Helix Nebula - Tammin

bmitchell82 (Brendan) · #1 29-09-2009, 03:11 PM

Well this was the main target of the evening out in tammin M42 was a "quick shoot off"

10 x 10 min iso 400

no darks/flats/bias
10" SW, Canon 40d, EQ6pro, Guided DSI2 DSE 114mm

allan gould · #2 29-09-2009, 03:59 PM

Nice shot again Brendan. I still havn't attempted this target.

bmitchell82 (Brendan) · #3 29-09-2009, 04:09 PM

thanks allan, I found it quite easy to image, but thats the advantage of having a dark sky to image from though you pay to get there.

(2.5hrs from perth) .

I guess its just great when you hvae data that you can push with the levels and curves. It makes it a joy to process and spend time when you know your noise isn't going to stuff the image!...

rogerg (Roger) · #4 29-09-2009, 04:18 PM

Very nice

Much prefer this to Orion

No darks! I suppose it was cold and the 400ISO helped. Still, surprisingly clean for no darks.

Nice one.

bmitchell82 (Brendan) · #5 29-09-2009, 04:25 PM

2.2 degrees ambient temp the 40d was lovin it, and close to 2 hours worth of data!

makes targets like this stand up!

Gallifreyboy · #6 29-09-2009, 04:52 PM

Very nice image Brendan, it certainly isn't the same image from suburban light polluted Perth.

bmitchell82 (Brendan) · #7 29-09-2009, 06:00 PM

Your not wrong, dark skies makes the difference, to the point that the only time i set the scope up at home is to do testing. If i had Ha filters then i would probably go a bit harder during the full moon from home but alass

batema (Mark) · #8 29-09-2009, 06:29 PM

That is one fantastic image. Well done.

Mark

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #9 29-09-2009, 07:40 PM

Tis a good shot Brendan, well done.

Dave

RobF (Rob) · #10 29-09-2009, 08:23 PM

Way to go Brendan. Very impressive.
Sounds like you've got a good spot there too.

multiweb (Marc) · #11 29-09-2009, 08:25 PM

Very cool. That's a tough one. Well done.

troypiggo (Troy) · #12 29-09-2009, 09:54 PM

Yeah, good one. Colours very saturated but not too much.

MrB (Simon) · #13 29-09-2009, 10:28 PM

Nice one Brendan!
I gotta get me a mount and head back out to dark skies

bmitchell82 (Brendan) · #14 30-09-2009, 11:25 AM

Thankyou all for the words, it makes it worth it sitting in 2 degrees doing not too much for a few hours. When all the images look exactly like the last ;D.

Do remember that this was taken while the half moon was up, there was a slight bit of moon wash so i couldn't pull out the other detail that i know is there on the top right hand side, as it would ruin the overall image. I will be definately adding some good data to it soon.

Hagar (Doug) · #15 02-10-2009, 09:21 AM

Another lovely image Brendan.

Well done again.