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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: mickw on Aug 01, 2011, 16:23:43

Title: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: mickw on Aug 01, 2011, 16:23:43
11x300 sec @ 800 asa Burgess 91, WO x0.8 F/R, modded Canon 400D, stuff in CS3 and 3 Stella

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t8v1GHcQNos/Tja-8KK0lqI/AAAAAAAABdU/r1BUasMEzno/s512/M16-16bit-r-c.jpg)

Bigger (press the buttons)  https://picasaweb.google.com/Mick.Welham/AstroWIP?authkey=Gv1sRgCIDNmfrYz_nUoAE#5635901924431926946 (https://picasaweb.google.com/Mick.Welham/AstroWIP?authkey=Gv1sRgCIDNmfrYz_nUoAE#5635901924431926946)
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Aug 01, 2011, 17:34:33
Well done.
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: RobertM on Aug 01, 2011, 18:42:22
Nice one Mick, and the stars look good in the corners too :)
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: Fay on Aug 01, 2011, 18:43:27
Great Mick, you did well!!! Must have been the beer   ;)
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: mickw on Aug 01, 2011, 19:50:58
Quote from: RobertM on Aug 01, 2011, 18:42:22
Nice one Mick, and the stars look good in the corners too :)

I cropped out the poop  :(

Perhaps a drop more beer next time  ;)
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: JohnP on Aug 01, 2011, 20:48:52
Looks really good Mick - Nicely processed as well with some nice star colour showing. So did you take that on the Saturday night after you'd got rid of everyone asking what special thing was happening tonight :-)

You must be pleased - nice one - John
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: Carole on Aug 01, 2011, 21:28:23
That's really nice Mick, very smooth.  No stopping you now. 

QuoteI cropped out the poop 
well that's one way of saying it  :cheesy:
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: MarkS on Aug 02, 2011, 07:36:42
Well done Mick.

You've produced a good one there.  You ought to be really pleased with that!

Mark
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: mickw on Aug 02, 2011, 08:44:23
Thanks all, yep well pleased  8)

There were doubts as the scope was below head height and appeared to be strafing the trees, I was checking each sub to see if I was still avoiding them.

All the software and hardware worked well - good old W7  :o

John I didn't get started until about 11:30, I think some rotten bugger kept sending the moron over to talk to me  :-?
Most of the other public were quite tolerable.
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: Carole on Aug 02, 2011, 09:54:19
After I shut down the computer last night, I realised that you had managed to get M16 from Rother Valley and I thought that would be a "no go" there because of the trees. 

However
Quotethe scope was below head height and appeared to be strafing the trees
Were you pitched in your usual spot or did you have to move the scope out further to get this target?

Carole
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: Tony G on Aug 02, 2011, 10:09:11
M.M.M

Mick the Moron Magnet. ;)

Tony G

Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: JohnP on Aug 02, 2011, 10:18:00
It's those 25 empty bottles of Stella he has 'perched' around the scope that attract them... :-)

M3

Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: mickw on Aug 02, 2011, 10:38:51
Carole - usual place, I don't plan anything, there's plenty of other stuff up there to point a scope at  ;)

Tony I'll try and change - honest - perhaps if I punch someone that would help  :evil:

John, stop saying bad things about my wonderful Stella, although moving the empties closer to someone who is good with the public could help.
Carole deals with the public  :)
I feel a plan coming together  :twisted:
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: The Thing on Aug 02, 2011, 19:19:17
That's dead good Mick. 8) You should be really chuffed, especially as you were dealing with the village campsite idiot at the same time!
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: mickw on Aug 02, 2011, 19:50:13
Thanks Duncan, turned out better than I hoped for so well happy  8)
Title: Re: M16 - Eagle - Rother Valley
Post by: mickw on Aug 03, 2011, 10:30:04
Sorry, couldn't resist another reprocess

(http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10049/normal_M16-16bit_v4-2-c-s_copy.jpg)