Star surfer8
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For the first time in a long, long while I actually have a backlog of data to process due to an excellent couple of weeks of decent skies which doesn't happen too often so I hunkered down and gave a few targets some serious time. Here's the first and one of my favorites. Hope you likes and thanks for looking.
Scope: Tak TOA-130 with flattener
Mount: Tak NJP guided
Camera: Self modded Canon XS
Exposures: 102X360sec ISO800
Processing: Iris, PS CS2, Noel's Astro tools, Noise Ninja
Here's a larger less compressed 1200x790 version
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Tom
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Rankinstudio
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Woah, lot of time into that image. Great Job!
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David Rankin
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nickatnight
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Amazing. Like floating in space right in front of it. Those razor sharp details are electrifying! 
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bryansay
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Wow, this looks great! Superb detail.
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Bryan Sayler
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David Rosenthal
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That is excellent!!!! The image scale is perfect, such fine detail and color. Superb processing!
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Clay Kessler
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Spectacular!
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Clay Kessler
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David Pavlich
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All of that work has paid off!!
David
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Mike Clemens
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nice work! we should all be so dedicated
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waassaabee
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WOW!! That's deep... Excellent capture and processing!!!
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Gary
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LarsZ
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That is one excellent picture. I think you balanced it very well.
/Lars
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Star surfer8
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Thanks for all the nice comments. Processing was a bear with all the subs from multiple nights but in the end it was worth it. I'm glad I was able to put in the time.
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Tom
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Jim Thommes
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Very nicely done Tom.
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Nils_Lars
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That is a big stack of subs , looks like it really pays off in the level of detail.
The filaments throughout the nebula are very crisp , excellent image Tom.
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Erik
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hiro
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beautiful and deep image with the nice scope and many subs!
Thank you for sharing.
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hiro
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Star surfer8
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Thanks for the kind words Jim, Erik and Hiro.
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The filaments throughout the nebula are very crisp , excellent image Tom.
Erik, That's mostly the reason it's one of my favorites. The filaments seem to create a weave of sorts. Just cool looking. 
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Tom
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Star surfer8
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Hi folks,
Been so busy with work and all that I haven't had the chance to get at the backlog of data. Can't seem to sit still for more than a half hour here and there so I did a little touch up on this one. Been meaning to fix the stars a bit since I thought they were too saturated the first time around. Just thought you might like to see the difference. Thanks for looking.
Larger version
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Tom
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