M27 - First attempt

[abodee2]

Hi all,
 
First attempt at M27 tonight, found it tricky since the moon was up at 85% so it lit up the sky. This is just lights, I forgot to bring a spare battery so i couldn't take any darks. It's 40 x 25s @ ISO 800, stacked with DSS
 
I'm rubbish at photoshop but i tried my best to bring out the colour in Adobe CS5
 
Cheers,
Ali

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Excellent first attempt

[seo]

Superb first attempt !

[MarsG76]

Very good first attempt...

[jambouk]

Ali,

Very nice. It is a magical object to capture and you've done an absolutely cracking job.

I suspect flats will help more than darks, but ideally both.

Is the first image cropped at all? I had a go at playing with it in PhotoShop and the usual vignetting problem one gets when not using flats was very off-centre, and I wonder if you have cropped the image and caused this, else we should ask an expert what that means.

Cracking good work

James

[nytecam]

Well done - keep up the good work :-)

Nytecam

[amgray04]

Very nice pic, excellent colours. What equipment was used?

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[Purplehayze104]

good image, I tried that one a few weeks back like the colour, I think I need to go back an tweek it

[abodee2]

Thank for you the nice comments! 

Ali,

Very nice. It is a magical object to capture and you've done an absolutely cracking job.

I suspect flats will help more than darks, but ideally both.

Is the first image cropped at all? I had a go at playing with it in PhotoShop and the usual vignetting problem one gets when not using flats was very off-centre, and I wonder if you have cropped the image and caused this, else we should ask an expert what that means.

Cracking good work

James

Hi James, thanks! The first image isn't cropped, i was a bit puzzled at the vignetting also - I've put a dropbox link to the original TIFF files both pre and post processing. I'm not sure why it was like that   I'll make sure i get flats and darks next time 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0d0okjaxmcew6uf/AADll3Q9ou87PXgR4M6zoQ1Ma?dl=0

Very nice pic, excellent colours. What equipment was used?


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I used a 150pds, EQ5 Pro and a Canon 50D. Didn't have any guiding as that stuff's too costly for me at them moment! Just the good ol' goto

[laudropb]

Very nice for a first attempt. Thanks for posting.