Dumbbell Nebula

[Mosc_007 (Charles)]

Not as good as it should be. The Atmosphere was noisy. But what made it very difficult was because it was only about 15 Degrees above the horizon right over Sydney. All the sky glow limited my subs to 60 secs each. About 50% of the signal was background noise. I had to darken the bottom end heaps to remove the sky glow.

Taken at Linden with a Meade SC8 and F6.3 Focal reducer. Modded Canon 1100D. 10 Subs at 1 Min each.


Charles

[blink138 (Pat)]

great detail considering!
pat

[LewisM]

One of my favourite nebulae, and you've captured it nicely.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Nice colours. Careful of black clipping - making the background too dark..

[Mosc_007 (Charles)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Nice colours. Careful of black clipping - making the background too dark..

I was surprised to see the colour come out when I did an Auto Colour Balance. Usually the Modded Camera only gets the Red.

I had to Kill the background because of all the Sky glow. So low in the horizon looking directly over Sydney. I need to wait a couple of months when it's higher in the sky. And do it again without the Focal Reducer. It's a rather small Nebula.


Charles