Catspaw (NGC 6334) at Queensland Astrofest 2013

[firstlight (Tony)]

I did a quick process of this object for the club meeting last month and for a write up of the Astrofest in the BAS Observer. I finally got back to it as OI was a bit heavy handed with it. Happier with this repro.

NEQ6, Williams Optics 110 Megrez, WO type 2 0.8x field flattener, fl 524mm, Modded Canon 450D, 10 x 10 minute subs (100 minutes total), 800 ISO, 20 darks, 20 flats. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in PixInsight and finished in Photoshop CS5. I had to drop the quality to 30% to get under 200k.

[RickS (Rick)]

Another nice one, Tony!

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Well done Tony!

[firstlight (Tony)]

Thanks Steve and Rick. I had better dark frame management with this one

[h0ughy (David)]

fantastic field of view - great shot

[TimberLand (Justin)]

Proof no upgrade required. Top shot.

[firstlight (Tony)]

No higher praise than coming from you, Justin... and David and Rick!

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Tony.

Ross.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Good catpaw Tony. Colors are spot on.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Lot's of faint stuff there and you got some nice dark dusty stuff happening too.

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Good catpaw Tony. Colors are spot on.

Thanks Marc

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Lot's of faint stuff there and you got some nice dark dusty stuff happening too.

Thanks JJJ. Kinda wished I put another 2 hours on this target on another night at Astrofest. Ah... always next year.