Pleiades from coonabarabran

[Ross G]

Hello,

Finally got to Coonabarabran last week.

I haven't been able to get there since March and I was rewarded with 3 beautiful nights.

This is my first photo from the trip, the Pleiades. Also the first time I have photographed them.

Please excuse the field rotation, my latitude setting was out by 2.5 degrees on the first night. No wonder my PHD graph was a zigzag show all night!
However my new EQ6 mount handled it well on its first outing.

What do you think?

http://smu.gs/PI3Uvs

Thanks for looking.

Ross.

A COMBINATION OF 10MIN, 5MIN & 2.5 MIN EXPOSURES.
25 FRAMES TOTALING 120 MINUTES.

WO110 MEGREZ REFRACTOR.
EQ6 MOUNT.
WO66 GUIDE SCOPE.

QHY8L CCD.
ORION STARSHOOT GUIDE CAMERA.

PHD.
EZYCAP.
DSS.
PHOTOSHOP CS2.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That's a superb image, Ross

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice colours and you captured a lot of nebulosity, Ross!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Beautiful Ross!
Very nice colour saturation.

Cheers,

Justin.

[atalas]

Looks great Ross....love the fluffy background.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb shot Ross. You got the colours just right. Love the dark nebs in the background. No small feat to capture when you have those bright stars in the foreground flooding everything with light. One for the pool room.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nicely done Ross

Cheers

Steve

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Beautiful image, Ross. Well done. You don't see that faint outlying nebulosity in most photos.

[alpal]

Looks nice Ross - you lucky devil imaging from Coonabarabran!

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Stunning shot

[David Fitz-Henr]

Great shot Ross! You've captured a lot of extended nebulosity there as well - well done.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

A beautiful image!!

[cybereye (Mario)]

Ross,

What a fantastic shot!! You're really setting the standard for we QHY8L users!

Cheers,
Mario

[alan meehan (Alan)]

What a lovely shot Ross one of the best i have seen ,great nebulosity in the background ,stunning
AL

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Good one Ross, great location = great shot, even with the field rotation, nice blues in that.

Mike

[naskies (Dave)]

Great work - all the wispy grey nebulosity is fantastic.

I like your Dark Horse Nebula rendition too... I happened to take one a few months ago with virtually identical composition so it caught my eye

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by Larryp

That's a superb image, Ross

Thanks Larry.

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice colours and you captured a lot of nebulosity, Ross!

Hi Rick,

The dark skies at Coonabarabran really brought out the nebulosity.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Beautiful Ross!
Very nice colour saturation.


Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin.

I was very pleased with the depth of colour. Glad you like it.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by atalas

Looks great Ross....love the fluffy background.

Hi Louie,

Thank you, I'm glad you like it.

The dark Coona skies really brought out the faint detail..

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb shot Ross. You got the colours just right. Love the dark nebs in the background. No small feat to capture when you have those bright stars in the foreground flooding everything with light. One for the pool room.

Hi Marc,

Really happy that you like it.

The dark skies really helped.

Thank you.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by Rigel003

Beautiful image, Ross. Well done. You don't see that faint outlying nebulosity in most photos.

Hi Graeme,

Thanks for the good comments. Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by alpal

Looks nice Ross - you lucky devil imaging from Coonabarabran!

Hi Allan,

Coonabarabran is a great spot. Unfortunately I have only gotten there twice this year. I think your mountain site would be even better.

Glad you like the photo.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nicely done Ross

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve.