Tail of Scorpius in Ha - 100mm

[multiweb (Marc)]

Here's another 3 panels of 20x10min with a QHY9 Baader 7nm and a SMC Pentax - M 100mm stopped two down. Did one panel each night over a period of 3 nights.

There's a full frame here [3.7MB]
a HD version here [2MB]

and a plate solve here.

The highres is pretty cool and detailed enough to have a browse around.
Thanks again for looking.

[Peter Ward]

Nailed it.

[RickS (Rick)]

Fantastic, Marc! Lots of stuff happening in there.

[Peter.M]

That is a sweet image! I love the prawn/darktower area

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That's great, Marc

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Beautiful

[naskies (Dave)]

I'm sad you cropped out the Cat's Paw... kidding That's fantastic

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

What an awesome view, I really enjoyed the full resolution image. Thanks Marc!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's a smashing shot, pew, pew pew pew

[RobF (Rob)]

Love it Marc.
Just wondering - have you ever thought about experimenting with circular filter adaptors off eBay to do the stopping down, rather than using the iris blades (and theoretically avoid spikes on bright stars)? (Something I've never got around to playing with)

[Peter.M]

Originally Posted by RobF

Love it Marc.
Just wondering - have you ever thought about experimenting with circular filter adaptors off eBay to do the stopping down, rather than using the iris blades (and theoretically avoid spikes on bright stars)? (Something I've never got around to playing with)

I like the spikes!

[dvj (John)]

I really like that plate solve. How did you do that?

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Nailed it.

Thanks Peter. Sometime all that is needed is good seeing and a break in the clouds.

Originally Posted by RickS

Fantastic, Marc! Lots of stuff happening in there.

Thanks a lot Rick.

Originally Posted by Peter.M

That is a sweet image! I love the prawn/darktower area

Thanks Peter. Yeah they stick out nicely along with the wolf.

Originally Posted by Larryp

That's great, Marc

Thanks Larry.

Originally Posted by nebulosity.

Beautiful

Thanks mate.

Originally Posted by SkyViking

What an awesome view, I really enjoyed the full resolution image. Thanks Marc!

Thanks a lot Rolf. Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

It's a smashing shot, pew, pew pew pew

Originally Posted by RobF

Love it Marc.
Just wondering - have you ever thought about experimenting with circular filter adaptors off eBay to do the stopping down, rather than using the iris blades (and theoretically avoid spikes on bright stars)? (Something I've never got around to playing with)

Thanks Rob. No I haven't yet but I intend to. I suspect the main improvement will be to let more light in the aperture rather than restricting the iris. TBH I don't mind the diffraction spikes.

Originally Posted by Peter.M

I like the spikes!

Originally Posted by dvj

I really like that plate solve. How did you do that?

Thanks John. I used a program called Unimap. Solved the field, set up the color overlay and grid then inverted the picture for clarity. There are other platesolves I did here over the years. Great little utility.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by naskies

I'm sad you cropped out the Cat's Paw... kidding That's fantastic

Thanks Dave. Just for you, half a cat paw.

[RobF (Rob)]

Yikes. Maybe I'm turning into a refractor guy after all if I'm commenting on diffraction spikes!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Nicely done Marc!

Some good resolution, great to look at in the large version.

Cheers,

Justin.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Yikes. Maybe I'm turning into a refractor guy after all if I'm commenting on diffraction spikes!

Hardcore TAKman!

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Nicely done Marc!

Some good resolution, great to look at in the large version.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin. Yeah it yields a fair bit of details. Seeing was excellent. Great conditions for imaging all round. Dry and no wind.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Another great Mosaic Marc with oodles of detail / tight stars across the ultra wide field; nicely done!

[jase (Jason)]

Awesome work Marc. Thanks for info on Unimap too. That will come in handy for sure.

[Ross G]

A beautiful monochrome photo Marc.

Exhibits all your trademark qualities...detailed, sharp, beautiful tones.


Ross.