M8 and M20 as One

[leon]

Hi All,

Last night the sky turned clear again, so at 2am I decided to have a go at M8 and M20, the Takahashi FSQ-106 is capable of a massive 9.1/2 degrees FOW, and covers a chunk of sky measuring 6.1/2 by 7.1/2 degrees.

So fitting both in the same image was not a problem.

This is the scopes second light, consisting of 40 images at 30 sec's each, on a G11, unguided, flats and darks subtracted, and processed in Image Plus.

Focusing, may not be spot on, but i do all of it by sight, and that isn't that crash hot either,at my age

Cheers leon

[Tamtarn]

WOW !! That's a fantastic wide shot Leon of two beautiful objects.

Just magic

[rogerg (Roger)]

Mmmm.. flat field.. no distortion .. charp stars... subtle colouring ..

[Ric]

That's a ripper Leon, top stuff.
The blue in the Trifid has come out very nicely

Well done

[matt]

Wow!!!

That's really very nice, and very natural looking.

Well done, Leon.

You have to be happy with that

[leon]

Thanks Guys, Yep I'm happy, but the scope dose most of the work. I still have a fair way to go.

Cheers Leon

[matt]

Originally Posted by leon

but the scope dose most of the work.

That's the way it's meant to be, mate.

Make the little devil work for its keep

[leon]

I intend to Matt, it owes me plenty for its new mount, and observatory, where it now lives.

Leon

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

thats a beautiful pic leon. great fov.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Hi leon,
I PMed you before I saw this image.
Stunning!
As Eric says that FOV is awesome!
Keep em coming!
Cheers
Doug

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Wow, nice. And I must say, a very wide FOV.

[jase (Jason)]

Impressive Leon.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Beautiful shot Leon

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Now thats a pretty picture