One of my Astrofest shots. I've seen plenty of people do NGC6164 recently but itching to use my ED80 I opted for a wider target. NGC6188 with NGC6164 visible in the bottom.
I captured 10 hours worth of data but ended up with a high rejection due to focus issues. I think the end result is closer to 8 hours.
Unfortunately I am again battling with a hugely dense star field. I'm really struggling to process these milky way shots. It's much easier from a light polluted sky where you don't need to deal with so many stars in the way of a good shot.
That and I need a narrowband camera.
/EDIT: Ok I redid this last night. Threw away another few hours of data in favour of an even sharper image and dramatically rethought my processing. Localised histograms stretches instead of playing with curves, and generally trying not to clobber the entire bloody nebula. I'm happy now. New image on the right.
Another Edit: I just realised how much this forum clobbers image quality. This one is actually sharp enough to warrant posting a larger version:
Larger version - 1.9MB
