These days, between the weather and my work committments, astrophotography is like an itch I can't scratch!!!
I first imaged the Trifid back in July 07 when it was once of the first images I took. Since that rather blurry rendition (here), my skills have grown a bit so I thought I'd shoot it again to see what effect 5 years of experience would have. After finishing off my Sombrero image, I only got as far as some Luminance before the weather and moon intervened.
It looks like another fantastic image coming up. I was surprised when I read your first image in 2007. As someone who is desperate to improve my image quality what would you say you have done to produce the magnificent images I see from you regularly if that is OK to ask.
Looks like it will be a fantastic image, Marcus! Huge amounts of nebulosity and the Herbig-Haro jet stands out like the proverbial
Cheers Rick! Yes, the HH jet is one of the gauges you use to judge the quality of M20 images. I was pretty chuffed to see it so clearly this time!
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Originally Posted by peter_4059
That's going to be great when it's done Marcus.
Hope so, thanks Peter!
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Originally Posted by Larryp
Lovely detail, Marcus!
Thanks Larry!
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Originally Posted by alpal
That's so sharp - I can't wait to see the final result.
Thanks Al!
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Originally Posted by E_ri_k
Yeah, fantastic! Bring on some colour. Looks really sharp and crisp! Look forward to see it completed
Erik
Thanks Erik! Hopefully since it's such a bright object gathering the colour won't take too long - I just need one clear, moonless, weekend night!
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Originally Posted by batema
Hi Marcus,
It looks like another fantastic image coming up. I was surprised when I read your first image in 2007. As someone who is desperate to improve my image quality what would you say you have done to produce the magnificent images I see from you regularly if that is OK to ask.
Mark
Thank you Mark! That's a reeeally tough question though mate and I couldn't hope to do it justice here. In a nutshell for me though it was having a goal, buying the best equipment to suit that goal, researching, understanding and applying all the essential processing steps, and practice! Also, understanding that there is no set recipe for final processing was liberating, and this freed me up to experiment!
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
Simply excellent Marcus - major change from 2007. and where did you find that seeing?
A lot of variables there! I know them all too well!
Just a few!
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
The usual high quality image Marcus. The colour should be spectacular.
Cheers
Steve
Thanks Steve!
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Originally Posted by SkyViking
That's looking awesome Marcus, can't wait to see the final result in colour. The jets and details are very clear, great work as usual
Cheers Rolf! Much appreciated.
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Originally Posted by allan gould
This image is so detailed and dimensional. Looks great in monochrome so the colour should add so much to it.
Allan
Thanks very much Allan!
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Brilliant. Those TOA150s are really something aren't they.
Greg.
Thankyou Greg. Glad you liked it mate.
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Originally Posted by dvj
Marcus,
Your full res grayscale is absolutly stunning!
jg
Many thanks John!
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Originally Posted by alistairsam
That's stunning Marcus, look forward to the colour.
Never seen it this close.
Out of curiosity, what is this odd shaped star at 12 o'clock?
Could these be two stars almost in line or an artifact?
cheers
Cheers Alistair, glad you liked it! Very observant of you mate!! The saturated star is a triple (mag 5.77 - Washington Double Star catalogue BU 283) with separations of 8 (AB) and 14 (AC) arcsecs.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Awesome closeup Marcus. Unreal image scale. Bring on the colour.
Thanks a lot Marc! I'll be able to get even closer in a few months!
