Dark Doodad & Chameleon Dust Cloud

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Here is my humble effort, far from perfect but should keep me happy until I can capture a better one.

It took a few tricks to get the dust to show itself, but when it did I was surprised at how much there was!

Same setup as always, Canon 350D (with cooler) and 85mm lens, chugging along on my wooden horse shoe tracking mount.

19x 8 minute subs (2.5hrs) with darks.

I hope you like it, I thought I'd better call it a day at my 20th revision (fair dinkum) I'll probably do a repro tomorrow that'll turn out better.

Larger size Here.

Cheers
Jo

[gregbradley]

That's a very good image Jo.

The dust areas came up very well.

Greg.

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice shot, Jo! I don't think I've seen all that in one FOV before.

[DJScotty (Scott)]

Absolutely spectacular!

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Wow, what an interesting shot. As Rick said, I haven't seen all that in one shot before either. Really nice work Jo, especially considering you are using a wooden horse shoe tracking mount. Top stuff!

[alpal]

Hi Jo,
I like that - top image.

I probably would have made it a little brighter
& then more contrast with curves.
HDR toning could help?

cheers
Allan

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Nice Doodad you got there Jo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a very good image Jo.

The dust areas came up very well.

Greg.

Thanks a lot Greg!

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice shot, Jo! I don't think I've seen all that in one FOV before.

Thanks Rick, glad to show you something new.

Originally Posted by DJScotty

Absolutely spectacular!

Thanks Scott.

Originally Posted by AstroJason

Wow, what an interesting shot. As Rick said, I haven't seen all that in one shot before either. Really nice work Jo, especially considering you are using a wooden horse shoe tracking mount. Top stuff!

Glad you liked it Jason, the horse shoe mount has been going pretty good lately. Don't ask me how much time I've spent working on it to get it that way, but it works well when it does.

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Jo,
I like that - top image.

I probably would have made it a little brighter
& then more contrast with curves.
HDR toning could help?

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan, good idea about brightening it up, I'll do a few more repro's and see what happens.

Originally Posted by Regulus

Nice Doodad you got there Jo

Thanks Trevor!

Cheers
Jo

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Jo of a beautiful but very difficult area to process.

I love the colours and dusty detail.

Nice composition as well.

Ross.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great looking photo Jo of a beautiful but very difficult area to process.

I love the colours and dusty detail.

Nice composition as well.

Ross.

Thank you very much Ross!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Lovely widefield. I'm actually starting to see where it is now in relation to the dark dooda.

[pmrid (Peter)]

Good grief Jo, what you do with a humble 350D is inspiring. Lovely image.
How did you manage to bring out the dust so well?
Peter

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Lovely widefield. I'm actually starting to see where it is now in relation to the dark dooda.

Thank you Marc!

Originally Posted by pmrid

Good grief Jo, what you do with a humble 350D is inspiring. Lovely image.
How did you manage to bring out the dust so well?
Peter

Thanks Peter,

Um, I don't really know. Lots of practice I guess after the 20 attempts

It's really a matter of trial and error until you finally find the capabilities of the data I have found. Time spent in StarTools is never wasted, I did most of this image in there and still haven't discovered it's limits.
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Cheers
Jo

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's deep! Well done Jo!

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That's deep! Well done Jo!

Thanks Kevin!

[erick (Eric)]

Dark Doodad And a very nice image. And W-I-D-E! Unexpected orientation compared to how it is normally presented - I like it.

Hey, that is an impressive collection of images on your Astrobin page

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Really superb work Jo!

You're becoming quite the master in processing the faint backgrounds.

Cheers,

Justin.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by erick

Dark Doodad And a very nice image. And W-I-D-E! Unexpected orientation compared to how it is normally presented - I like it.

Hey, that is an impressive collection of images on your Astrobin page

Thank you very much Erick!

Glad you enjoyed some of my images

Cheers
Jo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Really superb work Jo!

You're becoming quite the master in processing the faint backgrounds.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin, I have my wide setup working pretty good now allowing decent integration times which helps a lot.

Cheers
Jo

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

I like it Jo ..... just superb.

Col.