Still have stacks to process from the couple of nights I spent at BSG.
This one is from the same scorpius widefield but oriented the other way so instead of East to West this is South to North From M8/20 to M17/16 through to LBN72.
Why LBN72? Well John G. was imaging the snake Nebula at the time and that was looking pretty hot on his screen. He told me it was Barnard 72 as in B72, so I thought no worries, I'll check out the Gemini. Found LBN72... ermmm... Large Barnard Nebulae bah...close enough. Started shooting and checked the first few subs. Funny I didn't remember M16 being even close to the snake. Anyway I kept shooting the 10 subs on it then moved toward M8 then found the snake eventually. Now you know how I plan my mosaics.
Awesome Marc. Just awesome.
I love these widefield Mosaics.
Beautifully done with fabulous colour. Only silly comment is it seems Lagoon is upside down? Would it look better oriented the other way? You get accustomed to certain objects being presented in a certain orientation. Neither right nor wrong just what I'm used to.
Great planning and great looking mosaic Marc.
Lots to see in this one
Thanks Martin. I'll see if I can platesolve it as well.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Awesome Marc. Just awesome.
I love these widefield Mosaics.
Beautifully done with fabulous colour. Only silly comment is it seems Lagoon is upside down? Would it look better oriented the other way? You get accustomed to certain objects being presented in a certain orientation. Neither right nor wrong just what I'm used to.
Greg.
Thanks Greg. Yeah you're right. I stitched M17/16 panel which is the righ way up so the lagoon is now upside down. I should lodge a complaint with the galactic council. This part of the milkyway is very messy... Half baked job. Not very consistent in orientation.
Thanks Martin. I'll see if I can platesolve it as well.
Thanks Greg. Yeah you're right. I stitched M17/16 panel which is the righ way up so the lagoon is now upside down. I should lodge a complaint with the galactic council. This part of the milkyway is very messy... Half baked job. Not very consistent in orientation.
In all honesty a really nicely composed image with bundles of detail, the only thing I find distracting not only in this but other similar widefields is the diffraction spikes appearing on the stars due to the lens used, apart from that really well done.
Really nice stuff Marc.
Love the golden colour of the milky way you have there
Thank you Rob.
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Originally Posted by atalas
real funny Marc! hey,sensational work dude.
Thanks Louie.
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Originally Posted by desler
Good stuff Marc! Swim around in there for ages!
Darren
Thanks Darren. Glad you liked it.
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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Lovely result Marc!
Great Image scale. Almost can't recognise Swan and Eagle at that scale.
Nice colours. You have that rich gold colour in the Sagittarius Star cloud, not over-processed to make all the stars look white.
Well done.
Thanks Ken. Yeah at that image scale it's sometime hard to pick up the little details especially with the QHY8. The swan is still ok. The Eagle doesn't show any pillars. The 9 would pick this up though.
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Nice Pic. wasn't the weather Fab this year.
I still have another 4 more objects yet to be processed from that week, just over it at the moment.
Thanks Dave. Yeah the skies were terrific. I'm still going through a backlog of stuff myself. Nearly there.
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Originally Posted by JohnG
Good one, Mark .
Like your results so far .
Cheers
Thanks John. Catch up soon in Nov.
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Originally Posted by CoolhandJo
Wonderful wide field.
Thank you Paul.
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awesum--jealosy really is a curse lol
Thanks m8
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
In all honesty a really nicely composed image with bundles of detail, the only thing I find distracting not only in this but other similar widefields is the diffraction spikes appearing on the stars due to the lens used, apart from that really well done.
Thanks Trev. Yep I don't really like them either but I have to stop the lens down a bit so no choice. Until I get better at it and find another way to do it with circular aperture rings. All part of the fun.
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Originally Posted by John Hothersall
That is a splendid field of the richest area in the sky with so many objects displayed, the small dark spot next to M24 star cloud caught my eye.
John.
Thanks John. Haven't manage to platesolve that one yet. Will check it out.
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Originally Posted by Ross G
Hi Marc,
Another amazing photo.
I can't get enough of your colours and detail.
Thanks.
Ross.
Thanks Ross. Catch up soon.
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Originally Posted by AstroAussie
Beautiful seamless mosaic! Well processed.
Lucas
Thank you Lucas.
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
This is a very nice rendering of this area. What gear were you using Marc? Am I right in thinking something like a 14mm or so lens on a DSLR?
Thanks Paul. This is the same rig I use with all the shots I did at BSG including the barnard loop. It's a 100mm lens. SMC Pentax-M 100mm f1:2.8 stopped down to 5.6. I used a Baader fring killer in front of the lens and a Baader UV/IR filter at the back. It helps with star bloat and also color fringing. The camera was a QHY8 and the whole thing was guided through a GSO finder with a QHY5/G11. These are two panels of approx. 13.6 x 9.0 overlapped over the star cloud. Whole field South to North (left to right) would be about 26.5 x 9.0 degrees.
bah...close enough. Started shooting and checked the first few subs. Funny I didn't remember M16 being even close to the snake. Anyway I kept shooting the 10 subs on it then moved toward M8 then found the snake eventually. Now you know how I plan my mosaics. 
I'll see if I can platesolve it as well.
real funny Marc! hey,sensational work dude.
