Cat and Lobster from Coona

[Ross G]

Hello again,

I'm getting to the end of my photos from the last Coonabarabran trip.

Here I have the Cats Paw Nebula and the Lobster Nebula.

Thanks for looking.

CATS PAW 18X10 min exposures

LOBSTER 6X10 min exposures


WO M110 REFRACTOR
WO FFII
HEQ5PRO MOUNT
QHY8L CCD

DSS + PHOTOSHOP CS2

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Excellent stuff Ross! Really well processed.

Cheers

Steve

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Excellent detail and wide field FOV.

[atalas]

A couple of terrific shots Ross,well done.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Ross. You certainly dont waist too much time when you are at Coona.
Improving all the time. Well done.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Nice and deep, dark skies must help a lot with he real faint details.

[RickS (Rick)]

That was a very productive trip, Ross! Lots of lovely images...

Cheers,
Rick.

[spearo (Frank)]

They've come out well
lovely colors
well done
frank

[multiweb (Marc)]

Good catch Ross. Nice pair.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Excellent stuff Ross! Really well processed.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve. Glad you like it.
Shows I'm on the right track.

Ross.

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Excellent detail and wide field FOV.

Thanks Paul. Although from looking at other peoples' photos I can see that these 2 objects really need Ha to bring out their fine details. Might have to follow you down the scary path of narrowband!

Ross.

Originally Posted by atalas

A couple of terrific shots Ross,well done.

Hi Louie,

A big thanks to you for your help with the colours.

Ross.

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Ross. You certainly dont waist too much time when you are at Coona.
Improving all the time. Well done.

Hi Doug,

Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

Yes, my last trip to Coonabarabran was very productive. When you live in light polluted suburban Sydney, getting 4 clear nights in Coona is like a week of Christmases.
I had 2 mounts, one with the telescope and the other with a Canon camera, going non stop from 7pm till 4:40am for the whole 4 nights!
I probably did 2 years of imaging in less tha a week.

Ross.

Originally Posted by Alchemy

Nice and deep, dark skies must help a lot with he real faint details.

Thanks Clive,

Nothing comes close to a clear night at Coonabarabran.

Ross.

Originally Posted by RickS

That was a very productive trip, Ross! Lots of lovely images...

Rick.

Hi Rick,

Glad that you like the photos. For someone from suburban Sydney it was more productive than my whole last 2 years!

Thanks.

Ross.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by spearo

They've come out well
lovely colors
well done
frank

Thanks Frank. Glad you like them. Getting colours correct is always my biggest problem. I do so many different versions I get lost. I try to compare them with other peoples' shots by even there I find so much variation.

Ross.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Good catch Ross. Nice pair.

Hi Marc,

I'm happy that you like them. They do belong together.
I'm surprised you haven't found some overlap and stitched them together.

Thanks.

Ross.