Tarantula nebula and surrounds

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

Subject: The Tarantula nebula and a bit of the Large Magellenic cloud.
Date: 1700 hrs UT 20Aug06
Camera: Canon 350D (unmodified) prime-focus, noise reduc OFF
Exposure: 11 x 3 minutes
Scope: Orion 80ED with crosshairs piggyback on SN-8
Guidescope: SN-8
Mount: Meade LXD-75. Autoguided via MaxDSLR
Process: MaxDSLR (align & darks), Photoshop sharpen, curves, and masks for the brighter areas.

My unmodded camera does a good job picking up the blues and greens (H-beta. oIII, etc.) but not so good on the red (H-alpha).

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[spearo (Frank)]

Looks Great Bill. in fact I kinda think it looks better in those colors! That focus looks spot too and the tracking obviously very accurate too, no trailing.
Well done, looks beautiful. keep 'em coming!
cheers
frank