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Hi all,

Well, here it is. My first image from my partially-automated backyard observatory.

This image comprises 20.73 hours of data (exposure) captured over 23 nights in June, August and September. 10 hours of luminance, and, the rest in colour data.

It's been a long time coming. I travel 1.5 hours each way to work and back and by the time I get home, I'm so tired I can't even begin to think about processing images. I still have my 8-panel Rho Ophiuchus mosaic data staring at me waiting to be processed. It's going to take me a year to get through it all.

Very happy to see dust surrounding the main dark nebulae. I haven't seen it before (or, if I have, I didn't pay much attention to it). I am hoping that's a result of the ten hours of luminance that has given it some prominence.
I hope you like it.

HMSTG1099, HMSTG1094, HMSTG1, NGC6729, NGC6726-7, IC4812 and NGC6723
Target: Reflection and Dark Nebulae in Corona Australis
Date(s): June: 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th;
Date(s): August: 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th;
Date(s): September: 1st, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 28th, 29th and 30th
Location: Little Mountain, QLD, Australia
Detector: SBIG STL-11000M at -20 degrees Celsius
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106N
Focal length: 530mm
Mount: Losmandy G-11 (Gemini)
Guiding: Self guiding through SBIG STL-11000M
Exposure: LRGB (600 256 180 208); total: 20.73 hours
Exposure: L bin 1x1, RGB bin 2x2
Software: MaxIm DL 5, CCD Commander, FocusMax, PinPoint, PixInsight and Photoshop

Description
Hi all,

Well, here it is. My first image from my partially-automated backyard observatory.

This image comprises 20.73 hours of data (exposure) captured over 23 nights in June, August and September. 10 hours of luminance, and, the rest in colour data.

It's been a long time coming. I travel 1.5 hours each way to work and back and by the time I get home, I'm so tired I can't even begin to think about processing images. I still have my 8-panel Rho Ophiuchus mosaic data staring at me waiting to be processed. It's going to take me a year to get through it all.

Very happy to see dust surrounding the main dark nebulae. I haven't seen it before (or, if I have, I didn't pay much attention to it). I am hoping that's a result of the ten hours of luminance that has given it some prominence.
I hope you like it.

HMSTG1099, HMSTG1094, HMSTG1, NGC6729, NGC6726-7, IC4812 and NGC6723
Target: Reflection and Dark Nebulae in Corona Australis
Date(s): June: 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th;
Date(s): August: 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th;
Date(s): September: 1st, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 28th, 29th and 30th
Location: Little Mountain, QLD, Australia
Detector: SBIG STL-11000M at -20 degrees Celsius
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106N
Focal length: 530mm
Mount: Losmandy G-11 (Gemini)
Guiding: Self guiding through SBIG STL-11000M
Exposure: LRGB (600 256 180 208); total: 20.73 hours
Exposure: L bin 1x1, RGB bin 2x2
Software: MaxIm DL 5, CCD Commander, FocusMax, PinPoint, PixInsight and Photoshop