Caldwell 103 - NGC2070 - 30 Doradus Tarantula Nebula - 24/12/2011 (Colour enhanced Processed cropped stack)

My third night using the borrowed PowerNewt. See also uncropped version and the original less colour enhanced versions.

I entered this in a Worth 1000 contest entitled "Sky 2012' and won first place for this image whihc you can see here http://www.worth1000.com/entries/675806/vivid-tarantula

DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 70% of 32 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5

Telescope - Jean Marie Locci's PowerNewt 200mm f/2.8 with Coma Corrector, Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 21C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

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From 2011 Honing of Skills