Some recent images

[Dryderman]

Well it's been a while since I posted here and I have been busy getting back into Astrophotography. So here are some of my latest images, in roughly chronological order

First is this image of M4. I think this was the first decent image I got out of my SBIG CCD so it was quite a moment for me.

M4

Second is this image of M17 (the Omega Nebula) along with the HDR processed version (PixInsight HDR wavelet transform). The HDR version really brings out the nebula structure.

M17

M17 HDR

Third is M20, the Trifid Nebula. This is such a good looking nebula it was a joy to finally capture it.

M20

Fourth is the first galaxy I have managed to image, NGC 6744. I feel like this one could have benefited from a lot more data as the fine details in the spiral arms are very faint.

NGC 6744

Lastly, it's NGC 2070 also known as the Tarantula Nebula.

NGC 2070

All of the above images were captured with a Stellarvue SV 105 APO refractor, an SBIG ST-8300M and a Baader LRGB filter set. Subs were usually around 5 minutes and all image processing was done using PixInsight.

Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome.

[SHUTTLE ATLANTIS]

wow fantastic photos

the members who do  Astrophotography are the best you all spend time and effort to produce

such stunning images for us to see i love looking at the photos on here keep up the amazing

work 

steve

[nmoushon]

Those are great images! What were the total times for them all?

[WaveSoarer]

Lovely images.

[StuartJPP]

A good set, really liking the Triffid shot.

[PhotoGav]

Cracking pics - good work!

[SkyJamie]

Brilliant selection of pics

[Dryderman]

Thanks for all the kind comments. The total times for them were around 1 hour for luminance (except for NGC 6744, that was around 1.5 hours) and around 30 min for each for RGB.

[ollypenrice]

These are good. If you have dark skies I'd push the exposure times up to 10 or 15 minutes. Worth a try, anyway.

Olly

http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2277139556&k=FGgG233

[Dryderman]

These are good. If you have dark skies I'd push the exposure times up to 10 or 15 minutes. Worth a try, anyway.

Olly

http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2277139556&k=FGgG233

The skies are quite dark here and I pushed some of the subs on the NGC 6744 shot to 7 minutes. I have been using the Starizona ideal exposure time calculator to give me a guideline, is it not accurate?