A colourful Swan

[RickS (Rick)]

It hasn't been a good year for clear weather on new moon weekends, so all I have is more narrowband from home

Here's an image of M 17 which started as Hubble Palette and had a bit of an accident. I was trying to do something just a little different...

Scope: Ceravolo C300 @ f/9 = 2760mm FL, Atlas focuser
Mount: AP900
Camera: U16M
Filters: Astrodon E series Gen 2 LRGB
Guiding: Lodestar / MMOAG
Image scale: 0.67 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 8x1200s+11x1800s Ha, 7x1200s+18x1800s O3, 7x1200s+31x1800s S2, 7x300s R, 7x300s G, 7x300s B
(8.15 hrs Ha, 11.3 hrs O3, 17.83 hrs S2 - total 39.08 hrs)

High res is on Astrobin: http://www.astrobin.com/115053/

Hope you like it. If you don't... tell me why. I appreciate the great feedback I've had from folks on IIS

Cheers,
Rick.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hmmm? Ricki ...I dooon't think it is quiiiite deep enough ...I'm sure there are a few iti bitti spaces in there that could be filled in with some more nebulosity .......

Ok, seriously I like it, heaps of neb everywhere, specially that light blue outer stuff and yes the somewhat pastel colours are different but in a good way I recon

In the end you can go round in circles with this narrowband stuff if you try and meet everyones expectations

Mike

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very nice close up Rick! I like the light blues

I know what you mean with the weather. It just so happens that I started my M17 project last first quarter Moon with intentions of collecting the rest of the data this new Moon, however forecasts are not very favorable for this weekend.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Pretty good Rick! I think you did a better job than I did.

Cheers

Steve

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hmmm? Ricki ...I dooon't think it is quiiiite deep enough ...I'm sure there are a few iti bitti spaces in there that could be filled in with some more nebulosity .......

Ok, seriously I like it, heaps of neb everywhere, specially that light blue outer stuff and yes the somewhat pastel colours are different but in a good way I recon

In the end you can go round in circles with this narrowband stuff if you try and meet everyones expectations

Mike

Thanks, Mike! Deciding on narrowband colour is a bit like my wife picking which shoes to wear... OK, slight exaggeration. There are only 16 million colours in an 8-bit image, so the shoes are much harder

Originally Posted by Rod771

Very nice close up Rick! I like the light blues

I know what you mean with the weather. I just so happens that I started my M17 project last first quarter Moon with intentions of collecting the rest of the data this new Moon, however forecasts are not very favorable for this weekend.

Ta, Rod. Sorry about your weekend. Hope the weather improves!

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Pretty good Rick! I think you did a better job than I did.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks, Steve. I'll look forward to what you can do with your a repro. Are you going to try for more Ha?

[Octane (Humayun)]

That's a different take to a common object. I also like the colour palette.

Amazing detail and staggering exposure times.

H

[PeterEde (Peter)]

What's not to love?
Hopefully one day I'll manage exp time like that

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a really good pic Rick. I think you've handled the dynamic range quite well. Straight Ha would have looked flat but the fact you've used tri-color makes the view really interesting.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Octane

That's a different take to a common object. I also like the colour palette.

Amazing detail and staggering exposure times.

H

Thanks, H! It's not too hard to rack up narrowband hours now that I have ACP minding the scope for me. The main limitation is the weather.

Originally Posted by PeterEde

What's not to love?
Hopefully one day I'll manage exp time like that

Thanks, Peter. There's always something that could be improved The stars for a start!

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's a really good pic Rick. I think you've handled the dynamic range quite well. Straight Ha would have looked flat but the fact you've used tri-color makes the view really interesting.

Thanks very much, Marc!

[Octane (Humayun)]

The weather. Argh!

Last night, I went to collect some more data on Rho Ophiuchus. I did my first plate solve, finished the focus run, and, the clouds came to join the party. Have stayed ever since.

H

[Rex]

Really pleasing image Rick. I love the colour pallete also.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Octane

The weather. Argh!

Last night, I went to collect some more data on Rho Ophiuchus. I did my first plate solve, finished the focus run, and, the clouds came to join the party. Have stayed ever since.

H

I blame batema and his new A-P mount

Originally Posted by Rex

Really pleasing image Rick. I love the colour pallete also.

Thanks very much, Rex!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Thanks, Mike! Deciding on narrowband colour is a bit like my wife picking which shoes to wear... OK, slight exaggeration. There are only 16 million colours in an 8-bit image, so the shoes are much harder

It's a full on solid image mate

Mike

[atalas]

Good work Rick !

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Mike & Louie