M8 Lagoon with 8" F4

[astronobob (Bob)]

Hi all,
Another target from Leyburn, The Orion 8" F4 with a borrowed MPCC, The Collimation was a bit off at this stage, Was just great being in amongst it again actually, minor technicals didnt really set in untill the last few nights of a 5 days astro feast : ) They have been few & far ? ?

Image stats = Stock 600D, 12 x 120sec, RegistaX & CS3 & hope it worth the squizz

Link to 1500px 500kb or somethin around there, ho )
http://astrobin.com/full/12110/?mod=none

[Lester]

I like that a Lot Bob. Top view. All the best.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Top shot Bob.

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

That's some nice work Bob.

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Neat colours -

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi Bob,

Great colours you achieved in that image, and glad to see you have things sorted.
Look forward to your next image.

Cheers,

Justin.

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

It's a very nice M8! Nice colour scheme. It's one of those things about astrophotography that we can be creative on how an object looks.

Steve

[RickS (Rick)]

Yes, great looking Lagoon, Bob!

[naskies (Dave)]

Great colours, Bob!

Is it just me, or do the stars look a little strangely-shaped on the large version?

[2stroke (Jay)]

Originally Posted by naskies

Great colours, Bob!

Is it just me, or do the stars look a little strangely-shaped on the large version?

Same here tracking or stacking problem or a dodgey shot being put into the stacking. dam nice colors

[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by Lester

I like that a Lot Bob. Top view. All the best.

Glad you like Lester, all the best u2

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Top shot Bob.

TY jjj, trying to adjust framing for compositon before the Image run

Originally Posted by Cosmic

That's some nice work Bob.

Thanx Daniel, quite enjoyed processing this Neb, a brightish subject and some semi solid data made life easier !

Originally Posted by jenchris

Neat colours -

Cheers Jenny, it what I call "The Unmodded Dslr Palette"

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Hi Bob,

Great colours you achieved in that image, and glad to see you have things sorted.
Look forward to your next image.

Cheers,

Justin.

Cheers also Justing and thanx for your advice earlier on CC's, these scope are in desperate need of the right one , , Yep !

Originally Posted by stevous67

It's a very nice M8! Nice colour scheme. It's one of those things about astrophotography that we can be creative on how an object looks.

Steve

TY Steve and totally agree, like the falsely coloured Blue star spikes in it, uh oh, cats out da bag and could be dangerous : )

Originally Posted by RickS

Yes, great looking Lagoon, Bob!

Hey thanx Rick ! !

Originally Posted by naskies

Great colours, Bob!

Is it just me, or do the stars look a little strangely-shaped on the large version?

TY Dave, & yes, stars not great due to a few possible things, Collimation was a smidge off (teardrop stars) & may have effected stacking somewhat ? and/ or other as Jay mentions below !

Originally Posted by 2stroke

Same here tracking or stacking problem or a dodgey shot being put into the stacking. dam nice colors

Thanx also for your comment Jay, Tracking/guiding I can probably rule out, more likely a dodgy stack and/or the fact of Collimation ? ? My allignment star was in the brighter neb area and the stars @ top left frame seem to be the worse on the full file, so some scrutiny needed, maybe ?
'Ave A 'Appy , ,

[2stroke (Jay)]

Yer kind of looks like something got into the stack, maybe a bit of PE, guess you would have to go through the shots and weed out the offender. Dam nice work all the same and take what i say with a grain of salt, my experience isn't as vast as others.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by 2stroke

Yer kind of looks like something got into the stack, maybe a bit of PE, guess you would have to go through the shots and weed out the offender. Dam nice work all the same and take what i say with a grain of salt, my experience isn't as vast as others.

Alls good Jay, I just checked the frames and they all have weird shaped stars from Collimation off slightly, Focus a smidge out, and the Coma Correcter I borrowed was Not doing the job 100% !
All soughted, thanx !