Lagoon Nebula at 13,000 feet

[JimFox]

I captured this last Sunday night at Black Bear Pass in the San Juan Mountains. It's a fun 4x4 trail to get you there, and once you are there, no one is around at night. It's almost 13,000 feet where I was, in the middle of the mountains. I haven't looked on an Bortle Scale maps, but I would guess it's Bortle 2, maybe Bortle 1.

I captured this with the Seestar S50. I didn't bring my regular telescope as my goal was Milky Way photography once the shades got pulled and it turned dark. So I wanted something quick and easy. I am using it in the newer EQ mode, which really makes a difference.

I shot this as a 1.4 Mosaic in the SeeStar and I got about 2 hours out of it. Processing it, I drizzled it 3x in Pixinsight, so I ended up with some very nice resolution.

Seestar S50 - 1.4 Mosaic at 30 second subs for a little over 2 hours.
Processed the Mosaic in Pixinsight and WBPP.
(WBPP did a great job combining the mosaic too)

All comments are welcome,

Jim

PS. Just a straight forward OSC image from the SeeStar.

PSS. I was blown away by the level of detail in this with the SeeStar in EQ mode. Being at 13,000 feet probably helped too, but I am thinking the EQ mode is helping the SeeStar get better detail.

 

[AlanLichty]

Looks quite nice with a good level of detail.

 

[JimFox]

Looks quite nice with a good level of detail.

Thanks Alan. I am actually quite amazed at just how much detail there is in this, it's probably my most detailed image with the SeeStar.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Jim, as you say, this little rig has come a LONG way since even you bought one. Amazing results. Doesn't hurt that you were upm above so much air either. Great image.

ML

 

[JimFox]

Jim, as you say, this little rig has come a LONG way since even you bought one. Amazing results. Doesn't hurt that you were upm above so much air either. Great image.

ML

Thanks Mike. It's not perfect, but it has it's moments.