M20 the Trifid Nebula

[Ric]

Hi all, here's one from last weekend. Images were taken with the 12" and DSI II at f/3.3 in Alt/Az using Envisage.
It was further processed and stacked in Maxim.
Images were taken as follows:
150 @ 4 seconds each in Lum.
50 each in RGB @ 4 seconds each.

Cheers

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

WOW!!!! There is heaps of detail in there Ric!

I hope you don't mind but I got excited with your image and lifted the Brightness up, and LOOK !!!!!!!!

Great stuff!!!!

[Ric]

No worries Ken, it's come up a treat. It sometimes gets a bit tricky with the laptop and the LCD screen depending on the angle you have it at.
A second pair of eyes can be very helpful.

Cheers

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Yep, I know what you mean, Ric.
I capture on a laptop and it's hard to see how the image will look until I get it onto the PC and see it on the CRT monitor.

[RB (Andrew)]

Nice capture Ric, well done.
A great result for 4 sec subs and done in alt-az mode.

Nice work too Ken.

[rogerg (Roger)]

4 Seconds!

Gez.

[Ric]

Thanks for the comments everyone, I am going to revisit it on the weekend and increase the exposure times up to 20 - 30 seconds per sub that should make a difference.
when I get out of Alt/Az mode and into Equatorial I'll be able to jump up to nice long exposures but wedges take a lot of saving, blooming expensive things.

Cheers

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Nice, I love this target.

[skeltz (Rob)]

great result ric espiacally for 4 second subs and yeah you will love it when you get equatorial mount..good going

[Ric]

Thanks guys, It's just on 12 months now since I've had the LX200R and the DSI II Pro and I'm loving every minute of it.

Cheers

[Garyh]

Looks very good for such short subs!!!! well done...
keep saving there for that wedge!!!
cheers gary