Corona Australis from Coona

Ross G · #1 06-09-2011, 10:13 PM

Hello,

Still slowly processing my shots from the last trip to Coonabarabran.

This is my first attempt at imaging the Corona Australis Nebula.

What do you think?

Thanks for looking.

Ross.

WO M110 REFRACTOR
WO FF II
QHY8L CAMERA
HEQ5PRO

DSS + PHOTOSHOP.

DavidU (Dave) · #2 06-09-2011, 10:16 PM

That's a fine image Ross, great tracking.

RickS (Rick) · #3 06-09-2011, 10:25 PM

Love the dark stuff!

Cheers,
Rick.

John Hothersall · #4 06-09-2011, 10:52 PM

The dark dust has been developed very well filling half the image and reflection nebs are smooth with wavey structure.

John.

rogerg (Roger) · #5 06-09-2011, 11:03 PM

That's a great image! quite spectacular. I like the balance of contrast and saturation. The dust stands out from the stars nicely and the stars aren't too strong. A very attractive image, congrats

dynobolt (Dave) · #6 06-09-2011, 11:17 PM

Very nice Ross. What length exposures did you take and how many?

Dave

Hagar (Doug) · #7 07-09-2011, 08:12 AM

Very nice Ross. All looks good. Star colour and dust colour are spot on.

Great area to image but can be a bit of a fiddle to get a good contrast level to show everything up well.

atalas · #8 07-09-2011, 11:19 AM

Great work Ross! well done mate.

Paul Haese · #9 07-09-2011, 04:15 PM

Nice little points of light. Saturation looks great too. Nicely done.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #10 07-09-2011, 04:28 PM

Wow Ross, that is a beautiful rendition of this favorite. Not as deep as some but it looks very real and believable and the processing is invisible, the dark skies really help here, love it

Mike

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #11 07-09-2011, 04:50 PM

I've got a soft spot for this region.

Lovely work.

desler · #12 07-09-2011, 06:41 PM

I have a soft spot for any image of this quality. Great work!

Darren

Lester · #13 07-09-2011, 06:56 PM

Very nice view Ross. Thanks.

rcheshire (Rowland) · #14 07-09-2011, 07:03 PM

This is such a beautiful part of the sky. Very nice.

LucasB (Lucas) · #15 07-09-2011, 08:30 PM

That is a beautiful shot Ross and great processing also!

Lucas

Ross G · #16 07-09-2011, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidU

That's a fine image Ross, great tracking.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickS

Love the dark stuff!

Cheers,
Rick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

The dark dust has been developed very well filling half the image and reflection nebs are smooth with wavey structure.

John.

Hi David, John and Rick. Glad you like it and thanks for the kind comments.

Ross.

Ross G · #17 07-09-2011, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dynobolt

Very nice Ross. What length exposures did you take and how many?

Dave

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogerg

That's a great image! quite spectacular. I like the balance of contrast and saturation. The dust stands out from the stars nicely and the stars aren't too strong. A very attractive image, congrats

Thanks Roger, glad you like it.

Thanks Dave. I shot about 8 or 9 subs at 10 minutes each.

Ross.

Ross G · #18 07-09-2011, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

I've got a soft spot for this region.

Lovely work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice little points of light. Saturation looks great too. Nicely done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Ross. All looks good. Star colour and dust colour are spot on.

Great area to image but can be a bit of a fiddle to get a good contrast level to show everything up well.

Doug, Paul and Jeanette. Thank you for the encouraging comments. I'm glad you like. I did a few different versions with Photoshop.

Thanks.

Ross.

Ross G · #19 07-09-2011, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atalas

Great work Ross! well done mate.

Thanks Louie.

It's great that you like it and thank you for the advice.

Ross.

RB (Andrew) · #20 07-09-2011, 09:01 PM

What a lovely Shot Ross !
Dust and star colours captured very well.

Well done.