Dark Doodad

[firstlight (Tony)]

I have been wanting to image in this area for some time, but for one reason or other I failed to do so until this last Astrofest. The key reason is that I don't have short enough focal length to grab enough sky... I am begging Anne-Louise to lend me her WO 70mm Zenithstar for our next outing .

Any rate, Modded 450D, 12 x 600 sec, ISO 800, WO 110mm Megrez, stacked and processed in Pixinsight. NGC4372, The Dark Doodad, and gamma Muscae.

[DavidU (Dave)]

That's an excellent image Tony, nice and contrasty. Well done with a 450D.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Beautiful shot Tony!

[batema (Mark)]

Fantastic shot Tony. I wish I was at Astrofest this year.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Lovely! Can't wait to do this one again.

H

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by batema

Fantastic shot Tony. I wish I was at Astrofest this year.

We missed you Mark... Adam had to soak up all your photons as well as his

Originally Posted by Octane

Lovely! Can't wait to do this one again.

H

Thanks Humayun, I just need to be able to grab more sky.

Originally Posted by DavidU

That's an excellent image Tony, nice and contrasty. Well done with a 450D.

Thanks David.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Beautiful shot Tony!

Thanks Kevin

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Nice shot Tony, a 72mm frame would be nice but your 90mm version looks good

Well done

[RickS (Rick)]

Very nice, Tony. You've done well! I've always wanted to image the Doodad but it would have to be a mosaic with my gear. Sorry I didn't get to AF this year either.

Cheers,
Rick.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Nice Troy!

Great colour and good contrast.

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by RickS

I've always wanted to image the Doodad but it would have to be a mosaic with my gear. Cheers,
Rick.

..and that'd be 100hrs right there then Rick

Great shot Tony, a very cool looking feature this one, well done.

Mike

[h0ughy (David)]

very nice tony, like i said to Geoff, i am green with envy to the results you attained at astrofest.

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Nice shot Tony, a 72mm frame would be nice but your 90mm version looks good

Well done

Ah, good point... I should have said that I used a WO Type II X 0.8 flattener. The scope is 110mm Geoff.

Originally Posted by RickS

Very nice, Tony. You've done well! I've always wanted to image the Doodad but it would have to be a mosaic with my gear. Sorry I didn't get to AF this year either.

Cheers,
Rick.

We missed drooling over you kit, Rick.

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Nice Troy!

Great colour and good contrast.

Cheers,

Justin.

The region was much more colourful than I expected. Thanks Justin

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

..and that'd be 100hrs right there then Rick

Great shot Tony, a very cool looking feature this one, well done.

Mike

Thanks Mike. I can't wait to use Anne-Louise's scope next year (likely to be that long before we can organise some time under dark skies )

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

very nice tony, like i said to Geoff, i am green with envy to the results you attained at astrofest.

To say that it wasn't the same without you and Alan would be an understatement.

I didn't get as many targets as I would have liked, and seem to be having a few issues with dark frame management this year. Also have a few issues finding time and energy to process what I have got.

[Frostyricho (Stephen)]

Looks like a smiley face, nice photo though.

[multiweb (Marc)]

It does look like a big smiley. Cool shot. One of my fav widefield DSOs. Dark against starry background.

[firstlight (Tony)]

Thanks Marc and Frostyricho

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Beautiful shot Tony nice piece of sky,beg harder and Anne-Louise just might lend you the 70mm good luck
AL

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by alan meehan

Beautiful shot Tony nice piece of sky,beg harder and Anne-Louise just might lend you the 70mm good luck
AL

Thanks Alan. I'm at her mercy.