Trifid try

[Yoddha 532]

Last Saturday, decided to try this very beautiful object. Here it is quite low (max 23 degrees altitude) and this caused a lot of problems for the guiding. The guiding star was dancing in PHD and forcing it to make a lot of false corrections. As a result half of the images are unusable When the object closed the meridian switched to Cocoon nebula, where PHD was much more happy and spent the rest of the dark time there

So here is my modest image of M20...

- 33min total (4x7min, 1x5min, ISO 1600, no darks, dithering)

- MN 190, 550D (modified), EM-200

- PHD, APT, DSS, PS

Edited July 17, 2012 by Yoddha

[farunj 84]

Wow!! That has come out quite well!! Nice photo!!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson 18,499]

Stunning! The attempt may be modest, but the result is far from modest.

[MickyWay 18]

Hello Ivo,

Hope you don't mind, but your picture has so much detail I couldn't resist a few tweaks.

(Weather so bad here I get bored!)

(Pixinsight, Curves and Local Histogram).

[Gina 14,650]

Very nice, lots of detail - that'll come up a treat when you get to processing it

[Yoddha 532]

Thank you Farunj, Michael, Colin and Gina!

Colin, of course I don't mind PI is on top of my shopping list - only the learning curve is the stopper, because currently don't have time. Is local histogram a PI feature?

[Martin-Devon 495]

very nice indeed,and you've done really well on a target low on the horizon - it's packed with detail & the colours are great as well - really nice job

[MickyWay 18]

Thank you Farunj, Michael, Colin and Gina!

Colin, of course I don't mind PI is on top of my shopping list - only the learning curve is the stopper, because currently don't have time. Is local histogram a PI feature?

Local Histogram is a dedicated feature of Pixinsight. You adjust sliders to get the desired result, and the the effect can be quite dramatic without losing detail.

I hope you try Pixinsight, it's well worth the effort, although you must start with a completley open mind and forget Photoshop techniques.

Great image Ivo, very jealous of your clear skies.

[Yoddha 532]

Thank you Martin-Devon!

Thanks Colin! I'll give a try to PI, but have to find some time. APT development is occupying all my free time which quite few in the recent weeks

[jsigone 14]

love this image. Really good details throughout it

[Kbramley 216]

Excellent shot with only a few subs, the MN190 keeps impressing.

[Yoddha 532]

Thank you Jsigone and Kbramley!

Kbramley, yes MN190 is a great scope Little bit hard to colimate... There is still little problem with the upper left corner. I'm wondering what have to tune - the secondary or the primary for that???