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19-10-2017, 10:21 PM
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The Dark Shark
The Dark Shark aka the Howling Wolf. This field contains the blue reflection nebulae VdB150 (top) and VdB149 (bottom.) The shark's nose is the dark nebula LDN1235. Lots of other dark nebulosity and a few bright stars.
Big version on Astrobin:
http://www.astrobin.com/317415/0/
Captured at SRO, July-Sep, 2017
Scope: Ceravolo C300 @ f/4.9 = 1470mm FL
Mount: AP1100
Camera: FLI PL16803
Focuser: Atlas
Filters: Astrodon
Guiding: Lodestar II / Tak guide scope
Image scale: 1.26 arcsec/pixel (Drizzled to double res)
Exposures: 45x1200s R, 38x1200s G, 39x1200s B, 81x600s L, 36x1800s Ha (54.16 + 18 hours)
Processing: PixInsight 1.8.5
Acquisition credit: Scott Johnson, Augusto Hernandez, John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Jose Mtanous and Rick Stevenson
Processing credit: Rick Stevenson
Thanks for looking and comments are welcome. I always find dark nebs very difficult and I'm happy to accept suggestions for improvement
Cheers,
Rick.
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19-10-2017, 10:26 PM
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Beautiful rendition Rick
love the rich colours.
19-10-2017, 10:29 PM
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Beautiful rendition Rick
love the rich colours.
Thanks, Dunk! Glad you didn't think it was overcooked
19-10-2017, 10:31 PM
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Excellent image Rick, lovely colour and contrast and your stars are nice too, great shot
Could'a juuust done with about 10-20% more FOV and you would'a fitted the sharks nose in nicely
Mike
20-10-2017, 07:33 AM
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Beautiful image Rick. Stunning colours.
20-10-2017, 07:45 AM
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strongmanmike
Excellent image Rick, lovely colour and contrast and your stars are nice too, great shot
Could'a juuust done with about 10-20% more FOV and you would'a fitted the sharks nose in nicely
Thanks, Mike. I would have liked a different angle too, but we don't have a rotator
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batema
Beautiful image Rick. Stunning colours.
Ta, Mark.
20-10-2017, 08:34 AM
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A very beautiful and compelling image Rick!
Colours are pushed to the limit but certainly not overdone.
20-10-2017, 09:41 AM
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the dark shark
That is an awfully good shot Rick - very compelling in the big version. Like a leaping thresher shark covered in oil wearing a jewelled tiara. Spot on !
20-10-2017, 09:59 AM
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20-10-2017, 10:53 AM
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A very beautiful and compelling image Rick!
Colours are pushed to the limit but certainly not overdone.
Thanks very much, Marcus!
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graham.hobart
That is an awfully good shot Rick - very compelling in the big version. Like a leaping thresher shark covered in oil wearing a jewelled tiara. Spot on !
Thanks, Graham. That's an image that will haunt me now
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Thanks, Marc. I'll have to start pasting bits of the Pleiades into all my images now
20-10-2017, 11:01 AM
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Yeah, look at that, very similar
What do you call the Pleiades with glasses...?
Meropic
Mike
20-10-2017, 11:03 AM
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Thanks, Marc. I'll have to start pasting bits of the Pleiades into all my images now
That's why I've been using PS. You can't do that in PI and keep your sanity.
20-10-2017, 01:04 PM
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Lovely! Most enjoyable exploring the high-res on a big screen.
Proof at last that sharks have lips.
20-10-2017, 02:20 PM
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That is stunning work, Rick. Well done!
The colour is so beautiful, too.
H
20-10-2017, 03:53 PM
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You say suggestions for room for improvement,
no need for improvement Rick a stunning image indeed.
Leon
20-10-2017, 04:21 PM
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Quality image very impressive Rick.
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20-10-2017, 04:41 PM
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What do you call the Pleiades with glasses...?
Meropic
Oh dear
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multiweb
That's why I've been using PS. You can't do that in PI and keep your sanity.
I'll write a MeropifyMultiscaleCloneStamp script
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Placidus
Lovely! Most enjoyable exploring the high-res on a big screen.
Proof at last that sharks have lips.
Thanks, M&T. Maybe it's a Groper?
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That is stunning work, Rick. Well done!
The colour is so beautiful, too.
Thanks very much, H.
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leon
You say suggestions for room for improvement,
no need for improvement Rick a stunning image indeed.
There's always room for improvement, but thanks Leon.
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Quality image very impressive Rick.
Thank you, Martin.
20-10-2017, 05:29 PM
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Great image, the colours are vibrant and seem to make the whole thing Pop
20-10-2017, 06:06 PM
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Great image, the colours are vibrant and seem to make the whole thing Pop
Thanks, David!
20-10-2017, 06:34 PM
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That is a drop dead gorgeous shot!
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