The Large Magellanic Cloud in Dorado

[Octane (Humayun)]

Mike,

Always great to receive praise from you. Thank you.

Unfortunately, it's not my lens.

I still haven't seen that movie, but, I can imagine. Having been born and bred in Sydney, you can imagine all the possible permutations and combinations that people have come up with of my name.

Most of my online friends refer to me as Hummy. It just stuck.

Thanks, again!

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Another wide field master piece Humayun and yes I think you should use that lens more often!

BTW when I say your name it makes me think of the princess in the movie "The Mummy"

Mike

[Octane (Humayun)]

Terry,

Thank you.

I was quite surprised myself; Zane said I may have to stop down to F/5.6, but, there was no need.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by CometGuy

Humayun,

Thats a superb image with nice sharp detail edge to edge.

Terry

[Octane (Humayun)]

David,

I always look forward to your comments, on my posts, or others. Always a cack up.

Thank you for the kind compliments.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by h0ughy

What a boring shot, really must be a photoshop airbrush muck up, you can see the practice sprays before he adjusted the flow !! (I am green with envy just look at the detail and features of that shot, excellent positioning too to get the most available deep sky in the shot. But that's just between me and you )

[Octane (Humayun)]

Gary,

Thanks, mate.

I look forward to printing it out and doing just that.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by Garyh

Hi Humayun,
Thats a great shot of the bar.....great detail and nicely processed...one to hang on the wall!!!!
Cheers Gary

[Octane (Humayun)]

Jase,

Thank you. You're right, it's the perfect lens for this target.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by jase

Well composed photo Humayun. The 300mm lens is perfect for the LMC.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Petra,

Thank you for the kind words.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by spacezebra

A massive amount of detail has been captured in this image. Fantastic.

Cheers Petra

[Octane (Humayun)]

Louie,

Cheers, mate.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by atalas

Nice result H,well done.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Bert,

I took quite a long time in post-processing, and it appears to have come through in the final result. It may still be a little flat, but, there's always next time.

I don't know what to say, as I've never imaged from my backyard. Once my G-11 arrives, that'll change. I live in Ngunnawal in northern Canberra, fairly close to the border with NSW. There is light pollution here, but, not really that much. If it's any indication, the Milky Way was quite visible when I moved into this suburb in September.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by avandonk

Very nice subtle colour rendition and detail Hamayun. I am afraid no matter what I do, something is lost with using LPR filters at a suburban light polluted site.
Your image spurs me again to get imaging under darker skies.

Bert.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Al,

Thanks, mate.

More to come!

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by sheeny

Love your work H! Good stuff!

Al.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Andrew,

I'm surprised myself that the background is pure black, there's none of that sensor noise. I took just as many flats and darks as I did my lights. It seems to have worked quite well.

Thanks for the kind compliments.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

Awesome H, just awesome.
The best I've seen.
It almost looks noisy until you realise they are actually stars........

Well done mate.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Narayan,

Cheers, mate.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by seeker372011

[acropolite (Phil)]

Amazing image Humayan, I agree with Mike, it's one of the best I have seen of the LMC.

[Ric]

Hi Humayun, what a spectacular image

I cant add much more as everyone has already said it.


well done

[tornado33]

Wow, very nice work there. I didnt know you had a modded 350D What sort of guiding setup did you use? Everythings sharp with pleasing, natural looking colours.
Scott

[Octane (Humayun)]

Phil,

Thank you for the compliment. It's most appreciated.

I had a ball processing this image.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by acropolite

Amazing image Humayan, I agree with Mike, it's one of the best I have seen of the LMC.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Hi Ric,

Thanks again, mate.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by Ric

Hi Humayun, what a spectacular image

I cant add much more as everyone has already said it.


well done

[Octane (Humayun)]

Scott,

Unfortunately, it's not my camera. It's Zane Hammond's (astroboy).

There was no guiding on these images. I tried using Zane's Takahashi EM-200 but was unable to get autoguiding going as I didn't have the appropriate cables. I couldn't get two minutes without trailing so Zane suggested to use his Meade LXD55. It's an el cheapo mount, but, five minuted unguided exposures were possible!

Thanks.

Regards,
Humayun

Originally Posted by tornado33

Wow, very nice work there. I didnt know you had a modded 350D What sort of guiding setup did you use? Everythings sharp with pleasing, natural looking colours.
Scott

[CometGuy]

Humayun,

Have you got a larger version you could post (say 50% res or 100% res?).

Terry

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

Excellent H. I like the way the mod camera captured the S-nebula.

[Lester]

Top image again Humayan.

The rewards for long exposure are astronomical.