M8 and M20

[Rodd]

I reprocess data on occasion (read perpetually), and I am running out.  This is due to the fact that a hard drive crashed a few years ago and the data was lost (there were a lot of projects there).  Also, the number of imaging hours I get per month has been drastically reduced due to poor conditions.  Here is one that I was never able to process satisfactorilly.  I am much closer to the point of satisfaction with this effort.  One thing about reprocessing data from year to year - for me it is surprising to learn that 90% of the horror is rooted in poor processing., not in faulty optics, filters, or wahtever.  Many times I have found it hard to fathom that early versions are the same data.  

FSQ 106 with .6x reducer and ASI 1600.  About 7 hours LRGB

M8 and M20

M20 crop and up-sample

[peter shah]

beautiful!!

[tooth_dr]

Top work Rodd. Thanks for posting. 

[Rodd]

4 hours ago, peter shah said:

beautiful!!

Thanks, Peter!

[Rodd]

4 hours ago, tooth_dr said:

Top work Rodd. Thanks for posting. 

Thanks Doc!

[glafnazur]

Super images, I've always loved the Trifid. 

[The Lazy Astronomer]

I do love m20, probably one of my favourite objects, and that rendition is looking very nice

[Rodd]

2 hours ago, glafnazur said:

Super images, I've always loved the Trifid. 

Thanks. It’s one of my favorites too.

[Rodd]

48 minutes ago, The Lazy Astronomer said:

I do love m20, probably one of my favourite objects, and that rendition is looking very nice

Too bad it doesn’t rise past about 34 degrees for me

[simmo39]

V nice!

[Rodd]

3 hours ago, simmo39 said:

V nice!

Thank you!

[The Lazy Astronomer]

12 hours ago, Rodd said:

Too bad it doesn’t rise past about 34 degrees for me

I don't think it even clears the tree line for me, so it's one I'll never to be able to capture from home.

[Rodd]

40 minutes ago, The Lazy Astronomer said:

I don't think it even clears the tree line for me, so it's one I'll never to be able to capture from home.

To bad. There are a bunch like that for me. And in reality, I can’t shoot this one anymore, the southern horizon is never clear it seems