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29-05-2015, 02:07 PM
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Antares Area + M8 + NGC6188
Antares and its clusters NGC6121 & NGC6144. Two panels of about 1h each in 5min subs with a QHY8 on a GSO 8" F/4 from first night at SPSP 2015 just before shooting M8
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Added 3 overlapping panels on M8. Seeing wasn't as good as before and focus probably a little out but still some decent details.
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Added NGC6188 in Ara. Tough to get that neb out of the dense starfield. I kind of stuffed up my exposure sequence. I did 20x1min instead of 20x5min and went to bed. Oh well, still turned out reasonably ok I reckon. Seeing on Friday wasn't as good though. Got clouded out around 10:00pm too. Warmer night too so wet as...
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29-05-2015, 02:22 PM
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Delightful. Excellent "snap" and contrast. Great work
29-05-2015, 02:31 PM
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That's a beauty Marc, really nicely done
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just before shooting M8
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29-05-2015, 03:01 PM
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That's a corker of an M4 Marc. Very nice balance between showing lots of stars and showing the unique and identifiable signature of the brightest ones. Great work.
29-05-2015, 05:32 PM
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Very nice Marc.
29-05-2015, 05:35 PM
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Beautiful field and processing, nice one Marc!
29-05-2015, 06:54 PM
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Nice handling of the dynamic range, Marc!
29-05-2015, 07:58 PM
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Looks awesome. I always struggle with this field.
29-05-2015, 09:13 PM
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Thanks a lot guys.
29-05-2015, 09:33 PM
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Wow!...beautiful wide photos Marc.
30-05-2015, 11:51 AM
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Just noticed the addition of the Lagoon. Your pano's are excellent, Marc. No hint of a seam - just one big image. And lots to see.
30-05-2015, 04:31 PM
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Quote:
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Ross G
Wow!...beautiful wide photos Marc.
Thanks Ross.
You know you want one. Come on!
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Placidus
Just noticed the addition of the Lagoon. Your pano's are excellent, Marc. No hint of a seam - just one big image. And lots to see.
Thanks Mike. Registar now works with 64bit. So I can register large panels and stay in FIT format.
30-05-2015, 05:21 PM
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Nice shots, Marc! Love the gold stars in the Antares image.
30-05-2015, 05:50 PM
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Good results Marc, and I am favouring the brown tones in these.
30-05-2015, 06:24 PM
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Nice shots, Marc! Love the gold stars in the Antares image.
Thanks Rod.
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Good results Marc, and I am favouring the brown tones in these.
Thanks mate
Yeah I lay it on thick. I'm actually thinking of getting CF ones. Ultra thin and very stiff.
30-05-2015, 06:32 PM
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really nice Marc. i like how the diffraction spike seems to be cutting through the glob.
30-05-2015, 07:20 PM
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really nice Marc. i like how the diffraction spike seems to be cutting through the glob.
Thanks Russel.
At first I thought it was a satellite trail but then I realised it was bloody nearby Antares.
I won't be doing a mosaic with that field size. That's 2 panels at 800mm FL. Rho is quite faint and far too big an area. If I do I'll do it with the FSQ. Even with a 200mm lens you can't fit the whole area in two panels.
30-05-2015, 07:22 PM
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Nice job on both of those Marc. The Antares region looks great. You might consider adding a bit more saturation to M8.
30-05-2015, 08:29 PM
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Excellent Marc. The Antares image is my pick of the two. Very nice pairing of clusters. Well done
30-05-2015, 08:45 PM
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Nice job on both of those Marc. The Antares region looks great. You might consider adding a bit more saturation to M8.
Thanks Steve.
I wasn't really going for the neb and tried to keep the starfield relatively colourful and unclipped. My colour processing is a bit rusty too.
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jase
Excellent Marc. The Antares image is my pick of the two. Very nice pairing of clusters. Well done
Thanks Jase.
Lucky shot. I didn't really mean to.
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