The Lagoon in a Milky Way

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

The weather has been non optimal, so its back to processing old data for me. I've recently learnt about auto-optimisation of darks (to match them closer to the lights) so I recalibrated some old data with the auto-optimisation on (in MaxDSLR). Here's the result.

Milky Way and M8 Lagoon (555 KBytes)

Milky Way Spacewalk (M8, M16, M17, M24, etc.) (Warning: 1.5MB)

Take the space walk, scroll around, and see if you can find the Trifid Nebula (M20)...

Exposure: 17x2 Mins ISO 800 Noise Reduc Off (x 8 darks)
Scope: Canon 350D 50mm Lens
Mount: LXD-75 unguided
Process: MaxDSLR and Photoshop

[xelasnave]

Nice work Bill love that sort of thing

[atalas]

Nice shots Bill !

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

Thanks, guys. Lately I'm so excited about trying different processing techniques. It seems the data is in there. I have to learn how to unlock it and get to it..

[Ric]

Fantastic images Bill, loved the spacewalk it took a while to download but was worth the wait.

cheers

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

That is an amazing photo Bill!!!!!! (High Res version)

Even Cheryl said WOW! That's high praise, believe me

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yes the space walk version is very nice Bill

Mike

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Totally awesome images, Bill you have captured so much detail.

Cheers Petra