M20 using 10" GSO RC and QHY 9

[Grahame (Grahame)]

Taken on Friday night (temp got down to a whopping 4 degrees) using the GSO 10" RC, QHY-9 (with dealer supplied colour filters) and tracked on a losmandy G-11. Guiding done with MaximDL and Lodestar on an Orion APEX 102 (102mm mak cass)

Pic Stats are as follows:
60 min Lum total (6x10min subs)
16 mins each R,G,B (3min20sec subs X5)
QHY-9 at -25 degrees with TEC running at 20-30% power.

no darks or flats have been used (yet)
Stacked in ccdstack and photoshop curves edited.

let me know what you think, especially any improvements with the color processing!
LINK to larger image
cheers,
Grahame

[leinad (Dan)]

Awesome!
The QHY9 and Lum filter sure does pick up those nice fine details of the neb well.

[Grahame (Grahame)]

sure does!

The image is not cropped in any way either

Grahame.

[MrB (Simon)]

Nice one G!
You're loving that new pier aren't you?

[gregbradley]

Sensational image. You nailed that one, colours, tracking , focus, details.

Very nicely done. That's the first image I have seen from a 10 inch GSO RC. Impressive.

Greg.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Very nice Grahame There's detail at 4 o'clock that you don't normally see in day to day M20's. Top effort

[multiweb (Marc)]

That looks terrific! Great shot!

[TrevorW]

Nice work must save for the 12"

[h0ughy (David)]

nice result - showing the detail

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Very nice and smooth. nice FOV and tight stars. The colours look very natural to me..

[DavidU (Dave)]

It's all there ! What a nice job you have done.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Grahame,

Wow! Your image has done the 10" GSO RC some justice indeed.

Looking forward to more from this setup.

H

[Grahame (Grahame)]

Thanks guys! Im looking forward to getting some more shots with this setup also. After the trials of collimation im almost happy with it now.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Great shot Grahame

Great result without darks or flats too

The new filters will make it even better

Mike