M8 M20 Widefield unmodded DSLR

rcheshire (Rowland) · #1 07-05-2013, 06:00 PM

M8 M20 and others. Taken August 2011. View from a distance. Resampling and conversion to jpeg is not brilliant. Processing in Pixinsight, post processing in StarTools. Very little needed. Mostly saturation. With the modded camera and cooling I want to image the same area for comparison.

Details and higher resolution - http://www.astrobin.com/41162/

Forgey (Paula) · #2 08-05-2013, 12:50 AM

WOW, awesome job Rowland.

rcheshire (Rowland) · #3 08-05-2013, 08:37 AM

Thanks Paula. Hopefully, there will be time for new images this year. Cold turkey at the moment.

Larryp (Laurie) · #4 08-05-2013, 08:58 AM

That's great, Rowland!

rcheshire (Rowland) · #5 08-05-2013, 09:24 PM

Thanks Larry. I have some grand ideas for widefields this winter. Perhaps, maybe, possibly, depending on numerous factors - one will do.

pluto (Hugh) · #6 09-05-2013, 10:01 AM

Really nice

jase (Jason) · #7 10-05-2013, 02:13 PM

A great presentation of tonal range. The vibrancy of the star cloud colours really sets this image apart. Well done Rowland.

rcheshire (Rowland) · #8 10-05-2013, 04:26 PM

Thanks Hugh.

Thanks Jase. High praise indeed. I think the camera and lens settings were just about right, by the looks of it, aside from the lack of rich Ha.

Camera is now modified, just getting a sensible cooling system sorted out, on a budget.