M8 Lagoon Nebula 40D

Tamtarn · #1 02-06-2008, 06:33 PM

It's been nearly 8 weeks since we have been able to image due to cloudy conditions and moonlight

Had a good night last Thursday and have finally been able to process the data.

Details

Canon 40D Unmodded
20 x Lights 10 x darks all 7 mins. ISO 800
No noise reduction had to be applied

Higher res - http://barb.david.1.googlepages.com/home

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Bassnut (Fred) · #2 02-06-2008, 06:42 PM

Now we'er talkin ;-), very impressive, top guiding, focus, colour, low noise. a pleasure to view.

dugnsuz (Doug) · #3 02-06-2008, 07:02 PM

Good to see you back posting.
And, that's a very nice Lagoon.
Smooth processing and nice subtle colour throughout the nebula.
Not overcooked!
Great work
Doug

EzyStyles (Eric) · #4 02-06-2008, 07:34 PM

great effort guys. colours look spot on. i know exactly how you feel waiting 8 weeks due to weather. up where you guys are, see any snow yet? its freezing down here and i can imagine at your location must be even colderr. i'll wait until the weather gets warmer . keep it up

Lester · #5 02-06-2008, 07:43 PM

That is a very nice image.

Well done.

Hagar (Doug) · #6 02-06-2008, 09:09 PM

Very nice image guy's. How to you take 7 minute images without noise reduction and get no noise.
Great to see you back with a post.

Garyh · #7 02-06-2008, 09:18 PM

What can I say here that hasn`t been said!
Just beautiful Barb and Dave!

jase (Jason) · #8 02-06-2008, 09:21 PM

Good to see you back in action Barb and David. A sign of exceptional data if you didn't need to apply noise reduction. Well done.

Alchemy (Clive) · #9 02-06-2008, 09:31 PM

well done barb and david. .....good to see someone getting it right

Tamtarn · #10 02-06-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

Now we'er talkin ;-), very impressive, top guiding, focus, colour, low noise. a pleasure to view.

Thanks Frank it was nice to get some really good data on a good night.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugnsuz

Good to see you back posting.
And, that's a very nice Lagoon.
Smooth processing and nice subtle colour throughout the nebula.
Not overcooked!
Great work
Doug

Thanks Doug the processing was mainly dealing with the colour balance to bring out the red tones

Quote:

Originally Posted by EzyStyles

great effort guys. colours look spot on. i know exactly how you feel waiting 8 weeks due to weather. up where you guys are, see any snow yet? its freezing down here and i can imagine at your location must be even colderr. i'll wait until the weather gets warmer . keep it up

It's supposed to be zero degrees here tonight Eric and fog rolling in now

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lester

That is a very nice image.

Well done.

Thanks for commenting Lester

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice image guy's. How to you take 7 minute images without noise reduction and get no noise.
Great to see you back with a post.

Yep it's been really frustrating conditions lately Doug so we're glad to get some good data.
We have found that most of our images have very little noise in the subs and subsequent stack and with careful processing we manage to avoid any noise reduction on most of our images.
We mainly use noise reduction with galaxies when we have to draw out a lot to get detail.
Possibly good conditions and the 40D just does the job

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garyh

What can I say here that hasn't been said!
Just beautiful Barb and Dave!

Appreciate the comments Gary

Quote:

Originally Posted by jase

Good to see you back in action Barb and David. A sign of exceptional data if you didn't need to apply noise reduction. Well done.

As said above Jase we're more than happy with the results we're getting with the 40D and yes it is good to be back in action Jase

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Originally Posted by Alchemy

well done barb and david. .....good to see someone getting it right

Thanks Clive one good night in 8 weeks hmmm

Zuts · #11 02-06-2008, 11:43 PM

Hi,

Like the image, nice colour and good FL. Nice round stars as well

. Good to see you back into it.

Paul

bloodhound31 · #12 03-06-2008, 12:15 AM

Lovely stuff folks!

I always enjoy your work.

Baz.

Robert_T · #13 03-06-2008, 07:31 AM

Wow, looks great and I see with an unmodded 40D

Another target to add to my list if the skies ever clear.

What scope was this taken through?

cheers,

Rob

strongmanmike (Michael) · #14 03-06-2008, 08:16 AM

That's a great shot.

Have you cropped it, it looks like a square frame?

The Lagoon is an awesome object IMO...strangely my 100% non astronomical wife doesn't like my latest image of it though. My wife looks at astroimages in a purely asthetic sense and she says she "hates" the Lagoon...

Probably because it is basically a big fat magenta/pink rectangle..?

Mike

Deeno · #15 03-06-2008, 08:24 AM

WOW
Lovely and smooth.
Top notch

RB (Andrew) · #16 03-06-2008, 11:19 AM

Well guys, it's what we've come to expect from you, but you still seem to woe us with every new image you post.
All I can say is my usual congratulation, because you know I really mean it.

Well done guys.
Beautiful image indeed.

Tamtarn · #17 03-06-2008, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zuts

Hi,

Like the image, nice colour and good FL. Nice round stars as well

. Good to see you back into it.

Paul

Thanks Paul, doesn't look like we will be able to get out again for a while forecast down here foggy then showers for the next few days

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Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Lovely stuff folks!

I always enjoy your work.

Baz.

Thanks Baz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert_T

Wow, looks great and I see with an unmodded 40D

Another target to add to my list if the skies ever clear.

What scope was this taken through?

cheers,

Rob

Taken through the Skywatcher 200mm Newt Rob

Quote:

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That's a great shot.

Have you cropped it, it looks like a square frame?

The Lagoon is an awesome object IMO...strangely my 100% non astronomical wife doesn't like my latest image of it though. My wife looks at astroimages in a purely asthetic sense and she says she "hates" the Lagoon...

Probably because it is basically a big fat magenta/pink rectangle..?

Mike

The stack was landscape Mike so it was rotated and background sky on top and bottom of image cropped out.
It's funny how some non astronomical spouses have their likes and dislikes. We're lucky we're both bitten by the bug

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Originally Posted by Deeno

WOW
Lovely and smooth.
Top notch

Thanks a lot Deeno

Quote:

Originally Posted by RB

Well guys, it's what we've come to expect from you, but you still seem to woe us with every new image you post.
All I can say is my usual congratulation, because you know I really mean it.

Well done guys.
Beautiful image indeed.

Thanks so much for the kind comments Andrew they are very much appreciated

CoombellKid · #18 03-06-2008, 06:30 PM

Awesome, very well done

regards,CS

Tamtarn · #19 03-06-2008, 11:56 PM

Thanks Rob glad you liked it

Ric · #20 04-06-2008, 03:38 PM

Lovely image guys, I like the way the bok globules stand out against the nebula itself.

Fine work