Cat's Paw Nebula or NGC 6334.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi.

This image of the cat's paw has been a tuffy to process!
I wanted to achieve a balance between the back ground dust and the nebula.
I've been playing around for hours and this is the best so far.

Equipment.

8" Newtonian astrograph f/4. on Heq pro 5 mount. Orion mini guider.

Unmodded canon 1100D, baader coma corrector, cooler box.

19 x 8 minute subs, darks and flat frames applied.

Median stack in DSS, processed in PS7.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Another nice one, Justin

[David Fitz-Henr]

Nice one Justin - lots of extended red nebulosity, amazing for an unmodded DSLR!

[stardust steve (Steve)]

the 8 min subs looked to pick up a great deal of faint background dust well done. I like the vivid Neb colour

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Another nice one, Justin

Thanks Laurie!

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Nice one Justin - lots of extended red nebulosity, amazing for an unmodded DSLR!

Thanks David!

Had to do a lot of work to bring out the red in photo shop.

Originally Posted by stardust steve

the 8 min subs looked to pick up a great deal of faint background dust well done. I like the vivid Neb colour

Thanks Steve!

8 minute subs seems to be about it for my set up, no gain with longer exposures.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Ross G]

Very nice capture Justin, especially with an unmodded DSLR.


Ross.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Very nice capture Justin, especially with an unmodded DSLR.


Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Although a few problems the stars, I'm pleased how much nebulosity I was able to capture and process the image without losing it.

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Not bad Justin, as Dave says, mighty fine for an unmodded DSLR

That time of year again huh?...Milky Way nebs are baaa-aack

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Not bad Justin, as Dave says, mighty fine for an unmodded DSLR

That time of year again huh?...Milky Way nebs are baaa-aack

Thanks Mike!

Hard one to process.

Cheers,

Justin.

[naskies (Dave)]

Another great image, Justin! How do you get so much colour imaging time?!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by naskies

Another great image, Justin! How do you get so much colour imaging time?!

Thanks Dave!

I guess that's the up side to DSLR imaging, don't have to worry about RGB filters.

Cheers,

Justin.