LMC Quickie

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Hello all...

Weather in SA has been unkind to imagers.
Managed a short session 3 nights ago - thwarted by clouds...always amazed at how quickly those guys can appear and take over!

Managed 5x300 second exposures at iso1600 - nowhere near enough exps to overcome the iso1600 noise unfortunately. So, result is a bit noisy.

Image details...
Canon 40D (modded)
Canon 70-200mm f4L lens, 200mm @ f5.6
Hutech IDAS LPS2 Filter
Skywatcher Synscan EQ5 mount
Autoguided with PHD

ICNR + Flats

LMC was pretty low too, so overall a bit rough n' ready with the noise.
No link to high res version as I'm just happy to see the potential of the rig on this object - shows promise I reckon.

All the best
Doug

[multiweb (Marc)]

Cool shot Doug. Colours are great! Well done.

[atalas]

This looks great Doug !

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Cool shot Doug. Colours are great! Well done.

Originally Posted by atalas

This looks great Doug !

Cheers Marc and Louie
Can't wait to push it a bit when the LMC rises higher
Doug

[Tilt (Michael)]

Yep, it certainly shows promise. I look forward to seeing what you can do with more shots.

Michael

[RB (Andrew)]

Very nice shot Dougie.
I agree, it never ceases to amaze me how these clouds just seem to know that we're out there imaging and decided to have a town meeting overhead.

You've done well for 5 shots at ISO 1600 !

[leon]

As mentioned Doug, with more subs and better weather, there certainly is promise, but I wouldn't be complaining about this effort mate, looking good. keep up the good work mate, and keep em coming.

Leon

[TrevorW]

Beauty Dougie !!!!

[Garyh]

Nice Doug! you certainly get the Ha to stand out very nicely!
Look forwards to a longer run!

[Jen]

nice one for a quickie

[dannat (Daniel)]

the camera does really bring out the lots of colour regions...i would have liked the background to be slightly darker

[Craig_L]

Nice shot Doug, and the colours look great.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

good one Doug.
Love the wide view.
Cheers Kev.