Corona Australis 17/6

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

2hrs and 15min of exposure time.
Canon 20D (modded) @ ISO 400, Tamron 90mm F2.8 @ F4
No guiding.
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS3.

Thanks Greg for the tips on gradient removal.

The first image shows the entire constellation.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Noice! You're the next dust buster.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Look how far the dust extends. I don't think I have a chance of getting that with an unmodded camera.

[cybereye (Mario)]

God that's nice!!

[allan gould]

I love that area to image and you have made a great widefield. Are you taking the 8" GSO RC to Astrofest as that would give a nice close up.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I shall be Allan.
I need to work on the focuser before then. There's a bit of slop in it and I think it may be the cause of my eggy stars.

[batema (Mark)]

Hello JJJ,

Beautiful shot. Adam and I are in the process of planning our Astrofest visit. Firstly with the wives and then with school as we are trying to go up on first Thursday night (early) have Friday of school and do saturday .sun and monday and go back Tuesday morning. All in the name of professional development. Will have to catch up soon.

Mark

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Nice one jj!

Cheers,

Justin.

[stanlite (Grady)]

love your work jj ;-)

[gregbradley]

Very very nice JJJ.

Greg.

[RickS (Rick)]

Lovely mix of dust and colourful stars, JJJ!

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Wow it's amazing what you can pick up. Looking really smooth and natural, well done. I don't think I have seen such a wide field of this before, thanks for posting it.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

nicely done JJJ. so many stars.

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

That's beautifully done. Like a sandy beach. You have picked out the dust delicately. Really like it JJJ.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Thanks

[tornado33]

Very nice, I like that widefield view, shows how big it really is.
Scott

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Just have to be careful taking long exposures of dusty nebula lest you get dust bunnies on the sensor.

[MrB (Simon)]

Very nice!
I've been wanting to give this region a go and you have given me added incentive.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by MrB

Very nice!
I've been wanting to give this region a go and you have given me added incentive.

Go for it. Wide fields, maximum returns for minimum effort.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Nice one JJJ, well done. This is one of my favorites objects, will give it a try later on these months

Cheers
Marco