AP140EDF first light - the SMC

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nicely done as expected Rick. The colour looks spot on. Many SMC shots have the nebulae far too red.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks, Steve.

Originally Posted by Octane

Superb, Rick!

Can't wait to process my one this weekend.

H

Ta, H. Look forward to your mosaic!

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Beautiful image Rick, love the small stars.

Looks like that Scope/Camera combo will produce some wonderful images.

Will be interested to see how the NB adds to the overall image

Cheers Geoff

[Rex]

Wholly dooly, there be some stars in that one Rick. Nicely resolved.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Beautiful image Rick, love the small stars.

Looks like that Scope/Camera combo will produce some wonderful images.

Will be interested to see how the NB adds to the overall image

Cheers Geoff

Ta, Geoff! Working on the NB combo now.

Originally Posted by Rex

Wholly dooly, there be some stars in that one Rick. Nicely resolved.

Thanks, Rex! The resolution is all down to the gear

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Beaut image Rick. I like the colour in the nebulosity--really varied from nebula to nebula. You must be pretty happy with the new gear. What's your next purchase?

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

SMC is clearly popular this time of year. A great image with lots of depth. Thanks for posting Rick.

[RobF (Rob)]

Glad to hear you scored clear skies for the first major outing Rick.
Great image. The beast is alive!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

Beaut image Rick. I like the colour in the nebulosity--really varied from nebula to nebula. You must be pretty happy with the new gear. What's your next purchase?

Thanks, Geoff! No purchases planned but a bigger sensor would be nice

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

SMC is clearly popular this time of year. A great image with lots of depth. Thanks for posting Rick.

Thanks, Rodney!

Originally Posted by RobF

Glad to hear you scored clear skies for the first major outing Rick.
Great image. The beast is alive!

Yes, we had a bit of luck with the weather, thanks Rob. The NB blend is coming up nicely. Hope to finish it off this weekend.

[RickS (Rick)]

New HaOiiiLRGB version here: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=138788

Cheers,
Rick.

[silv (Annette)]

beautiful - especially with them tiny sand dust stars.

but - I can"t believe it... had you made the LMC your target instead of SMC,
you might have had caught that black hole merger only a day before the BIG BAM.... bugger!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by silv

beautiful - especially with them tiny sand dust stars.

but - I can"t believe it... had you made the LMC your target instead of SMC,
you might have had caught that black hole merger only a day before the BIG BAM.... bugger!

Thanks! I took this a little while back, before the LMC was well positioned for imaging. I would like to do a nice mosaic of the LMC but getting enough data will be a struggle.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Superb detail Rick!

Just been playing around with my SMC mosaic from 2013, good to compare.

Cheers,

Justin.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Justin. Are you doing a repro? It's interesting to see what you can squeeze out of the data a couple of years later!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Thanks, Justin. Are you doing a repro? It's interesting to see what you can squeeze out of the data a couple of years later!

Yes, trying to get more out in a repro, difficult to balance the background in 27 panels, shall post later.

Cheers,

Justin.