Ngc3603 / ngc3576

[cventer]

Had some clear but average seeing sky couple of nights back. (First frame was 1.85 fwhm last frame was 2.9fwhm)

Saw Peter Wards version of this and thought it would be fun to try image. Not too bad considering its a 7 or 8 year old camera.

Image Data: 7 x 10 min Ha Bin 1 x 1
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM with CFW8A
Mount: Paramount MX
Scope: TakahashiFSQ106 at F5
Processing: Image Processed with CCDStack 2, Photoshop CS 5.5.
Guiding: 80mm Stellarvue M2 with Orion Starshoot
Location: Inner suburbs of Melbourne Australia
Date: Taken on 12 March 2012

Large version here

[gregbradley]

Wow that's fantastic Chris.

Its all coming together.

Have you recieved your ST8300F yet?

Greg.

[cventer]

Thanks Greg. I am happy with the outcome but the stf8300 will give me more resolution for that fine detail.

As far as stf8300 goes, no nword yet. For a camera that was supposed to be ready in Nov I am getting annoyed about the wait. Supposedly ships 20th March but will believe it when I see it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Wow that's fantastic Chris.

Its all coming together.

Have you recieved your ST8300F yet?

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Lovely looking image Chris, very contrasty.

Originally Posted by cventer

Saw Peter Wards version of this and thought it would be fun to try image.

Didn't my image a month or so ago inspire all this??

Nah its all good.

Love the striation detail in the gas loops, stars as one would expect from the FSQ and dark backgound area noise is well under control. Looking forward to the finished image.

[allan gould]

Very nice image Chris and I love the detail that has been extracted. Colour will really make it shine so get out that QHY10

[Ross G]

Great photo Chris.


Amazing detail and tones.


Ross.

[cventer]

Originally Posted by allan gould

Very nice image Chris and I love the detail that has been extracted. Colour will really make it shine so get out that QHY10

Thanks Allan. Could be interesting to try get color from my QHY 10 and blend with this as apposed to LRGB. Nice experiment if weather ever clears up.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Lovely looking image Chris, very contrasty


Didn't my image a month or so ago inspire all this??

Nah its all good.

Love the striation detail in the gas loops, stars as one would expect from the FSQ and dark backgound area noise is well under control. Looking forward to the finished image.

Thanks Paul. I dont actualy remember that image of yours , but just had a look and its just fantastic. I love the star colors you have in it and subtle blending of Ha.

Stars were actualy pretty ordinary in the RAW Lum frames due to seeing. I had to work on them a fair bit to get them to a point I was happy.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great photo Chris.


Amazing detail and tones.


Ross.

Thanks Ross. Tried a few new techniques to get some decent contrast but not too crazy.

[midnight (Darrin)]

I really enjoyed this image Chris.

Lovelly contrast & detail.

Darrin...

[astronobob (Bob)]

I admit I know Not how to use SBig, Ha, filters, binning ect, out of my league, but that is a mighty fine result Chris, as comparing with what Ive seen here and there in general, excellent work

[cventer]

Originally Posted by midnight

I really enjoyed this image Chris.

Lovelly contrast & detail.

Darrin...

Thanks Darrin. I rather like Ha images. They have a very dramatic impact.

[cventer]

Originally Posted by astronobob

I admit I know Not how to use SBig, Ha, filters, binning ect, out of my league, but that is a mighty fine result Chris, as comparing with what Ive seen here and there in general, excellent work

Thanks Bob. being lucky enough to own some top quality gear is more than half the battle. Ha imaging is acually much easier compared to LRGB or HaLRGB imaging.

[TheDecepticon]

I must give this one a go myself. Great work!

[Peter Ward]

An excellent result Chris.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a beaute. I can even see the slam dunk.

[cventer]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

An excellent result Chris.

Thanks Peter.

[cventer]

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's a beaute. I can even see the slam dunk.

Thanks Marc

Still not sure i see a slam dunk in there though.