Dark Doodad in Coona

[Ross G]

Hello,

Another photo from my last trip to Coonabarabran, The Dark Doodad in Musca.

It's sad to think that was way back in April.
I haven't had a chance to take an astrophoto since and the next 2 months are not looking good.
No wonder the years zoom by so fast in this hobby!

The photo is here http://smu.gs/121ZsqB

What do you think?

Thanks for looking.

Ross.

TOTAL EXPOSURE TIME 200 minutes
.....5 x 20 minute exposures
.....10 x 10 minute exposures

TELEVUE NP101 101mm, F5.4 REFRACTOR
QHY8L OSC CCD
SKYWATCHER EQ6PRO MOUNT
WO 66mm GUIDESCOPE
ORION STARSHOOT AUTOGUIDER
GUIDING WITH PHD

PROCESSING WITH DEEP SKY STACKER and PHOTOSHOP CS2

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

That's stunning Ross!

Your sure have a handle on the processing, just great.

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Excellent result Ross, a lovely framing there with a cool glowing look and it looks like dust too

Mike

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Nicely done Ross. So many stars in that field and the dust appears to hover above them the way you have presented this.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb shot. Great colors and processing.

[gregbradley]

Thats a great image Ross. I like it a lot.

Greg.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

That's an extremely good dark doodad Ross! I like it a lot.

Cheers

Steve

[Paul Haese]

Love the colour and muted nature of the dust lane. Globular is well shown and resolved. Background is silky smooth and frame is nicely illuminated. Great image all round. Only one very minor gripe, in the left hand corners there is some either field rotation or tilt. It isn't much but noticeable when you open the full size image. Still a very nice image though.

[naskies (Dave)]

I really like the Dark Doodad - bit of an underrated object. Great detail, great colours and a very 3D look to the dust - well done!

[DavidU (Dave)]

that's an awesome image !

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Well done Ross! Very nice job processing this!

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Great image, Ross

[David Fitz-Henr]

That looks very nice Ross; you can really sense that the dark dust is hanging out in front of that rich star field

[alpal]

Hi Ross,
What an amazing shot to get with an OSC camera.
Makes you wonder why people use DSLRs since
this camera is not much more in price for the same chip size.

cheers
Allan

[John Hothersall]

That is a very solid object for just dust, stands out with striking clarity.

John.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Spectacular image & magic work, very natural apperance in its awesomeness

[alexch (Alex)]

Very very nice, Ross. I like your processing a lot - the dust is very pronounced but still subtle.

Thanks for the view.

Alex

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Lovely image, beautifully processed - well done Ross!

Cheers, Marcus

[RickS (Rick)]

Lovely image, Ross! That's a real beauty.

[atalas]

Splendid work mate!