NGC-6188 - The Fighting Dragons

[AlexN]

Finally some clear skies hey?!

I was able to utilise a couple of nights (I still don't have the confidence to leave the rig out in the yard and go to bed) to get 7hrs 45min on NGC-6188, Processed in two variants, HOO and Synthetic SHO.

Details:
155x180s subs @ -10c (about to shoot winter darks at -25c)
+ Darks/Flats/Bias

Askar 65PHQ
Player One Artemis-C Pro
Player One OAG and Filter Drawer
Askar D1 6nm Ha/OIII dual NB filter
Avalon Instruments M-Zero mount.

Astrobin HOO
Astrobin SHO

Thanks for looking!

[alpal]

Hi Alex,
looks very good to me.
In Photoshop - with the SHO version -
I think I would have processed the colors a little differently -
maybe converted to LAB mode and boosted the Blue with the b slider
moved horizontal.
That would give more of a beautiful blue lagoon in the center.

cheers
Allan

[Bodon (Steve)]

Nice job Alex nice detail

[AlexN]

Thanks guys.

Allan - I'll look into pushing that blue a little harder and getting it to extend a bit further below the dragons... I know it typically does look that way, and I wondered if it was a case that I need more integration to really boost that OIII in a meaningful way...

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Lovely result Alex, think I'm partial to the pinker version myself but nice work.

Mike

[alpal]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Thanks guys.

Allan - I'll look into pushing that blue a little harder and getting it to extend a bit further below the dragons... I know it typically does look that way, and I wondered if it was a case that I need more integration to really boost that OIII in a meaningful way...

I doubt it - the color looks free of noise -
you can be an artist and make it look however you want it to look.

cheers
Allan

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

The HOO version wins for me as well Alex. Excellent result

[Dave882 (David)]

Nice work mate!

[Harel_Boren]

Lovely!

When I gave the name to this nebula it was “duel of the dragons” - and it somehow changed to the fighting dragons

Either way - a captivating image. Thank you.

[AlexN]

I've had another go at the SHO pallete image this week as we've been clouded in...

No more data - just processed the blues selectively before attacking the green/yellows... I think this brought out a much more pleasing view, and I also think I was able to tease out a bit more sharpness/detail as a result of this processing too!

Astrobin link