Ha and OIII in the SMC

[Martin Pugh]

Good evening.

Surprisingly faint are the Ha and OIII emissions in the SMC. 18 hours of exposure with the RH305/STXL16200.

Link to a larger version on the page.

https://www.martinpughastrophotography.spac e/nebulae#/ha-oiii-in-the-smc/

cheers
Martin

[Atmos]

Absolutely love it Martin! This is on my to-do list for this year! Just waiting on one more adapter and I'll be my early morning target ;)

Given me a bit of a benchmark to work towards.

[gregbradley]

A very intriguing image. You've brought out some wonderful detail there that is normally hidden.

Greg.

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Greg/Colin.

clear skies
Martin

[Stevec35]

Just as a matter of interest Martin, what length subs were you using here? Great image of course.

Steve

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Steve. All 30 minute subs.

Cheers
Martin

[Stevec35]

You can't beat F3.8

[DJT]

Hi Martin
Now that's a stunner. SMC is full of interesting Ha and Oiii stuff and your image does a great job of bringing it out.

Was looking at the scope on the AP site, tempted to get on that list.

The link to the big image though takes you back to the Barnard image you posted the other day. Mayneed an update?

Cheers

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks David for letting me know about the link. Will get that fixed.

If you are indeed interested in one of these scopes you should register your interest with AP as it is a LONG wait (as it is for most of their scopes). I registered in Oct 10 and took delivery in Nov 16.

Cheers
Martin

[DJT]

Thanks for the tip. Have been on the 130GT list for for 5 years now :rolleyes:

[topheart]

A fully lit SMC indeed!!

Great data Martin!!
Cheers,
Tim

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Tim.

David - absolutely worth the wait though - out of the box super high quality.

cheers
Martin

[atalas]

Excellent....a lot of faint structure around some familiar objects :thumbsup:

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Louie.

Clear skies
Martin

[multiweb]

Loved the high res. Some very fine structures in there. :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

That's an amazing image, Martin. :eyepop:

[RickS]

A lovely, deep image, Martin! A mosaic would be nice :D

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Gentlemen.

all the best

Martin

[marc4darkskies]

A slightly belated well done Martin - I've been rather distracted lately! I'm not often taken with bi-colour images but this one is beautiful and interesting. A compelling image! :thumbsup: I'm looking forward to imaging the region in close-up myself one day and this gives me a good map to work from.

[Ryderscope]

Nice work Martin. A great idea for another project.

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Marcus/Rodney

Clear skies
Martin

[Martin Pugh]

Hi folks

Sakib Rasool has kindly labelled most if not all of the objects in this image.

A useful reference.

https://www.martinpughastrophotography.spac e/nebulae#/ha-oiii-in-the-smc/

cheers
Martin

[Paul Haese]

Nice Martin. Pin stars and nice colour. It's an interesting area of the sky. Lots and lots of imaging to be done there.

[Regulus]

Gee that's a busy place!
It's a very satisfying image to look at Martin, and the larger version is well worth a visit.
Nicely done.

Trev

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Paul/Trevor.

clear skies
Martin

[Slawomir]

Echoing others - a very nice image Martin :thumbsup: