Keyser Söze

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

This was my first image taken with my new gear. It is the first time I ever used a refractor, and the first time shooting with a monochrome camera.
This was taken from my backyard in Aldgate, South Australia on Xmas Eve... I was looking for Santa!

Mount: Paramount MX+
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106 ED
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600 MM Cool
Filters: ZWO LRGB and Ha
HaLRGB 240:60:60:60:60
Processed in CCD Stacks and Photoshop

Yeah... my layer alignment still needs some work.

http://www.astrobin.com/281000/0/

[billdan (Bill)]

That looks really good Jarrod, you have a lot of detail and dynamic range in the image. It has bit of a pinky flavour to it but not too distracting.

You will enjoy the benefits of the ASI1600 I'm sure and get heaps of excellent images (especially behind a Tak).

Cheers
Bill

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

Thanks Bill! I'm still getting my head around colour balance!

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

nice one Jarrod,
probably doesn't deserve to be in the "beginners" section though. its too good for that.

cheers

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

Thanks Russell,

The only reason is that I've only been doing monochrome for one month. Cheers for that.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's stunning. I concur, should be in the other forum.

[raymo]

I third that.
raymo

[jarrod_koh (Jarrod)]

Thanks for the comments, guys. The other group have so much experience... I may put a toe in the water there! I'll rebalance the colours a bit and flick that over to the Deep Sky section!