First RGB of M27

Hi all here is the first RGB of M27 the dumbbell nebula. It was great to get a full night of imaging in anyway hope you like the result any tips welcome.



Image taken on the 21st August 2007 New Haven Observatory Balbriggan.Through a Celestron 80ED piggybacked on a CGE14" Telescope Unguided, ATIK 16HR CCD Camera RED 40x30 Sec GREEN 40x30 Sec BLUE 40 X30 Exposures, Darks 40x30 No Flats with 1x1 Binning.Processed in ImagesPlus V2.8 And PhotoShop CS2.


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Carl,

Many congrats, that is a stunning image. I can't fault it. The detail is stunning as is the colour balance. I would struggle to suggest how you could improve upon that short of more exposure time.

If you are turning out images this good without guiding etc, imagine what you can do when you got all your ducks in a row. God help us all!

Well done mate. Thats an amazing start to your deep sky imaging career.

Way to go Carl! Spot on focussing and buckets of detail.
I also tried this one last night but am almost embarassed to post after this shot

Just noticed all this was taken with 30 sec subs :shock:

Trev

Fine image Carl. Very good.
The standard of your images has come on leaps and bounds recently. Glad to see you're getting great images with the new camera.

Hi Carl,

I would also like to express my approval of your M27 image ... really good colour, detail, focusing and tracking.

I have a little exercise for you .... there is a well-known star (HD 189733) which has been determined to host an exoplanet (HD 189733b). See if you can find it in your image .... it is much easier than you may think. Oh yeah, it is also very bright.

Carl,
I have to say,
Thats a very fine image indeed!

Thanks for sharing!