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[Paul Haese]

Not been feeling great all week with some sort of throat infection, so I decided that despite this I would take some subs of Rho Ophiuchus region with my D3 and my 300mm lens. There were quite a few subs that had elongated stars due to me putting the whole kit on a ball head which is only rated to 5 kgs.  Time for some rings to hold it into position.

Focus was not totally spot on either but overall I am happy with the final result so far. This is taken with an unmodded CMOS sensor and yet there is quite a bit of lovely colour in the image. See processing makes a huge difference. 

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Feel free to comment.

[Asimov]

Wow that's heaps colourful Paul. Well done.

[astronobob]

That looks to have come up a real treat for being @ 300mm      cant knock that for a result ,  well I wouldnt.     
   The Nikon glass seems to have very good controll over the Stars, no curvature that I can see.   Were there any halos to speak of before processing Paul ?   
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[Lester]

Wow, that is colourful, looks like the whole set-up is purring like a kitten.  Lens and camera has done a top job, especially under Moon light.

I have just purchased a ball head rated at 8kgs for under $30.00  to help with widefield framing.

[Rob_K]

Nice image Paul!   Lovely region, and the two globs came out well!

[Clayton]

Very nice result

[dannat]

the yelows are quite bright for me - the globs did come out quite well

[troy]

Smooth image Paul