It was nice to have a few clear nights, even though dry season has not yet fully kicked in in NQ.
I did not have a chance to properly align the camera after changing the focuser, so star shapes are still not great. I shall try fixing that when we will get a clear night again.
I have become a bit rusty with tri-colour processing after such a long break , but at least my fishing and boating skills have improved significantly
I have an image set of this as well but the processing is paused as I too regain my feet on narrowband.
This is a very blue version. The S11 seems to have done well on the twisty filaments. Perhaps too much blue though as the Ha is the dominant signal here does that mean you are missing out on some extra detail? I think the traditional red for the main body, blue in the hollow area and the mustard for the twisty filament is the best look but its narrowband so whatever takes your fancy.
They reckon we are going to have above average rain fall over winter so I'm not sure how much imaging we will be doing. Hope they're wrong.
Thank you Kevin. I still hope we will get a few months of good astro weather.
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Originally Posted by miki63au
Stunning!
Educate me.... Is it Ha-OIII-SII?
Cheers,
Mick
Glad you like it Mick. It is S2 Ha O3, but I boosted S2 and O3 significantly to try matching Ha.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Very good Suavi.
I have an image set of this as well but the processing is paused as I too regain my feet on narrowband.
This is a very blue version. The S11 seems to have done well on the twisty filaments. Perhaps too much blue though as the Ha is the dominant signal here does that mean you are missing out on some extra detail? I think the traditional red for the main body, blue in the hollow area and the mustard for the twisty filament is the best look but its narrowband so whatever takes your fancy.
Greg.
You are totally right Greg. I reprocessed the image and I like it much more. The first version was way too saturated!
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Originally Posted by Bart
Very dramatic, nice bold colouring!
Miki, I believe it to be SII Ha OIII for RGB to give Hubble Palette colouring.
Boom! That's been well & truly Suavified!
Nice work, that 'scope's a keeper allright.
I kinda preferred the intensity of the first one, the new one looks a bit vanilla in comparison.
Great to see you back imaging!
Smashin' it out of the park again, Suavi. Welcome back!
Thank you Lee. I underestimated how long wet season lasts in NQ...
but I do like the green!
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
A very beautiful and compelling image Suavi!
Thank you Marcus - you are very kind.
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Originally Posted by Andy01
Boom! That's been well & truly Suavified!
Nice work, that 'scope's a keeper allright.
I kinda preferred the intensity of the first one, the new one looks a bit vanilla in comparison.
Great to see you back imaging!
LOL, I like the Suavified version too but at the same time I also like the vanilla version - does it mean I am beginning to develop a split personality
It is great to be back.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Yeah I like that repro. A nicer colour balance.
I have a set of images for this one that is a bit bogged down in processing. I am finding it hard to bring out the blue.
Greg.
Thank you Greg, and I envy you having too much data!
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Been a few of these babies posted lately but I like the organic look of this one Suavi, it looks very tactile too, nice job
Mike
Mike. I could further improve processing - those red stars are quite annoying and I have totally forgotten to sharpen the image, but will leave it as is for now.
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Originally Posted by Xeteth
Hot damn, that's phenomenal! I dream of taking shots like this!
after such a long break 
, but at least my fishing and boating skills have improved significantly 
Mike. I could further improve processing - those red stars are quite annoying and I have totally forgotten to sharpen the image, but will leave it as is for now.
