My version of the M8 region from Oz

[gregbradley]

Magnificent Tom. Such great details and interesting bits of nebula. Also the extent of the blue reflection nebula around the Trifid is nicely caught.

Very bright image. You can image this at home too though right?

Great choice of gear in your setup.

Greg.

[scarper (Mart)]

Nice...well done

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Wow, what an amazing shot. Plenty to see here, lots of detail, that's just superb. Hope you're going to enter this in a bunch of astro imaging contests, it would do well I reckon. Thanks for sharing.

Dave

[pgc hunter]

That is an incredible image Tom. Just astounding really. Best pic of that part of the sky I've ever seen.

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

Tom

[citivolus (Ric)]

That is a very nice overview image of the region. Sitting and staring at it I see lots of little things that I didn't know were there, and that I want to go have a look at

I was convinced that this was a mosaic until I looked up the specs for your CCD, ran them through my calculator, and threw the 2.5x2.5 degree field into Cartes Du Ciel. That is a very impressive frame size!

Regards,
Eric

[Martin Pugh]

Superb image Tom.

Can I ask...what filter wheel and filters do you use with your FLI Proline?

thanks
Martin

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Originally Posted by Martin Pugh

Can I ask...what filter wheel and filters do you use with your FLI Proline?

thanks
Martin

Thanks Martin. I use an FLI CFW-5-7 wheel and 2nd Gen A-dons. Of note, I have used Baader filters with this camera/wheel and they are just as good.

Tom

[gregbradley]

Hi Tom,

Do the next Gen Astrodons end up closer to 1:1:1 colour combine?

Have you had any trouble with reflections? (it doesn't look like it but flatteners and 16803 cameras and filter reflections have been an issue).

Greg.

[bloodhound31]

Another desktop favorite! WOWEE.

Baz.

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Do the next Gen Astrodons end up closer to 1:1:1 colour combine?

Have you had any trouble with reflections? (it doesn't look like it but flatteners and 16803 cameras and filter reflections have been an issue).

Greg.

Hi Greg,

The G2V R:G:B ratios for my A-dons are 1.1:1:1.2 while the Baader are closer to 1.2:1:2.

No significant reflections. I do get some small halos on the brightest stars from the coverslip but these are easily removed.

Tom

[mexhunter (César)]

Hello Tom:
Doubtlessly a very beautiful image.
Many greetings
Cesar