M20 Trifid - First attempt

[Tamtarn]

This is our first attempt at imaging Trifid.

The night was freeeeezing -2 deg..Conditions were only fair and we hadn't checked alignment. Just plonked our scope out quickly so we could try our new MPCC filter.

Anyway here it is

4x30sec 4x60sec ISO 800 5X Darks Cropped ......... Pentax DSLR

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Nice shot there, very smooth. Well done.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Look at all the Blue Reflection Nebula!!!!!

Great job David and Barb! Geez that's a good image.

[leon]

Well for a quick plonk down, and not much else, i reckon it is a top image Barb and Dave, well done.

Leon

[Tamtarn]

Thanks for the comments guys.

When we referred to plonking the scope out quickly... We have three holes which the tripod sits into the grass and at the moment it's pretty waterlogged and we hadn't had the scope out for about 6 weeks so we weren't sure how good our tracking would be and we didn't want to spend time freezing our butts off to get it right.

So we just put it out fired away and hoped for the best

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Nice shot!

You call that cold? Try spending an hour or two outside at my place... It is 1070meters above sea level and in the middle of outback Australia... It gets down to around -10 some nights here... Brr

[Ric]

Hi Barb and Dave, you've nailed that image for a plonk and test. The colours and depth are great, hardly any trailing at all either.

A very nice image overall.

Cheers

[h0ughy (David)]

nice one and with a pentax too!!!

[little col]

love the nebulosity in that one , great image

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

nice one and with a pentax too!!!

Thanks Houghy We've been really happy so far with the Pentax we're trying to get as good as we can with the ist DL

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Thats a beautiful image. You've both done well.