[spearo (Frank)]

nice work,

well done
frank

[gregbradley]

Very nice shot. Lovely colour and great stars.

That bit of "nebulosity" bottom right is more likely a reflection of some sort. Is there a bright star just outside the frame there?

You must be happy with this one.

Greg.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Very nice image. I am interested in the your subs duration and did you use luminance? I have a QSI too and while my telescope is a different optical design I am interested in your thoughts. I really like mine but have found the off axis guider a little bit of a challenge.

Colour is great and processing is superb.

I used 5 min subs. I would like to go longer, but I'm having tracking issues. I always use some luminance frames, usually of the same total length as the colours. I calibrate, stack and (usually) make the colour image in CCDStack, but combine the RGB and L in Photoshop. The off-axis guider with the Orion Starshoot usually picks up a star, but occasionally I have to search for one. Getting the guide camera and main camera to focus simultaneously was a bit of a fiddly business, but once done it's done for life.
Geoff

[Paul Haese]

Ah thanks for that Geoff. Yeah that off axis guider can be a little tricky to get working. Slowly getting mine sorted. This is superb for 5 minute subs. Certainly wonderful colouring. I will be using CCDstack too, but incorporating L in there too.

Thanks for the information.