Pleiades from coonabarabran - Page 2

Ross G · #21 22-10-2012, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish stargazer

Stunning shot

Hi John, thanks for the great comment.

Good to hear from a fellow Cherrybrookian.

Know any good local spots?

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Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Great shot Ross! You've captured a lot of extended nebulosity there as well - well done.

Thank you David, glad you like it.

The Coona skies have brought out so much detail. Nothing beats a dark sky.

Ross G · #22 22-10-2012, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ourkind

A beautiful image!!

Thank you Carlos. Glad you enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted by cybereye

Ross,

What a fantastic shot!! You're really setting the standard for we QHY8L users!

Cheers,
Mario

Hi Mario,

Thanks for the kind comments. You have been producing some great photos yourself with the QHY8L. I think it's a great camera.

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Originally Posted by alan meehan

What a lovely shot Ross one of the best i have seen ,great nebulosity in the background ,stunning
AL

Hi Alan,

Thank you for your encouraging comments.

I think the dark Coonabarabran skies deserve the credit.

Glad you like the photo.

Ross G · #23 22-10-2012, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Good one Ross, great location = great shot, even with the field rotation, nice blues in that.

Mike

Hi Mike,

Thank you, I am glad you like the photo.

You are right about a good location.
The dark Coonabarabran skies have brought out so much unexpected detail in all the photos I took.
Even my Ha widefields show much more detail than from Sydney.

I'm looking forward to processing and showing the rest of them.

Ross G · #24 22-10-2012, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by naskies

Great work - all the wispy grey nebulosity is fantastic.

I like your Dark Horse Nebula rendition too... I happened to take one a few months ago with virtually identical composition so it caught my eye

Hi Dave,

Thank you, I'm glad you like it. The beautiful dark skies at Coonabarabran really brought out detail I was not expecting.

Our Dark Horse Nebulas are identical and were taken with nearlly identical equipment. Mine was a Nikon 180mm F2.8 lens on a QHY8L ccd....great minds think alike!
A friend of mine also has a Canon 135mm F2.0 that he uses on a Canon 5D Mk1. It is such a great combination for astro work and shows very little CA.

stardust steve (Steve) · #25 22-10-2012, 07:50 AM

just superb

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #26 22-10-2012, 05:00 PM

Excellent Ross! This is an amazing result considering the relatively low elevation of M45 from Coona.. now you make me think about trying that as well

Clear skies
Marco

alpal · #27 22-10-2012, 06:44 PM

Ross,
Hi Allan,

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Coonabarabran is a great spot.
Unfortunately I have only gotten there twice this year.
I think your mountain site would be even better.
Glad you like the photo.
Thanks.

Hi Ross,
Coonabarabran is a famous site.
Don't worry - I'll be back to Mt Baw Baw as soon as I can -
this time armed with a QHY9.

John Hothersall · #28 22-10-2012, 06:46 PM

Great image lots of faint gas and glorious colour, probably the best gal cluster. Many get asteroid trails in their M45 images.

John.

iceman (Mike) · #29 23-10-2012, 06:27 AM

Stunning image Ross. Well captured and processed!

This is now IOTW.

cybereye (Mario) · #30 23-10-2012, 07:01 AM

Congratulations Ross on IOTW!!

multiweb (Marc) · #31 23-10-2012, 08:00 AM

Whohoo! Well done Ross!

lacad01 (Adam) · #32 23-10-2012, 08:15 AM

Lots of nice detail, great stuff

stardust steve (Steve) · #33 23-10-2012, 10:17 AM

congrats on

IOTW!

alan meehan (Alan) · #34 23-10-2012, 03:31 PM

Grongratulations Ross on IOTW,well deserved
AL

David Fitz-Henr · #35 23-10-2012, 04:15 PM

A well deserved IOTW Ross - Congratulations!

Ross G · #36 23-10-2012, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by stardust steve

just superb

Thank you Steve.

Glad you like it.

Ross G · #37 23-10-2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by marco

Excellent Ross! This is an amazing result considering the relatively low elevation of M45 from Coona.. now you make me think about trying that as well

Clear skies
Marco

Hi Marco,

Really happy that you like it and thanks for the kind comments.
I have to thank the amazing Coonabarabran skies for the amount of detail I was able to capture.
If you think M45 was low, I imaged M31 for the 3 nights also and it just managed to clear the trees!

Good luck with imaging M45, you should be able to produce something really special.

Thank you.

Ross G · #38 23-10-2012, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by alpal

Ross,
Hi Allan,

Hi Ross,
Coonabarabran is a famous site.
Don't worry - I'll be back to Mt Baw Baw as soon as I can -
this time armed with a QHY9.

The QHY9 should capture you some amzing photos from your dark mountain.
I had my QHY9 imaging Ha with a Nikon 180mm lens at Coonabarabran. I'm still to process those shots.

Ross G · #39 23-10-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Great image lots of faint gas and glorious colour, probably the best gal cluster. Many get asteroid trails in their M45 images.

John.

Hi John,

Thanks for the kind comments and advice.

Glad you like the photo.

Ross G · #40 23-10-2012, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman

Stunning image Ross. Well captured and processed!

This is now IOTW.

Hi Mike,

Thank you very much.

I have gotten home from a long and not too nice day so this has been a pleasant surprise.
I have a smile on my face!

Thanks.