Cosmic Ocean - Nautilus, Jelly Fish and sand worms.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #1 04-08-2014, 09:56 PM

Hi,

While waiting for the Helix to rise I imaged NGC 6559 and friends after seeing Pauls image.

It reminds ne of a cosmic ocean, never imaged this region before and was surprised how it's come up with only 90 minutes of data.

Rich colourful region even with an unmodded DSLR.

Unmodded canon 1100D, baader type III coma corrector.

18 x 5 minute subs, ISO 1600.
Stacked in DSS, processed in PS7 and Cs2.

Cheers,

Justin.

RickS (Rick) · #2 05-08-2014, 08:32 AM

Nice shots, Justin. Reminds me I have a bunch of data for this region that needs a reprocess...

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #3 05-08-2014, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RickS

Nice shots, Justin. Reminds me I have a bunch of data for this region that needs a reprocess...

Thanks Rick!

Look forward to your image.

Cheers,

Justin.

atalas · #4 05-08-2014, 05:45 PM

Nice work Justin.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #5 05-08-2014, 06:02 PM

Splendid image as usual Justin. I think of it as the toes of bigfoot.

nebulosity. (Jo) · #6 05-08-2014, 08:03 PM

Wow, thats amazing! What an awesome area, fantastic work Justin

Cheers
Jo

pluto (Hugh) · #7 05-08-2014, 08:11 PM

Great image!
Nice field and colours, great work

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #8 05-08-2014, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by atalas

Nice work Justin.

Thanks Louie!

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Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Splendid image as usual Justin. I think of it as the toes of bigfoot.

Thanks Kevin!

Think I'll stick with a cosmic ocean, much more evocative than some smelly old toes.

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Originally Posted by nebulosity.

Wow, thats amazing! What an awesome area, fantastic work Justin

Cheers
Jo

Thanks Joe!

Started your next scope yet?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pluto

Great image!
Nice field and colours, great work

Thanks Hugh!

Great colour range in this region, so many ways it could be processed.

Cheers,

Justin.

Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi) · #9 06-08-2014, 05:06 PM

Great result, impressive for an unmodded DSLR.

Congrats,
Leo

SimmoW (SIMON) · #10 06-08-2014, 06:57 PM

I like the collection! Good on you for keeping us DSLR users motivated, great result.

Regulus (Trevor) · #11 06-08-2014, 07:00 PM

Nice image Justin and a satisfying collection of maritime thingies in the one net.
Is that the 8"?
Trev

LewisM · #12 06-08-2014, 08:58 PM

Nice capture as usual. Maybe a touch bright / low contrast, but overall, a NICE image of a gorgeous region.

Ross G · #13 07-08-2014, 09:03 AM

Hi Justin.

Great looking photo.

I really like the colours and composition.

I've been off the scene for while but your photos are still looking better and better.

When you get your hands on a CCD...wow!

Ross.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #14 07-08-2014, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Great result, impressive for an unmodded DSLR.

Congrats,
Leo

Thanks Leo!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimmoW

I like the collection! Good on you for keeping us DSLR users motivated, great result.

Thanks Simmon!

Still having fun with the DSLR, still learning more so will be imaging with the 1100D for some time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regulus

Nice image Justin and a satisfying collection of maritime thingies in the one net.
Is that the 8"?
Trev

Thanks Trevor!

For some reason I seem to see sea creatures more than any other animal or object.

Yep, the 8".

Quote:

Originally Posted by LewisM

Nice capture as usual. Maybe a touch bright / low contrast, but overall, a NICE image of a gorgeous region.

Thanks Lewis!

One of those personal preference things, played around quite a bit with this, looked best to my eye.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi Justin.

Great looking photo.

I really like the colours and composition.

I've been off the scene for while but your photos are still looking better and better.

When you get your hands on a CCD...wow!

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Great to see your back.

Look forward to your images.

Tempting to get a CCD but I still can improve my DSLR images, so I'll stick to it for a while yet.

Cheers,

Justin.

Elio · #15 08-08-2014, 03:47 AM

Good Justin, poor data very well processed ;-)
Don't get a ccd now, try to brig out the best from your dslr :-)

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #16 09-08-2014, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elio

Good Justin, poor data very well processed ;-)
Don't get a ccd now, try to brig out the best from your dslr :-)

Thanks Elio!

Yep that's the plan, still more to learn.

Cheers,

Justin.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #17 09-08-2014, 10:13 AM

Very nice for such a comparatively short exposure Justin. As some of the responders have said I wouldn't be rushing out to buy a CCD. A DSLR obviously works very well for you.

Cheers

Steve

Octane (Humayun) · #18 09-08-2014, 03:01 PM

Looks beautiful in an understated way. Keep at it, mate.

H

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #19 11-08-2014, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Very nice for such a comparatively short exposure Justin. As some of the responders have said I wouldn't be rushing out to buy a CCD. A DSLR obviously works very well for you.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve!

Yep nearly have tis can of worms under control, don't want to open a whole new can yet!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

Looks beautiful in an understated way. Keep at it, mate.

H

Thanks H!

Will do!

Cheers,

Justin.