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12-01-2010, 01:31 AM
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Orions Sword completed
I managed to get out on Fri and Sat nights, man Saturday night was HOT, it was so hot even the mighty ProLine with its super cooling couldn't get the chip to -35 until 11pm, even at 10pm it was still 29 deg 
Anyway I grabbed several hours more each of Lum and Ha and added it to the previous data set giving a total exposure time of 12.5hrs for LHaRGB 
The extra data has brought out significantly more detail particularly in the outer faint nebulosity.
As usual, you can click on any of the following images once they open and you will see a few other different versions of the data set
Small 40% size, full frame image 1.3meg: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...72333/original
Bigger 66% size, full frame image to have more of a surf around 2.5meg:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...72164/original
and this is my favourite bit :
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...18175/original
That'll do now on the great nebula I think...? Not sure the field is big enough to bother gathering any more data, lots to see in there already 
Cheers
Mike
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12-01-2010, 01:35 AM
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Same as usual when I see your images Mike. Woww!
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12-01-2010, 01:42 AM
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12-01-2010, 01:44 AM
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Like a watercolour landscape painting.
Absolutely superb.
Although, get rid of that satellite trail, will ya! Or, is that a stray diffraction spike from a nearby bright star?
H
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12-01-2010, 01:54 AM
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Glad you like it Humi and yes I think M42 should look a bit like an oil painting, I love that look for it
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Although, get rid of that satellite trail, will ya! Or, is that a stray diffraction spike from a nearby bright star?
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Sorry but I left it in on purpose, I love the odd man made trail in images when they move diagonally and aren't too obvious, dunno, I think it is the David Malin influence, there were often trails in his images a generation ago...I'm locked in the 80's 
Mike
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12-01-2010, 03:54 AM
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That a beauty, Big Mike! Excellent detail and color!!
Tom
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12-01-2010, 03:55 AM
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Mike,
, very nice  .
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Tom
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12-01-2010, 04:25 PM
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Spectacular is the word of the day
Outstanding! Top job big fella, colour and detail are tremendous...
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12-01-2010, 04:35 PM
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Just magnificent Mike.
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12-01-2010, 05:30 PM
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Have scope will travel!
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Words fail me. Just beautiful.
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12-01-2010, 05:40 PM
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Lovely shot, particularily the dusty browns of the interstellar dust and the reds and blues of the nebula. Were short exposures needed to stop the core burning out?
Scott
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12-01-2010, 08:00 PM
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Narrowfield rules!
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Top work as usual Mike, awesome stuff. Was thinking, since you have so much Ha, why not do some OIII and SII and see how that looks?.
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12-01-2010, 08:06 PM
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Fred, Are you suggesting some extra data for a... dare I say it.. Repro?
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12-01-2010, 08:36 PM
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Narrowfield rules!
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Oh no, not a Sid, gaud no, hopefully something ......... much better, from scratch ? .
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12-01-2010, 10:44 PM
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Thanks, glad you appreciated it guys
Ah Fred, yes OIII and SII  I had intended to do that but as time goes on with lots of weeks in between, a no sky backyard and without an observatory ah sigh..the enthusiasm for staying on a single object caaaan drop off a tad 
Mike
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12-01-2010, 11:44 PM
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lurvely, simply lurvley. i cant wait to image this beasty from my own pad. patience......... your interpretation is pretty Mike
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13-01-2010, 12:15 AM
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Love reflection Nebs !
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Hey Mike,
long time no comment for me... but I've been hangin' in the back blocks checking out images. Been a pretty poor 6 months here with weather, but have some image projects on the way, but weather is still all over the place.
Holy guacamole , Batman, aaahhh make that Strongman, this is some huge, high res real- estate with your killer setup. I had my mon fairly up there when I first viewed your large image, thought it appeared a wee bit grainy, then dropped it back to where it should be, and voila, mmmmm very nice indeed.
What impresses me with this image apart from the lovely detail in the nebulosity are the tiny stars that are so well defined... that Taka still turns my head. There's a little reflection neb just left and down from M43 that I've never seen...
Thanks for this, most enjoyable!
Rich
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13-01-2010, 12:39 AM
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Cheers Mr Doghouse 
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i cant wait to image this beasty from my own pad.
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13-01-2010, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by richardo
Hey Mike,
long time no comment for me... but I've been hangin' in the back blocks checking out images. Been a pretty poor 6 months here with weather, but have some image projects on the way, but weather is still all over the place.
Holy guacamole , Batman, aaahhh make that Strongman, this is some huge, high res real- estate with your killer setup. I had my mon fairly up there when I first viewed your large image, thought it appeared a wee bit grainy, then dropped it back to where it should be, and voila, mmmmm very nice indeed.
What impresses me with this image apart from the lovely detail in the nebulosity are the tiny stars that are so well defined... that Taka still turns my head. There's a little reflection neb just left and down from M43 that I've never seen...
Thanks for this, most enjoyable!
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Howdy Richardo 
Where you been at 
Glad you liked the image. Yes I usually favour a very slight grain at times over processed smoothing, always looks better to me than the obviously smoothed/noise reduced look, which is very hard to avoid if you use noise reduction filters.
Do you mean that small yellow nebula? Yes that nebula was a nice surprise to me too.
Shame about your weather  ..been crapola here over Chrissy/New Year then cleared up after I went back to work ..always the way. Paul Haese told me the other day that he had 9 clear nights ina row - bustardo ....
Cheers mate
Mike
oh and I have an Astrophysics Starfire not a Takahashi
Last edited by strongmanmike; 13-01-2010 at 02:04 AM.
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