lagoon nebula

monoxide · #1 11-08-2007, 12:40 AM

well im slowly starting to work things out and im getting a tad better at drift aligning but still a long way to go yet, those tight round stars are elusive

the wind was gusting pretty bad and i had to cut the session a lot shorter than i would have liked due to clouds moving in. i really wanted to get a lot more data but i guess its better than nothing.
still learning when it comes to processing too as you can probably tell

anyway heres my second image with the new setup
4x30s @ iso800 (cropped)
*image updated*

Ric · #2 11-08-2007, 01:18 AM

Very nice Tj, pity the clouds cut things short it looks like it was developing into a very nice image with some nice detail coming through.

Cheers

monoxide · #3 11-08-2007, 01:34 AM

thanks Ric,
i like the meade ota, amazing to look through with the 24 panoptic.
very contrasty, the diffraction spikes look very nice too.
heres a single shot of acrux @ 30s

Ric · #4 11-08-2007, 01:52 AM

Nice image of Acrux Tj, the double has split perfectly.

A very enjoyable image and the spikes really set it off as well.

Cheers

monoxide · #5 11-08-2007, 04:30 AM

wow, i just re-processed the image and noticed how much i'd butchered it..
i think ill replace it with the re-process!

Garyh · #6 11-08-2007, 07:56 AM

Not bad Tj for such short exposures!!
Keep at it!!
cheers Gary

Ric · #7 11-08-2007, 10:16 AM

Very nice Tj, you've certainly got a lot more data out of the second processing.

Cheers

Dr Nick (Nick) · #8 11-08-2007, 02:17 PM

Nice work!