Helix

[bokglob (Darrell)]

Hi all. Here"s one of the Helix nebula, taken from Qld Astrofest this year. I collected lots of data in 10 min unbinned subs, but as I was setting up to shoot flats and some more darks, my poor Hx916 seems to have s... itself, so this image has been calibrated with only several darks no flats. So I guess this is it. My focus also seems soft, but I"ve got something coming that will fix that. Anyway, I'll post something larger when my processing skills(and focusing skills) get better. cheers Darrell.

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/MASTER-1.jpg

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice one Darryl.

If I was going to picky my only suggestion would be a bit more saturation in the reds.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Bummer re the HX Darrell, get on to Terry Platt asap, he'll sort it for ya.

The result is pretty good though, I like the structural detail you have showcased, nice job.

Mike

[TheAstroGuy (Shane Ross)]

AHHHh

One of my all time favourites, I love seeing this nebula and this is a great shot of it, nice one, thank you for putting this up.

Kind regards

Shane

[spearo (Frank)]

Well done
bugger about the camera
frank

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's lovely Darrell.
Shame about your camera. Hope it gets well soon.

[bokglob (Darrell)]

Thanks for the kind words and commiserations folks. Mike, thanks for the headsup on Terry. I e-mailed him and he replied that he would be happy to take a look at it, thanks again. P.S. By the way, your "eye of god" is still my benchmark