Swan Nebula.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,

Here's my last image from last friday night, M17.

There's only 30 minutes of data on this one, as I was a bit tired. I'm suprised how much detail there is though, anyway you be the judge.

Telescope 8” f/4 astrograph on a HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Unmodded Canon 1100D at ISO 800.
6 x 300 sec subs ISO 800.
5 dark frames, 5 flat frames and 5 bias.
Stacked in DSS and post process in Phototshop.
Cheers,

Justin.

[TrevorW]

Nicely done for just 30 minutes Justin just check the stretching as you have some dark halo's around some stars and a couple of dust motes as well

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Very sweet for the amount of exposure.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That is indeed very nice Justin. Your best shot to date IMO. Well done.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Nice colour for an unmodded DSLR. Detail is good too.
Geoff

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Thanks guy's!

Can't wait to get some more data to see what else comes out.

Cheers,

Justin.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Unmodded DSLR? That is very good indeed Justin, you got a remarcable color balance of this object, well done!

Clear skies
Marco

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

I agree with Marco, nice colour balance there Justin

Mike

[LucasB (Lucas)]

Very nice shooting for limited exposure, Justin. Really like your star colours!
Lucas

[Martin Pugh]

Actually, a very impressive image given the exposure and camera used.

Martin

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by marco

Unmodded DSLR? That is very good indeed Justin, you got a remarcable color balance of this object, well done!

Clear skies
Marco

Thanks Marco, Mike, Lucas and Martin.

Hi marco, the 1100D seems to perform quite well colour wise, although I do play around with colour settings in photo shop quite a bit.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Lester]

Very nice image Justin with a heap of outer faint nebulosity showing up well. Amazing.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Thanks Lester,

I'm still amazed what the 1100D can do,and of course nice dark skies.

Cheers,

Justin.