Dark Doodad in Coona

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Beautifully processed.
A joy to look at. Love all that dust.

[DJT (David)]

Thats a cracking Image Ross. Beautifully processed and loads going on in the FOV.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

That's stunning Ross!

Your sure have a handle on the processing, just great.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin.

Getting the colours right is still difficult....so many versions!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Excellent result Ross, a lovely framing there with a cool glowing look and it looks like dust too

Mike

Thanks Mike.
I always appreciate your encouraging comments. I'm very happy that you like it.
I think the new Televue telescope has played a big part. I'm surprised at the improvement over my previous William Optics 110mm refractor.

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Nicely done Ross. So many stars in that field and the dust appears to hover above them the way you have presented this.

Thanks Peter. Really glad you like it.

As I said to Mike, I think the new telescope has played a big part in bringing out the detail and dust.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb shot. Great colors and processing.

Thanks Marc, I'm really pleased you like it, especially the colours.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thats a great image Ross. I like it a lot.

Greg.

Thank you Greg.

Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

That's an extremely good dark doodad Ross! I like it a lot.

Cheers

Steve

I appreciate the kind comments.

Thank you Steve.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Love the colour and muted nature of the dust lane. Globular is well shown and resolved. Background is silky smooth and frame is nicely illuminated. Great image all round. Only one very minor gripe, in the left hand corners there is some either field rotation or tilt. It isn't much but noticeable when you open the full size image. Still a very nice image though.

Thank you Paul.

Kind comments like that from someone like you are very encouraging and well accepted!

Thanks for the advice as well. My telescope only has a 2" focuser and hanging off it is about 8" of camera and T-rings. I'm sure this must flex.
Also, I was in such a hurry to start imaging, I had drift aligned my azimuth, but had adjusted my altitude only with an inclinometer. Doing 20 minute exposures was probably pushing things a bit too far!
I did see the odd shaped stars in the corner and this seemed to change depending on where I was pointing the telescope.
It's something I will try to correct as I use the scope more.

Thanks again

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by naskies

I really like the Dark Doodad - bit of an underrated object. Great detail, great colours and a very 3D look to the dust - well done!

Thanks Dave. It is a favourite object of mine and I'm surprised more people are not imaging it as it's quite large.
I'm glad you like the photo.

Originally Posted by DavidU

that's an awesome image !

Glad you like it David.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by broca

Well done Ross! Very nice job processing this!

Thanks for the kind comments Steve.
I've seen some amazing work from you lately.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Great image, Ross

Thank you Larry.

Cheers.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

That looks very nice Ross; you can really sense that the dark dust is hanging out in front of that rich star field

Thank you David. I think the new telescope had a lot to do with the dust coming out so well.

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Ross,
What an amazing shot to get with an OSC camera.
Makes you wonder why people use DSLRs since
this camera is not much more in price for the same chip size.

cheers
Allan

Hi Allan.

Glad you like it. The QHY8L OSC is working very well and is well suited to our "nomadic" style of imaging. I would love to see a comparison with a monochrome LRGB image to see how much difference in quality there is.

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

That is a very solid object for just dust, stands out with striking clarity.

John.

Thank you John.

Originally Posted by astronobob

Spectacular image & magic work, very natural apperance in its awesomeness

Thank you very much Bob.
I really appreciate your kind commenst.

[TrevorW]

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by alexch

Very very nice, Ross. I like your processing a lot - the dust is very pronounced but still subtle.

Thanks for the view.

Alex

Thank you for your kind and encouraging comments Alex.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Lovely image, beautifully processed - well done Ross!

Cheers, Marcus

Hi Marcus.

From someone with your skills, great praise.
Very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by RickS

Lovely image, Ross! That's a real beauty.

Thanks Rick.

Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by atalas

Splendid work mate!

Thank you very much Louie!

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Beautifully processed.
A joy to look at. Love all that dust.

Thanks Jeanette.

The new telescope had a lot to do with it.

Originally Posted by DJT

Thats a cracking Image Ross. Beautifully processed and loads going on in the FOV.

Thank you David.

[sjastro]

Very nice image Ross.

Regards

Steven

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Nice Ross, I have a thing for these dusty areas and the dark doodad is one of the best examples, pity too large for my current field of view.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful picture of it

Clear skies
Marco

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Thanks Trevor.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by sjastro

Very nice image Ross.

Regards

Steven

Thank you Steve.

Glad you like it.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by marco

Nice Ross, I have a thing for these dusty areas and the dark doodad is one of the best examples, pity too large for my current field of view.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful picture of it

Clear skies
Marco

Thank you for the kind comments Marco.

It is a beautiful region and I get drawn to it every year for a photo.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

that is a great image Ross - beautiful colour and it looks "real".

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

that is a great image Ross - beautiful colour and it looks "real".

Great compliment Ray.

Thank you.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

MANY

STARS!!!!!!!

Mesmerising Ross, simply stunning!

Cheers

Chris

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Really nice Ross. Congrats.

All the best,
Leo

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

MANY

STARS!!!!!!!

Mesmerising Ross, simply stunning!

Cheers

Chris

It's a beautiful part of the sky.

Thank you for the great comments Chris.

[Ross G]

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Really nice Ross. Congrats.

All the best,
Leo

Thank you Leo.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

I havnt been around for a while Ross - but looking at this you have gone through the roof now! Wonderful