Above the clouds.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Taken Friday night with the C11. NGC6188 Close up. Full field HD here.

PS: added a pic of the scope with the camera/OAG and the digital focuser from SharpSky.

[topheart]

Certainly has a cloud-like appearance Marc. Nice round stars, sharp detail. What F ratio is the C11 with Hyperstar??

Cheers,
Tim

[Fabiomax (Fabiomassimo)]

Cosmic cloud! Really detailed and surely better then the cloud I had yesterday night above my observatoy 😀
Cheers,
Fabiomax

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

What a zoom-in ! A very nice way of show-casing interesting detail. Very sharp and well processed. Perhaps a little more exposure if ever the clouds went away. Nicely done.

[Rex]

Nice one Marc.

[Harel_Boren]

I just love that object - lovely rendition.

Cheers,
Harel

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by topheart

Certainly has a cloud-like appearance Marc. Nice round stars, sharp detail. What F ratio is the C11 with Hyperstar??

Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim. F/2 with the hyperstar, F/10 otherwise. This was at F/10. The wider field was done at 800mm FL on a GSO8" F/4.

Originally Posted by Fabiomax

Cosmic cloud! Really detailed and surely better then the cloud I had yesterday night above my observatoy ��
Cheers,
Fabiomax

Thanks mate. It's been challenging to image in Sydney too. Very wet for the season.

Originally Posted by Placidus

What a zoom-in ! A very nice way of show-casing interesting detail. Very sharp and well processed. Perhaps a little more exposure if ever the clouds went away. Nicely done.

Thanks Mike. Now I have the scope sorted out I have to focus on longer subs and improve guiding so next stage will be to polar align a little better and dust off the AO.

Originally Posted by Rex

Nice one Marc.

Thanks Rex.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Harel_Boren

I just love that object - lovely rendition.

Cheers,
Harel

Thanks Harel. One of my fav DSO as well.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Awesome Marc, NGC6188 is just so cool at this resolution. Great work!

I have one in the pipeline too (my first full NB image), although the weather over here has been less cooperative lately.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Awesome Marc, NGC6188 is just so cool at this resolution. Great work!

I have one in the pipeline too (my first full NB image), although the weather over here has been less cooperative lately.

Good stuff! Looking forward to seeing it. Clear nights have been scarce here too.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

The dragons ridge is nice but I love the photo of your setup Marc, looks very cool all alone out in the back yard and a nicely decorated pier too

Mike

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Nice one Marc.

Good to see the detail in this popular object.

Cheers,

Justin.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Grouse capturing Marc, some good F/L there, how many and long were subs if can ask ?
Cheers

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

The dragons ridge is nice but I love the photo of your setup Marc, looks very cool all alone out in the back yard and a nicely decorated pier too

Mike

Thanks. My daughter's handy work.

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Nice one Marc.

Good to see the detail in this popular object.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin.

Originally Posted by astronobob

Grouse capturing Marc, some good F/L there, how many and long were subs if can ask ?
Cheers

Thanks Bob. That was 30x3min between 19:15 and 21:00, Friday 26th. 2.8m FL.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Thanks Bob. That was 30x3min between 19:15 and 21:00, Friday 26th. 2.8m FL.

Cheers Marc, Im hoping to image with the 12" SCT down the track, not sure how will go tho. Only a Color QHY10 with LP filter, and at the brighter regions, Also liking the PN's turning up of late ?
Thanx for your image stats

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Cheers Marc, Im hoping to image with the 12" SCT down the track, not sure how will go tho. Only a Color QHY10 with LP filter, and at the brighter regions, Also liking the PN's turning up of late ?
Thanx for your image stats

No worries. I suspect you won't be affected by LP at that FL, not much gradients to deal with, due to the narrow fov. You need to be on top of your guiding though. OAG is a must or you'll get flexure. Polar alignment becomes quite important too, unfortunately.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

No worries. I suspect you won't be affected by LP at that FL, not much gradients to deal with, due to the narrow fov. You need to be on top of your guiding though. OAG is a must or you'll get flexure. Polar alignment becomes quite important too, unfortunately.

Great to know thanx Marc, speshly the OAG, dont have much spare 'weight capacity' for a guidescope anyway..

Nice Image again there, speshly with this type of set-up/arrangement by the sound

[Regulus (Trevor)]

That's an excellent photo Marc. The presentation is novel and very attractive.
Good detail. Well done.

Trev

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Great to know thanx Marc, speshly the OAG, dont have much spare 'weight capacity' for a guidescope anyway..

Nice Image again there, speshly with this type of set-up/arrangement by the sound

It has its moments.

Originally Posted by Regulus

That's an excellent photo Marc. The presentation is novel and very attractive.
Good detail. Well done.

Trev

Thanks Trevor. I really like this DSO. There are loads of interesting bits and pieces around Ara. I'm hoping to do more at that FL if the weather plays ball. Maybe some Oiii too, once I've ironed out all the bugs.