m20 sagittarius

[alacant]

Hi everyone. Uncomfortably low in the south and with PHD2 hitting a rms of 2 before the meridian, I thought a flip may improve matters. Ironic, as with the telescope approaching horizontal, we could go an hour or two west without danger. Anyway, enough for an hour's worth of snaps. Not happy with the blue but the detail from the fast reflector is encouraging. Comments, hints, tips, as ever... TIA and for looking.

 

[Victor Boesen]

Very nice and sharp detail in the red nebulosity!

[MARS1960]

Nice, what technique did you use when processing? the full size high res version looks just like a water colour painting.

[Nigel G]

Very nice image  

I hope I get the chance to image this and the Lagoon before its out of range, both M8 & M20 just fit into the field of view with my 80ED.

Nige.

[alacant]

2 hours ago, MARS1960 said:

what technique did you use when processing

Hi. StarTools then Gaussian blur and edge layers in gimp. I think unsharp-mask should be banned! HTH.

[MarsG76]

Looks very good to me, perhaps slightly over saturated, but that is a personal taste... nice crisp detail.

 

[alacant]

3 hours ago, Nigel G said:

both M8 & M20 just fit into the field of view

Hi. Yeah, I think if you get in quick you should manage it as by next new moon I think it's gonna be too low. Both fitted for me at 580mm and framing is quite easy as they are more or less north-south of each other. Do post back...

[alacant]

1 hour ago, MarsG76 said:

over saturated

Yeah, I agree. Here's a quick stretch-and-hope-for-the-best. Lost detail in the nebula but looks better from a distance. Dunno. Probably best to keep it simple. I'll try for another hour of snaps, maybe then it will be easier.