NGC6231 & associated nebulosity

multiweb (Marc) · #1 11-05-2010, 06:06 PM

Here's my last pic from last Thursday night. A small cluster in scorpius in the middle of loads of Ha clouds. Bert did a terrific widefield of the whole area here with his supadoopa lens. I captured the central area of the cluster and the two bright stars next to it so 20x300s with the C11/Hyperstar and a Baader 7nm Ha.

There's a better res here [500KB] and a full field here [1MB].

I've also added a little link to my gallery in my signature as a slideshow on windows live. It's got all the latest Ha widefield I did.

Enjoy the pics.

bokglob (Darrell) · #2 11-05-2010, 06:27 PM

Another beauty!! Your field allumination is supurb. A1 stuff Marc. I really enjoyed ( am enjoying) checking this out

gregbradley · #3 11-05-2010, 06:51 PM

That setup is working out really well for you. Another great image.

Greg.

TrevorW · #4 11-05-2010, 06:54 PM

Great shot Marc the setup works well to bring out the faint nebula surrounding NGC6231

Bassnut (Fred) · #5 11-05-2010, 08:03 PM

Thats pretty deep for only 5min Ha subs, good work.

multiweb (Marc) · #6 12-05-2010, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bokglob

Another beauty!! Your field allumination is supurb. A1 stuff Marc. I really enjoyed ( am enjoying) checking this out

Thanks Darrell.

Sure is plenty to check around. Very busy part of the sky.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

That setup is working out really well for you. Another great image.

Greg.

Thanks Greg.

Yes, starting to getting use to it now and working around things.

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Originally Posted by TrevorW

Great shot Marc the setup works well to bring out the faint nebula surrounding NGC6231

Thanks Trev.

There sure is a lot around that cluster. Will start a mosaic at the first opportunity.

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

Thats pretty deep for only 5min Ha subs, good work.

Thanks Fred.

Bit noisy as 1.5h is probably not enough but I've put all my time on Ara that night. Will revisit definitely and add more data.

Hagar (Doug) · #7 12-05-2010, 08:18 AM

WOW, Thats a lot of nebulosity and with only 5 minute subs.

Beautiful image.

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #8 12-05-2010, 08:25 AM

Yeah yeah, ho hum, another lovely Ha shot Marc!!

Now, how about getting it on with some colour?

Cheers, Marcus

multiweb (Marc) · #9 12-05-2010, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Hagar

WOW, Thats a lot of nebulosity and with only 5 minute subs.

Beautiful image.

Thanks Doug. Glad you liked it.

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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Yeah yeah, ho hum, another lovely Ha shot Marc!!

Now, how about getting it on with some colour?

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus.

I like Ha on its own. It adds a different illumination and perspective to the whole field. I'm in a 'Ha phase' right now. Loving it. More interested in details and shades than colors. When I'm bored I'll start doing some colour maybe so don't expect any anytime soon.

Tilt (Michael) · #10 12-05-2010, 08:46 PM

Marc, do you have a day job? Mate you are an imaging machine!

If I image during the week I'm

the next day at work.

Again, well done

Michael

alan meehan (Alan) · #11 12-05-2010, 08:59 PM

Good and sharp Marc well done

tornado33 · #12 12-05-2010, 11:08 PM

Nicely framed with that cluster, plenty of HA there.
Scott

Ric · #13 13-05-2010, 02:59 AM

Lovely image Marc

The Ha images look great on their own, as you mentioned the subtle shades and details really stand out.

multiweb (Marc) · #14 13-05-2010, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Tilt

Marc, do you have a day job? Mate you are an imaging machine!

If I image during the week I'm

the next day at work.

Again, well done

Michael

Thanks Michael. Yes I have to work too.

... to pay for the astro-goodies

I captured all this the same night and I sleep 1 or 2 h between takes so I get plenty of sleep. Just set the alarm.

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Originally Posted by alan meehan

Good and sharp Marc well done

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Originally Posted by tornado33

Nicely framed with that cluster, plenty of HA there.
Scott

Thanks Alan & Scott.

Yes a lot more Ha out of frame too so I'll be adding other panels to this one.

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Originally Posted by Ric

Lovely image Marc

The Ha images look great on their own, as you mentioned the subtle shades and details really stand out.

Thanks Ric.

Yes. I think it's like black and white photography. You're more aware of shades and variations. Colours good but it levels all this. Some look good in Ha only, some don't. I think this one is fairly interesting in Ha.