Decided to capture this incredible nebula again for one last time before it departs out skies in a month or two. Beautiful conditions on Wednesday night down here on the South Coast NSW, great seeing , no dew , very light wind , no moon and possums scampering around looking for food
NexDome Obs
8” f5 GSO newt
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom to highest dynamic range Gain 0 , cooled to -10C
Optolong L Extreme filter
2hours of data (3 min dithered guided subs)
Tracking and Goto EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.70 arc sec error total )
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear Data set
Synthetic Luminance version ( Mono )
RGB version
Various OSC narrowband Bi colour SHO versions using the Matrix presets
Peter,
Thanks very much
No. 7 is very dynamic , bordering on psychedelic
Kudos goes to Ivo Jager the developer of Startools for giving us humble beginner astrophotographers fantastic intuitive software to work with which allows us to process and create wonderful images
Cheers
M.
The 1st one is superb Martin. Perhaps your best image to date. Terrific detail in the core.
Greg.
Greg,
Thanks , very much appreciated
You must have an eye for detail , no.1 is the only image I spend a little more time on with some additional minor sharpening, Decon , HDR and Entropy
Cheers
Martin
Nice set of M8s Martin. Hard to pick one in particular.
Marc,
Thanks very much
Greg picked no.1 as his preferred choice which was in fact the only one that I spent about more time on in further fine processing
Cheers
Martin
Meah...another M8 in fact 8 more M8's ......but seriously, I agree with Greg
Mike
Mike,
Thanks
Yes we all know M8 gets too much “exposure” but hey isn’t it a great celestial object to both observe and image
Couldn’t help but give it another shot before it bids farewell in a month or so
Cheers
Martin
Great imaging. Superb detail. It is good to refine a target. Ichi ban for me also.
After that the middle yellow one or the final blue one. The others just seem a little flocculent.
in fact 8 more M8's 
...
...but seriously, I agree with Greg 
