Helix Nebula

[gregbradley]

This has been sitting in my hard drive for about 6 months or so.

Time to process it.

Now in Ha O111rgb colour.

CDK17 Proline 16803.

https://pbase.com/image/171347521/large


Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great shot Greg. Really nice details in the core.

[Peter Ward]

Excellent image scale.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

That's gonna come up a treat!

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Great shot Greg. Really nice details in the core.

Cheers Marc.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Excellent image scale.

Thanks Peter.

Originally Posted by Nikolas

That's gonna come up a treat!

I hope I have enough good data to take it further.

Greg.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

looks good greg - plenty of the faint stuff showing through!

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

looks good greg - plenty of the faint stuff showing through!

Thanks. I imaged this in the past using a reducer for the CDK and it really picked up the faint stuff. I'll have to get that reducer back in operation as it really speeds imaging up and time is often scarce for imaging.

Greg.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

The fine detail in those cometary knots is excellent

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Placidus

The fine detail in those cometary knots is excellent

Thanks. It'll be a later in the year target once it comes around again.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Nice find Greg, its such a compelling object to image huh, regardless of how many times you have already done it The stars look just a tad eggy though...? What do you think caused this?

Mike

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Nice. The extended faint swirly bits are all coming through Plenty to enjoy there

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Very nice Greg. Perhaps a denoising tweak would enhance the fainter detail.
Geoff

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Nice find Greg, its such a compelling object to image huh, regardless of how many times you have already done it The stars look just a tad eggy though...? What do you think caused this?

Mike

Thanks Mike. This was the beginning period of some polar alignment trouble. It might also have been quite windy.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Nice. The extended faint swirly bits are all coming through Plenty to enjoy there

The depth of the data is what I like for relatively short exposure time.

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Very nice Greg. Perhaps a denoising tweak would enhance the fainter detail.
Geoff

Yes it is a bit noisy and with a newer computer not all the accessories were on hand. They are now so it could do with a tweak.

Greg