Veil at Astrofest

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #1 29-08-2009, 11:36 AM

Last night of Astrofest 15 x 5min shots through my ED80 -Guided

processed in PS4 and stacked in Nebulosity.

Any suggestions how I can increase the detail of the Veil without increasing the background noise.

Thanks Geoff

bokglob (Darrell) · #2 29-08-2009, 11:46 AM

absolutly beautiful geoff! i would'nt worry about trying to get anymore out of it,-for the exposure time, its more than impressive. great work. i'll have to give this area a run with my 80. thanks for posting!

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #3 29-08-2009, 12:23 PM

Darrell

Thank you, I was happy with this one. Always looking to get the most out of each shot.

Geoff

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 29-08-2009, 12:31 PM

It's wonderful!
You have every right to be proud of this one.

peter_4059 (Peter) · #5 29-08-2009, 02:06 PM

Looks good to me Geoff. You've captured the subtle colours.

Peter

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #6 29-08-2009, 02:26 PM

Jeanette, Peter thanks for the comments, always hard to judge your own work

Geoff

troypiggo (Troy) · #7 29-08-2009, 03:34 PM

Geoff, very nice! Well worth all that hassle focusing and framing.

Lester · #8 29-08-2009, 04:40 PM

Hi Geoff, you have captured the colour of the Veil very well.

h0ughy (David) · #9 29-08-2009, 04:54 PM

nice image - i think there is more data in that shot, it does look good

Hagar (Doug) · #10 29-08-2009, 08:46 PM

Very nice Veil but the only suggestion is longer subs and more of them. Take lots of dark frames, calibrate with flats and overall your images will improve. Nothing beats exposure time.

Octane (Humayun) · #11 05-09-2009, 11:12 PM

Onya Geoff, that's come out rather nicely for the number of exposures.

Looking forward to giving this one a go sometime.

Regards,
Humayun

dugnsuz (Doug) · #12 05-09-2009, 11:35 PM

Really like that one Geoff - well done mate
Doug

RB (Andrew) · #13 06-09-2009, 03:55 AM

A good capture Geoff especially for 75 min.
The Veil is quite dim to image and needs a lot of exposure to bring out detail, so my only suggestion is the same as what Doug said, longer subs and more of them.
These days I try and take as many darks as lights and I usually take around 25 flats as well.

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #14 08-09-2009, 05:56 PM

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments.

Andrew (RB), I've just seen your 6 hour shot of the veil. It looks fabulous - well done

As you said there's nothing like lots of subs to bring out the detail.

Geoff