philjay Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Went on the Tak106 in Aus today despite the close moon. I am fascinated with the LMC, never seen it in the flesh and probably never will, but I wanted to have a bash around the Tarantula Nebula area. There was a heck of a lot of moon glare to get out of this so its suffered a little, plus the scope went haywire for 2 subs (will have to get a refund on those). 5 x 2 minute lum only subs with Tak FSQ106 at Sidings Springs Edited April 14, 2017 by philjay Tweedledee, Sheila, Bottletopburly and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Very nice view. It must be fascinating to have another galaxy visible that is jam packed full of its own bright DSO's to observe. The whole thing is a massive 11 by 9 degrees in the sky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 This shows I have never seen the LMC. In the 1st image I thought there was too much glare from the almost full moon so I tried getting rid of it with gradient ext etc. I just had another bash and realized what I thought was moon glow wasnt because the side where the moon was is the darkest in the image. This glow is actually the LMC fainter areas So here is another go. tuckstar and Johnnyaardvark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Only slightly jealous of our cousins down under! Very nice image. philjay and Johnnyaardvark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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