SGL4 Picture - Witches Broom

[Tim]

After James was kind enough to show us this through the Skywatcher Mak Newt I was very keen to get the camera on to it before it got light. As it was, I managed 1hr 40 mins of 10min subs, finishing just after 4am. It was great to have company out there till then, although as the hours crept on, more and more fell into bed. Most notably, it was the imagers that stayed up the longest to make the most of the dark skies, despite the cold wind that blew steadily through the night.

I think James was the last to bed, I remember seeing him frantically trying to get a run on the Ring nebula at around 4.30am sunday morning. Well and truly hooked now I think

I'm very pleased with this pic, for such a short overall exposure. It was taken through a GSO 8" 'astrograph', with a QHY8 and MPCC. A CLS filter was used. Guiding with PHD via DSI Pro through a TS off axis guider.

If you haven't seen this visually yet, it is definetly worth a look, very impressive!

Thanks for looking. I'll post the other two pics from the night when I get some time to process them.

Full size link here (WARNING 8mb)

http://www.btinternet.com/~mr.squeegee/Astro/SGL4-Witch-Broomfull.jpg

TJ

[barkis]

A tremendous job you have done here TJ. That is a gorgeous Image.

You sure do put the effort in to your work.

It was a great pleasure to meet you too mate, and your wife, who makes a mean cup of coffee.

Thanks for the tour of your setup too.

Ron.

[Beyond_Vision]

A fantastic result Tim I thought this one would be good as I saw the subs roll off.

Regards

Kevin

[RobH]

First class Tim....it was obvious when I saw your quick process the following day that you'd got a good 'un

Cheers

Rob

[ollypenrice]

Agreed. Lovely wide field and rich star colour, which seems to be something that very fast scopes deliver well. This is one of those great objects, for me, in which you can 'see' the physics in action. You've done it justice.

Olly

[CELESCOPE]

Excellent Tim , glad to see the GSO is performing well , a splended result , now i will be interested to see the Skywatchers perform:D

[Psychobilly]

Spot on TJ...all the delicate detail exquisitely captured

Peter....

[Whippy]

Nice image amigo, I do like that wispiness .

Tony..

[moondog]

Excellent image Tim - good detail and colour. The GSO works well with the QHY8.

MD

[Aza]

Stunning image. You really know how to make the most of your set up!

May I ask why you used a CLS filter at a dark site?

Was the witches broom placed in a light polluted part of the sky?

[bazza]

Beautiful image TJ.

The colour is wonderful.

This would look superb printed out at a large scale.

Barry.

[moocher]

Stunning TJ simply stunning!!!! Do i see a hint of Pickerings too? I`ve gor to bag a narrow band of this this year!!!

Alan:)

[Doc]

Cracking image.

Have never seen this visually either.

[moocher]

It was stunning in my 16" LB Mick with an 03 filter, it just seems to go on and on!!!! I`ve seen it in an 8" sct from home and it was still nice in that!!!

Alan:)

[markcol]

Great shot Tim, that looks to be a cracking setup.

Mark

[centroid]

Hey!, that's a 'cracker' Tim, and worth the VERY late night to capture it.

Nice work indeed!!

Dave

[NickH]

Cor that's a stunner

[MikeD]

Very nice work, great detail and colour.

Mike.

[philj]

Very nice, lovely colours

Philj

[Ferox]

Fantastic image Tim, gorgeous colours.

[Dangerous-Dave]

Superb shot, I've never had any joy with this.

[saturn5]

Stunner TJ,a real beaut.

[beamish]

Gotta agree with everyone else- just stunning

Well done Tim.

KArlo

[rich_t]

Fantastic image Tim, lovely colours.

Rich.

[Starflyer]

Stunning image Tim, amazing detail and colour - lovely