M8, M83, M104, M62 - From Canberra

[athlon]

Howdy!! All pictures taken with a Canon 1000d, stacked in DSS with darks, Taken through an 8" reflector, on an EQ6, guided with PHD on an Orion Star Shoor Auto Guider, through an ST80

M8, The Lagoon Nebula, 20*3m subs, with 20*3m darks.

M83, 10*3min subs, with 10*3 darks.

M104, the Sombrero Galaxy, 6*3mins subs, with matching darks

M62, Globular in Scorpio. Not a very exciting image, but something thats kinda hard to see from the UK, so being a Brit now living in Australia, i thought i would take a pic of this to, 6*3min subs and matching darks, all 4 images taken over the course of this weekend

[Paxo]

That's a nice set of images Athlon, the amount of detail in M83 is fantastic, and being a globular fan I'm pleased to see M62. I must disagree with you though, I do think its an exciting image, a nice widefield with an island of thousands of stars set against a backround of nicely captured round stars.

Steve..

[athlon]

That's a nice set of images Athlon, the amount of detail in M83 is fantastic, and being a globular fan I'm pleased to see M62. I must disagree with you though, I do think its an exciting image, a nice widefield with an island of thousands of stars set against a backround of nicely captured round stars.

Steve..

Hi Steve

As long as you like them, then thats all that matters!!

thanks for your kind words

[Taff]

Hi Athlon' They a nice captures with you.Mark

[Starstrike]

Lovely set of images, the Lagoon nebula is very impressive. Paul

[ncjunk]

Nice set of images, i like the M62 as well it is a nice shape.

NC

[ashenlight]

A beautiful set of images athlon, to be proud of My favourite is M8 - such striking colour and there is great depth to the image. Although being a globular fan I do have a soft spot for your M62 - tight stars surrounding a tight and fantastically resolved core.... superb

[Euan]

Nice pics, you may want to try and bit of layer masking processing to avoid burning out the core in the Lagoon Nebula, here is a good guide:

Compositing 2 Different Exposures via Layer Masks

[minimalist]

Very nice work, I have to say I like M62 best as well. If you can, can show it tighter in at a larger scale, you've got very tight focus and detail to show it larger.

Daniel

[Imahumanbeing]

AWESOME pictures Athlon, Fantastic!!!!!

All the best

Jamie

[Rossco72]

Nice Shots Athlon, The lagoon is very striking