My summer (south. h) season (updated!)

[Carlos Milovic]

Hi all

I was finally able to upload the new pictures to the server. I decided to put them all together in this threat instead of making individual ones.

All pictures were taken from Hacienda Los Andes, Chile, between September 2012 and January 2013. Using a modified Canon T2i camera, over an Alt 5 mount. Wide fields (first three images) were made with a Canon 135mm L series lens, at f/4.5 (courtesy of Daniel Verschatse). Other pics were made with a William Optics Megrez 110, at f/4.8.
I'll add exposure time details in a few days. Larger versions of the pictures are linked below.

So, here they are:

Small Magellanic Cloud

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/smc.jpg

Andromeda Galaxy

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/andromeda.jpg

Large Magellanic Cloud (mosaic)

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/lmc.jpg

M45 Pleiades

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/m45.jpg

Witch Head Nebula

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/bruja.jpg

Tarantula Nebula

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/tarantula.jpg

Horsehead Nebula (reprocessed)

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/caballo.jpg

Great Orion Nebula

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/m42.jpg

M78 and Bardard's Loop Nebulas

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/m78.jpg

Orion's Belt, Mintaka and Alnilam

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/belt.jpg


****** New Images ***********

Eta Carina Nebula

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/etacarina.jpg
Rosette Nebula

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/roseta.jpg

Cone Nebula

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/cono.jpg

Running Chicken Nebula

http://pteam.pixinsight.com/carlos/astro/lambdacen.jpg

[chris_todd]

Simply beautiful!

[Lex]

An another bunch of boooooom pictures 
Simply eye popping!!!

Respect!

[Geoff]

Beautiful pictures Carlos. Nice range of colours. Expert processing adds another dimension

[dayers]

Next time will you take me with you? What a beautiful series of shots, and what a beautiful dark sky! I'm drooling!

Dave

[Carlos Milovic]

Thanks guys for all your comments.

I just updated this gallery with 4 images. A reprocessed Horsehead, and 3 more new images. There are still other 4 images waiting to be processed.

I hope you like them.


PS: Dave, if you want to go, just book a reservation for "Hacienda Los Andes" www.haciendalosandes.com Daniel Verschatse owns the place, and he is starting an astronomical ranch over there.

[Alejandro Tombolini]

Hi Carlos!,

Nice to see new images!, but I can not open them, it seems that all links are to "Cabeza de caballo".

Saludos!!! Alejandro.

[Carlos Milovic]

Hi Alejandro!

Thank you very much! (BTW, i owe you a reply for a couple of mails )

I just fixed the link to the large versions.

[kolec]

Hi,
Picture are very nice, but I´m only "beginner" in Pixi,but  when I zoom picture   I see no nice background.(for me) . What happened? Please explain it to me?

kolec

[Carlos Milovic]

What do you call a nice background?

[kolec]

Hi

Click on m78, zoom 1:1 and look at for example left up corner.
If You see all OK, I´m sorry I have bad monitor


kolec

P.S. I´m sorry I dont know how insert picture in text

[Carlos Milovic]

Well, there is some noise left, and you can see imperfect stars because of the astigmatism of the field flattener... other than that, nothing strange...

[dzso.bacsi]

Well, as an absolute beginner with PI and a tiny bit more than beginner in this beautiful hobby called amateur astrophotography, I have to say that I have no idea about background and noise and imperfect stars and other technicalities on these pictures. But these pictures are one of the most astounding and incredibly beautiful set I have ever seen nowadays from an "amateur". The Horsehead seems to me almost like 3D and the others like coming off the wall of an exhibition. What I really wanted to say - my hat off and congratulation Carlos. They also gave me the faint impression that doesn't matter how many times I try and rewatch the tutorials (big thank you Harry) and try again, this is something beyond technical knowledge and practice and hence this is something I won't be able to learn - this is art.

[Carlos Milovic]

Thank you ***very*** much. Really.

[kolec]

Hi,

Critical opinions make me think, but words like "most astounding and incredibly beautiful set I have ever seen nowadays," scares me because I'm at the end of road, or...

Kolec

P.S. Again, sorry for my opinion. End