NGC2070 - Tarantula from SPSP16

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

Here's the last processed image of the ones I captured at SPSP16. This was taken early on the Saturday night, pretty much as soon as it got dark enough that I could start capturing. By the time I'd finished, the LMC was quite low (30deg) so some of the data was a bit affected by the low altitude and poor seeing that night.

It was also captured with Chris Wakeman's modded 350D.
16x 300s exposures @ ISO400. Darks ICNR. Flats calibrated.

Aligned and stacked in ImagesPlus, all other processing in Photoshop.

Nice to have a non-cyan Tarantula.. I still want a modded camera of my very own Thanks to Chris for the loan on the Saturday night!

800px version attached, the 1200px wide version is here:

NGC2070 - Tarantula (click to enlarge).

Thanks for looking.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Hi mike
very nice shot,you are right it is nice to see Tarantula with no cyan
when you say it was also captuard with chris 350d is that the shot that is posted,also 16x300s shots does that include dark frames
ALAN

[Prickly]

Hi Mike,

Youve got to be happy with that! Really nice seeing the LMC in the image and surrounding starfields - very widefield. Was this with the ED80 as well and was it a mosaic or single frame?

Lovely shot!

Cheers
David

[Ric]

Well done Mike, very neat and tidy.

Certainly is lot's to see in that one.

Cheers

[sjastro]

Nice image Mike.

Steven

[Alchemy (Clive)]

nice widefield mike the processing looks good from here too.

[winensky]

I love your razor sharp widefields. Thanks yet again

[Tilt (Michael)]

Fantastic

I'm quite sure this image was taken with this set up, am I right Mike?

[Tamtarn]

Processing now looking good Mike a very nice widefield

[jase (Jason)]

Excellent work Mike. Histograms look clean and balanced. Well done.

[edwardsdj (Doug)]

Very nice Tarantula Mike

[iceman (Mike)]

Sorry for the late replies - only just realised I hadn't replied to these.

Originally Posted by alan meehan

Hi mike
very nice shot,you are right it is nice to see Tarantula with no cyan
when you say it was also captuard with chris 350d is that the shot that is posted,also 16x300s shots does that include dark frames
ALAN

Thanks Alan - yes, the Tarantula image is taken with Chris' (33South's) modded 350D. The 16x300s includes dark frames because I used ICNR for darks.

Originally Posted by Prickly

Hi Mike,

Youve got to be happy with that! Really nice seeing the LMC in the image and surrounding starfields - very widefield. Was this with the ED80 as well and was it a mosaic or single frame?

Lovely shot!

Cheers
David

Hi David, yes I am happy with it, thanks. It's amazing what dark skies and a modded camera can do. It's a single frame - not a mosaic. I'd certainly like to do a mosaic of this area one day.

Originally Posted by Ric

Well done Mike, very neat and tidy.

Certainly is lot's to see in that one.

Cheers

Originally Posted by sjastro

Nice image Mike.

Steven

Thanks for your comments, Ric and Steven.

Originally Posted by Alchemy

nice widefield mike the processing looks good from here too.

Thanks Clive, I processed this properly after the M8/M20. I just wasn't happy with my previous attempts at processing it.

Originally Posted by winensky

I love your razor sharp widefields. Thanks yet again

Thanks matt, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by Tilt

Fantastic

I'm quite sure this image was taken with this set up, am I right Mike?

Yep Michael, that's right Except the camera in that photo is mine - whereas this image was taken with Chris' (black) 350D.

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Processing now looking good Mike a very nice widefield

Originally Posted by jase

Excellent work Mike. Histograms look clean and balanced. Well done.

Originally Posted by edwardsdj

Very nice Tarantula Mike

Thanks for your comments.

The LMC in the field presented some difficulties for composition, didn't know where to place the Tarantula to get as much interesting surroundings as possible

Thanks again for your comments.