NGC3372 First serious QHY9 image.

[TheDecepticon]

The weather has been reasonably unco-operative for a while now, making it hard to do too much constructive imaging. Have also been busy with other commitments, too. I finally managed a decent test run on NGC3372 last night.

75mins Luminance in 10x450sec frames.
25mins each RGB in 5x300sec frames.
150mins all up.
Megrez 110.
EQ6 with EQMOD.
Guided,
MaxIm 5 and PS CS3

Still trying to get my head around Zone System and finding the sweet spot for the MPCC and the WO Flat II.
Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend.
Gray.

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[batema (Mark)]

i have a Qhy-9 and only hope to capture what you have here. It looks fantastic. Well done.

Mark

[bartman (Bart)]

WELL WICKED!
Thats the sort of pic I wish to make soon....not that I have a qhy....sorry QHY......
but is a similar picture achievable with a dslr?
bartman

[multiweb (Marc)]

Top shot Gray. Real nice colors.

[Lester]

Very nice image Gray, all the best for more.

[TheDecepticon]

Originally Posted by batema

i have a Qhy-9 and only hope to capture what you have here. It looks fantastic. Well done.

Mark

Thanks. I wish you every success, they are a great unit.

Originally Posted by bartman

WELL WICKED!
Thats the sort of pic I wish to make soon....not that I have a qhy....sorry QHY......
but is a similar picture achievable with a dslr?
bartman

Thanks! I'm sure you can get a fairly decent image with a DSLR.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Top shot Gray. Real nice colors.

Thanks Marc!

Originally Posted by Lester

Very nice image Gray, all the best for more.

Looking forward to more, thanks.

[zipdrive (Dave)]

Nice work! gotta love the QHY9!!!

[TheDecepticon]

Originally Posted by zipdrive

Nice work! gotta love the QHY9!!!

Thanks! Looks like it should be a beauty!

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

There are so many stars in the field. Well done.

Frank

[TheDecepticon]

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

There are so many stars in the field. Well done.

Frank

Thanks Frank. I remember seeing the stacking figures say about 4000 stars. Dunno how true that is and I don't think I'll count them!!

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Top shot Gray

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Oh seriously ??? ... On a serious note Ive only one thing to say ... thats a seriously good image ... Im serious

[TheDecepticon]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

Top shot Gray

Thanks Chris! How are you getting on with yours?

Originally Posted by Jeffkop

Oh seriously ??? ... On a serious note Ive only one thing to say ... thats a seriously good image ... Im serious

Thank you! Seriously!

[iceman (Mike)]

That's a beauty! Really really nice. Great natural colours.

[Paul Haese]

Nice image Gray, heaps of good detail and a really pleasing image scale. Just one thing looks odd is the green halos around the blue stars. Maybe back off the green in the image and increase the blue a little.

[TheDecepticon]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice image Gray, heaps of good detail and a really pleasing image scale. Just one thing looks odd is the green halos around the blue stars. Maybe back off the green in the image and increase the blue a little.

Hi Paul! Thanks for your comments. I enjoyed taking this one alot! Ummm... I thought they were blue halos! I did back the green off a bit already, but I will check again and recheck my monitor calibration.

Originally Posted by iceman

That's a beauty! Really really nice. Great natural colours.

Thanks Mike. I did no real colour correction except for a bit of green reduction, that is basically what came out of the camera, so I'm quite pleased with the colour.

[spearo (Frank)]

Looks good to me
Go for bubblegum saturation/vibrance (ok that's my perverse preference)
great shot mate!
frank