A bunch of Messier objects!

Garyh · #1 11-08-2007, 08:41 AM

Hi all again...

With so much clear blue sky lately I couldn`t help myself with getting stuck into some imaging with my newt!!
Conditions have been a bit variable, sometimes average and other times poor but great transparency and the occasional bit of wind thrown in.
Got stuck into M20 and M8 and M16 again to see if I could improve on previous attempts..
I am much happier this time around with the final results, but I must admit that I cheated with M8 as the stars where a bit oval so I used the star rounder plugin to fix it...

Had some flexure probs but managed to fix before imaging M17..
Some bits needed tightening up on the poor old 70x500 and my fine tuning arrangement.

Ok details are:
6" f/5.6 newt and modded canon 300d
M20: 24 x 150sec at iso 1600
M8: 12 x 240sec at iso 800
M17: 28 x 120sec at iso 1600

All comments, good and bad always welcome!!! especially about my color balance etc...

Full frame images around 300ks in size..
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads...tack-large.jpg
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads...tack-large.jpg
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads...tack-large.jpg

Small versions are much cropped.
Cheers and Cs everyone!!

sheeny (Al) · #2 11-08-2007, 09:50 AM

They are excellent Gary!

You must be chuffed to capture images like that on a scope you've built yourself!

Al.

Ric · #3 11-08-2007, 10:22 AM

Fantastic Gary, beautiful images with lots of depth and detail.

Cheers

gbeal · #4 11-08-2007, 10:42 AM

Stunning Gary, very nice.

Dr Nick (Nick) · #5 11-08-2007, 02:16 PM

Nice! I like the lagoon the best!

richardo (Rich) · #6 12-08-2007, 02:20 PM

Wow,
that was a very eventful night there Gaz.
Great work

Especially liked M20...
Star colours and colour in general look spot.

Go the mighty 6" Newt.

All the best
Rich

2020BC (Bill Christie) · #7 12-08-2007, 05:07 PM

Excellent shots, Gary. I like the Trifid, especially.

Garyh · #8 13-08-2007, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheeny

They are excellent Gary!

You must be chuffed to capture images like that on a scope you've built yourself!

Al.

Thanks Al! Yeap I am quiet happy with the scope and what it can do..but I little bit bigger and better is in the planning..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ric

Fantastic Gary, beautiful images with lots of depth and detail.

Cheers

Thanks Ric! your comments are always most welcome!

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbeal

Stunning Gary, very nice.

Thanks Gazza, I have enjoyed the last few weeks of clear sky and even a few nights of ok seeing thrown in!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Nick

Nice! I like the lagoon the best!

Thanks Nick, didn`t come out too bad, just a little flexure prob with the image but that plugin fixed that...

Quote:

Originally Posted by richardo

Wow,
that was a very eventful night there Gaz.
Great work

Especially liked M20...
Star colours and colour in general look spot.

Go the mighty 6" Newt.

All the best
Rich

Thanks Rich, actually thats the one I am most happy with! came out nice and sharp and I think I got the colors spot on..My swan looks a little off still! Thanks for the comment!! cheers

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2020BC

Excellent shots, Gary. I like the Trifid, especially.

thanks for that Bill! I am quiet happy with my images of these famous nebs......but with this hobby there is a never ending learning curve in in getting the data and processing it...

Thanks again everyone for the comments...

Cs Gary