NGC 2070 and NGC 2100 - from 5th Feb

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Hi All,

NGC2070 & NGC2100 in Dorado. Another of the Tarantula Nebula and the open cluster NGC2100. Both from the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy companion of the Milky Way. 57 mins of exposures, (19 x 3 minutes) taken on the 5th Feb 2013. Some more from the "forgotten files".....not perfect, but it was fun processing this one, a bit different from my other attempts....

Uncompressed version here

Cheers

Chris

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice Chris! I just bought myself an Atik 314L+ colour camera, so when I recover from my ankle problems, I hope to be able to take some good images, too

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Thanks Laurie,

Excellent! Welcome to the club, I am glad you took the plunge on it, you have mentioned it was on the list a few times when viewing my images.....lol. I look forward to some more Atik goodness from you!

Cheers

Chris

[Ross G]

Nice looking photo Chris.

I like the composition.

Ross.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

That's good Chris

The blue gives the Tarantula a bit of depth.

Nice.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Nice looking photo Chris.

I like the composition.

Ross.

Thanks Ross, the eldest son Anthony has been teaching me the rule of thirds in photography, so it seems it may have rubbed off.....

Originally Posted by Rod771

That's good Chris

The blue gives the Tarantula a bit of depth.

Nice.

Yup, the Atik I think has its highest QE in blue and I love how it picks up some blue hues in mainly reddish nebs. I saw the almost 3D effect it gave the main clouds when I colour balanced it, so I left it as is. I am still having problems with star cores using DSS, so I may revisit this later with Nebulosity stacking and see what happens......

Thanks Rod,

Cheers

Chris

[astronobob (Bob)]

Nice going Chris, havent seen the tarantular for some time, its a facinating target and great to see the different colours this abject transmits, well done

[DavidU (Dave)]

Awesome, you are doing so well these days. Just as well you didn't throw the towel in Chris.
Keep up the great work.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

Awesome, you are doing so well these days. Just as well you didn't throw the towel in Chris.
Keep up the great work.

Thanks David, I appreciate the support, I am getting a nice collection together now....

Cheers!

Originally Posted by astronobob

Nice going Chris, havent seen the tarantular for some time, its a facinating target and great to see the different colours this abject transmits, well done

Thanks Bob, yes, it's a bit of a lazy one for me, but I think there was some moon around, so I stuck with the bright stuff.... The camera picks up sooooo much more in less time it really does make it worth the extra money over a DSLR.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Cheers

Chris