M16 Starless and more stars

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Frank. Thanks and keep workin on those Pillars, get some Ha if you can.

Thanks jjj, yep, Starless, thats what I recon too .

Thank you very much for the IOTW Mike, im honored .

And thanks to Marc, Andrew, Dave .

I might send it in to DM, but not the starless methinks, I was lucky to get away with doing that just the once . I dont think this kind of thing is really DMs cup of tea either, but what the hell, might as well give it a poke .

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

I might send it in to DM, but not the starless methinks, I was lucky to get away with doing that just the once . I dont think this kind of thing is really DMs cup of tea either, but what the hell, might as well give it a poke .

...recon there might be more than one starless image this year actually. See?...you opened the flood gates amd popularised a fad, you da ground breaking heavy metal punk Fred

[jase (Jason)]

Not absolutely certain which one I enjoy the most Fred. Stars or no stars, the details are impressive. Truth be told, its about time you got that rig working harder for your money. Will look good on a print no doubt, but would probably help if you had a few more pixels to play with. Upscale, upscale!

[PeterM]

Wow, and 500 wows! Was looking for something spech to pin my 500 post to and this is it.

PeterM

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

...recon there might be more than one starless image this year actually. See?...you opened the flood gates amd popularised a fad, you da ground breaking heavy metal punk Fred

mmm, I got a verbal caneing from DM , youd have to be game to submit starless again now, I think . And take it easy with the rest of your praising big boy, startin to get a bit out of hand he (thanks anyway, enjoying the fleating ego trip ).

Originally Posted by jase

Not absolutely certain which one I enjoy the most Fred. Stars or no stars, the details are impressive. Truth be told, its about time you got that rig working harder for your money. Will look good on a print no doubt, but would probably help if you had a few more pixels to play with. Upscale, upscale!

Well, that has ocurred to me.....many times Jase, Id like to stick with NF, but more res would be nice and maintain a high QE, thats hard and expensive (eg longer FL and a bigger cam). Despite the ST10s age, I just cant find anything else much better with the same QE without spending mega$. Upscaling 2 or 4 times in PS seems to be working well in the mean time. Trading the 10" RC to a CDK17 or 20" is appealing though

Originally Posted by PeterM

Wow, and 500 wows! Was looking for something spech to pin my 500 post to and this is it.

PeterM

Hehe, glad to help with that one Peter, congrats

[Remus (Tom)]

My god that is stunning. Not sure why but the starless one is growing on me for sure... love it!

[Ric]

Hi Fred, I like em both.

The starless image really catches the eye and the imagination though.

Lovely work

[TechnoBill]

Wonderful imaging as usual Fred. Thanks for sharing.
It was stumbling across your web site when I was first thinking of getting into Astro Photography years ago that convinced me it would be an awesome hobby.

Regards
Bill D

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Thanks Tom, Ric, Bill

Gaud Bill, so if it turns to shiet, its my fault . No, really, glad you felt inclined to delve, the challenge alone is a life long pursuit .

[marki]

Definately like the starless version best, just seems more .......... I like it .

Mark

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Yeah, just more........ . I dunno, sometimes I dont know which way to go, I need to drink more, then things get crystal clear .

[StellariuS (Jayden)]

Yeah dude, that's intense.. almost looks like an oil painting. cant wait for my Tmount

Awesome effort.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Thanks. Whats a Tmount?

[Octane (Humayun)]

Something you use to connect a DSLR on to the back of a telescope.

H

[Bassnut (Fred)]

of course it is, doh

[Kal (Andrew)]

I love the starless version Fred. Quite often I find the funny colours of stars in NB images to be distracting. While you have tamed that to some extent in the version with stars, there is absolutely no distraction for me in the starless version where I can enjoy the majestic NB view of the nebula!

[bluescope]

Very nice Fred ... I can see why you took the stars out of the image as they seem a bit eggy in the large version ... possibly due to the focal length of the scope ?

What FL were you imaging at ? Was it done with the RC 10" ?

Not criticising by the way ... it's still one of the best M16 images I've ever seen from an amatuer ... detail is great

[astroron (Ron)]

I have the Starless version as my wallpaper thanks Fred

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by Kal

I love the starless version Fred. Quite often I find the funny colours of stars in NB images to be distracting. While you have tamed that to some extent in the version with stars, there is absolutely no distraction for me in the starless version where I can enjoy the majestic NB view of the nebula!

Thanks Andrew. Yeah, I kept green to a minimum . Its odd, some times starless looks so wrong, other times neb backgrounds especially suddenly jump out and look quite different.

Originally Posted by bluescope

Very nice Fred ... I can see why you took the stars out of the image as they seem a bit eggy in the large version ... possibly due to the focal length of the scope ?

What FL were you imaging at ? Was it done with the RC 10" ?

Not criticising by the way ... it's still one of the best M16 images I've ever seen from an amatuer ... detail is great

Thanks Steve.It was at 2250mm with the RC and croped a bit. Yes, the stars are not perfect, I dont quite know why they are worse on the left edge yet. Its not always like that. I use a rotator a fair bit, I may have flex in the very long image train.

Originally Posted by astroron

I have the Starless version as my wallpaper thanks Fred

hehe, thats a few wallpapers now (and mine), starless suits that .