One for h0ughy. A quick processing of one from tonight

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Corona Australis.

Canon 300D & 135mm f/2L lens. 14 images @ 240 sec, f/2.5 ISO800. Dark subtracted and flat fielded. Calibrated, aligned and stacked (average) in Images Plus, post processing in Photoshop CS2. Not really finished.

It may appear a bit washed out on some screens as my laptop has been adjusted to my ambient lighting using Adobe Gamma (hey it's better than nothing )

[RB (Andrew)]

Oh wow Paul!!
Well done.


Hey have you got this lens Houghy?

[sheeny (Al)]

Nice one Paul! Starting to bring out the dark nebula there!

Al.

[avandonk]

Looks very good Paul. You are certainly not limited by the lens as it looks to be sharp from corner to corner. It is a very tricky area to get right.

Bert

[Garyh]

Very nice Paul, dark neb stands out nicely against the backdrop of stars..
you must have a nice dark sky to get 4 min at f/2.5!!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Paul and David,

That is a pearler. It's almost ghostly. I like it!

Regards,
Humayun

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by sheeny

Nice one Paul! Starting to bring out the dark nebula there!

Al.

Starting!!???...

I've just had a look on my monitor at home - much better! the Dark nebula looks excellent (as does the rest!)

Al.

[JohnG (John)]

Nice one there, Paul.

The 135mm L lens is on my wish list for early next year.

Cheers

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Wow! Crystal clear!

I wish I could take pictures like that!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks Guys. I'm going to reprocess it and try a few other processing steps to see if I can get a better contrast between the nebula and the background. Will post it when I'm done.

[davidpretorius]

that is seomthing i have not seen before

WOW!

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

That is a beatiful image Paul! The dark Nebula detail is very nice.

Interestingly, out of the probably 1 million stars in your image I can find only one 'Type K' star!!! Believe me, I searched the whole image
(see below)

[Ric]

Well done Paul, I agree the dark nebula is fantastic.

Cheers