M17-Swan

Hi all,

Here is the first light attempt from my VC200 and STL11000 combo.Lots of problems this night and I had not planned on processing this data.Yesterday I had a little time on my hands so figured what the heck.

I had improper spacing with the reducer and there was a ton of curvature so I cropped most of it out.
I had to toss most of the Green and Blue subs because of clouds rolling through.
Since I was not planning on processing this I did not take flats for this data and ended up using flats I took for the pacman nebula I shot at prime focus 8O
I'm not sure if they did more good than harm!

This is 6x300Red 3x300Green and 2x300Blue

Thanks for looking,

Jason

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Jason,

What reducer did you use? I presume the Vixen reducer? Based on this, it can be used with an 11K?

I like what you came up with! If anything, I was just thinking about how relatively minor the "fat" diffraction spikes are on the bright stars! Good job!

Eric

I haven't done the Swan in about 5 years; it was one of my first nebulae attempted and I have never been back to it since. I need to toughen up someday and retry it.

Good job Jason.

Tom

Great shot Jason! 8)