surreal sadr

[alacant]

Hi everyone. Full moon last night but filter magic allowed me to get this. Quite ghostly. My gf said it reminded her of Turner. Approval indeed! Takumar 135 + Canon 700d.

[ollypenrice]

A vast area of sky which includes the Crescent nebula. There's a slightly separated patch of nebulosity in the upper left which looks as if it might be worth closer investigation, too.

Olly

[SteveNickolls]

For some time the idea of using widefield images as inspiration for painting have come to mind. Imagine your image reproduced on a 6' by 4' canvass.

Cheers,
Steve

Edited September 17, 2016 by SteveNickolls

[alacant]

7 hours ago, SteveNickolls said:

inspiration for painting

I wonder if Turner ever looked through a telescope? I think the big refractors at Greenwich came after his death; 1851.

[wxsatuser]

Considering the full moon that has quite a bit of detail, not to bad for the 700d.

A comparison of the same area, almost, 12x600secs Ha.

 

Edited September 18, 2016 by wxsatuser
wrong image

[Herzy]

Is the crescent the brightest thing there? I can see the crescent in my single frames, but not any of the rest of the Sadr region...?

Edited September 18, 2016 by Herzy

[alacant]

8 hours ago, wxsatuser said:

not to bad for the 700d

Yeah. The Takumar makes it look like a flimsy bit of plastic. But no, hold on a moment. It is!

[alacant]

6 hours ago, Herzy said:

Is the crescent the brightest thing there?

Hi. I can see the crescent and the hint of a few cloud outlines. I suppose it depends on the moon, the filter and the exposure time. There's nothing in b or g. Here's a single snap with red stretched a bit. HTH

** Ah. Maybe your camera still has the red block filter (the default)?

 

Edited September 18, 2016 by alacant
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[Herzy]

Yes, it isn't modified. I guess I should save this region for later when I have a better camera.