Corona Australis region (+ dustbuster repro 15/5/13)

[RobF (Rob)]

Nothing special for all those that have snapped this field before, but I've never been able to have a decent go at it before with the much tighter field of my Newt.

This is the best of about 5hrs taken from the wonderful dark (and windy) skies at Leyburn outside Brissy over the weekend just gone, and my first chance to stretch the legs of the FSQ. Always wanted to have some decent "dust data" and this is a decent start to play around with and learn more on the processing side. Had hoped to shoot this with the reducer to get a bit more FOV out of my APS-C sized chip, but still grappling with adaptors, so F5 was the go in the end.

Tak FSQ106ED @ F5, QHY9, NEQ6
LRGB 70:30:40:55 (roughly half 5min, half 10min subs, all unbinned)

Larger zoomable version here

[Octane (Humayun)]

Congratulations on your purchase, Rob. I know you've wanted one for ages!

Amazing beast of an instrument, huh?

H

[astronobob (Bob)]

Thats one tank of a scope Rob, great to see in good hands producing this mighty fine image, mighty Niice work mate

[batema (Mark)]

Lovely image Rob and yes I want one of those scopes too. It must be a new adventure being able to image those objects you have done with the newt.

Mark

[naskies (Dave)]

Nice work, Rob! Glad you got the calibration issues sorted out in time for some nice data.

[RickS (Rick)]

A lovely Corona, Rob, and a great first light. Welcome to the FSQ club

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Congrats on the scope.

[Ross G]

A great looking photo Rob.

Sharp and so much detail.

Nice colours and composition also.

Ross.

[Paul Haese]

Very nice image Rob. Good colour and detail is nice also. Well done.

[David Fitz-Henr]

As per other comments Rob; very nice colours and detail! A great start for your new FSQ

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Everything looks fine to me Rob. That's a great image!

Cheers

Steve

[multiweb (Marc)]

Super shot Rob. Having fun with that Tak.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Great image Rob lots of dust there.

I'm glad you were able to find some dark skies for that new scope.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Lovely image!

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Wow super sharp and great details, nice one

[gregbradley]

That's a very classy image Rob. One to be proud of.

Greg.

[Bender (Martin)]

Very nice shot Rob,

"I love it when a plan comes together"


martin

[RobF (Rob)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Congratulations on your purchase, Rob. I know you've wanted one for ages!

Amazing beast of an instrument, huh?

H

Yes Humayun, its been on the dream list for along while and I'm not getting any younger. If people like you didn't keep raving it would be easier to keep my hands over my ears though!

Originally Posted by astronobob

Thats one tank of a scope Rob, great to see in good hands producing this mighty fine image, mighty Niice work mate

Thanks Bob. Be good to see you put up that promising Cent A when you're happy with guiding etc. Had great fun checking out the bobservatory and the good ole Leyburn hospitality!

Originally Posted by naskies

Nice work, Rob! Glad you got the calibration issues sorted out in time for some nice data.

Thanks Dave. It really did help my guiding to tweak the DEC tracking after you got me thinking. Loved catching up again - all that enthusiasm is contagious

Originally Posted by RickS

A lovely Corona, Rob, and a great first light. Welcome to the FSQ club

Hmmmph - don't know why you had to set that dream FSQ rig up nearby at Astrofest last year Rick. Had a lot of fun processing this one. Smallish chip in centre of big flat field from very dark skies made it a lot easier than usual.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Congrats on the scope.

Thanks Jeanette. The kids aren't old enough to understand what "no inheritance" means yet.

Originally Posted by Ross G

A great looking photo Rob.

Sharp and so much detail.

Nice colours and composition also.

Ross.

Thanks for looking Ross. Had hoped to get a little more data, but very thankful for what I got.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Very nice image Rob. Good colour and detail is nice also. Well done.

Appreciate that Paul. I knew it was looking good when I starting pushing the Lum data and the dust started to come out cleanly. Pretty excited at that point

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

As per other comments Rob; very nice colours and detail! A great start for your new FSQ

Not sure if I'm relieved to finally have a decent run with it David or frustrated at having to wait for another new moon (probably both )

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Everything looks fine to me Rob. That's a great image!

Cheers

Steve

Thanks for checking it out Steve!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Super shot Rob. Having fun with that Tak.

Have to get automated focus going Marc. Certainly having fun and looking forward to hunting some wider neb shots as the weather improves

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Great image Rob lots of dust there.

I'm glad you were able to find some dark skies for that new scope.

Was worth the drive in the end Geoff, and good to meet so many of the Leyburn "locals" this time too.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Lovely image!

Thanks Laurie!

Originally Posted by lacad01

Wow super sharp and great details, nice one

Most appreciated Adam, thanks for looking

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a very classy image Rob. One to be proud of.

Greg.

Very pleased in the end Greg. Thanks for the encouragement

Originally Posted by Bender

Very nice shot Rob,

"I love it when a plan comes together"


martin

Thanks wingman - and for putting up with my grumps while getting the run set up properly. I'd be happy to do extensive trial runs on the EQ8 for you if need be when it arrives

[RobF (Rob)]

Originally Posted by batema

Lovely image Rob and yes I want one of those scopes too. It must be a new adventure being able to image those objects you have done with the newt.

Mark

Missed clicking the reply box Mark - I was a bit worried whether to bin the RGB and how fast the data would come in being used to 8 inches but as I hoped the pristine skies are such a big help. I learned a lot from young Dave about sky glow, transparency etc while chatting. Widefield SLR shots a whole new way of objectively judging conditions and they were pretty damned good. I'm hoping the FSQ will keep me challenged for years to come (not alone dollars for mounts, cameras etc would be good have )

[Dennis]

Stunning image Rob, I love the fidelity of the globular and the turquoise hues in the full size F11 version.

Cheers

Dennis