M51 LRGBHa

[Firas]

This was taken in march from @wimvb's wonderful dark skies. I didn't really have the time to process it until now. 

It took few hours of work and to decide which direction I should take to process the very short stack of integration.  I found that processing in a completely dark room gives better results. (like film development one could say  

L 33x300=2,35 hours (Shows what dark skies can do)

RGB & Ha 6x300=30 minuts each 

4,35 hours in total.  

I am parting with this great scope, the SkyWatcher 80 ED, only for the sake of upgrading to the dazzling path of Newtonian telescope and remote observatories. I found that my astro-passion actually circulates around galaxies and less around nebulae. And so a bigger scope is indeed what one needs. Nevertheless, wide-field imaging is really something on its own and should not be judge through aperture only. 

Image below is JPEG I don't know how to insert TIFF into the post, which is in higher resolution.  

CC is always welcome!  

/Firas 

 

Edited June 20, 2019 by Firas

[wimvb]

Looks good, Firas.

1 hour ago, Firas said:

33x300=2,35 minuts

2.35 hours probably

1 hour ago, Firas said:

don't know how insert TIFF into the post,

Tiff won't show anyway, because web readers can't handle it.

[Firas]

12 minutes ago, wimvb said:

Looks good, Firas.

2.35 hours probably

Tiff won't show anyway, because web readers can't handle it.

Thanks! Correction made.   

Edited June 20, 2019 by Firas

[Jkulin]

Superb and love the FOV

[Firas]

6 minutes ago, Jkulin said:

Superb and love the FOV

Thanks friend! I also like the FOV. 

[PembrokeSteve]

That is an amazing Image!

Regards,

Steve

[JimothyC]

What a fantastic image, thanks for sharing. 

[DaveS]

Wonderful image, especially with the short integration time.

If you can convert to PNG, that will upload, but the file size tends to be huge.

[Firas]

14 hours ago, PembrokeSteve said:

That is an amazing Image!

Regards,

Steve

 

14 hours ago, JimothyC said:

What a fantastic image, thanks for sharing. 

 

14 hours ago, DaveS said:

Wonderful image, especially with the short integration time.

If you can convert to PNG, that will upload, but the file size tends to be huge.

Very much appreciated. Thanks guys! 

  

[ollypenrice]

Very deep tidal structures!

Olly

[Firas]

21 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

Very deep tidal structures!

Olly

Just shows what dark skies can offer. I was stunned when I saw the tidal structure in the first singel 5 minuts exposure.