Helix my first attempt at it ... Repro

[atalas]

Yeah a lot better than my first attempt at It.....good work Mark

I've currently got 30 hrs of Ha on It but the seeing has been mostly crap and so I've put It off for the year.

[Somnium (Aidan)]

Originally Posted by Marke

Spent the last couple weeks when clouds permitted collecting data on Helix not expecting much as a result from the backyard . I think it turned out better than I expected in fact I was happy to get anything that remotely looked like it ... bit of LP to remove and some slight gradients I will work on that
Total was 6hr Ha 3hr O3 180s exposures GSO RC10 , ASI1600

Really nice effort Marc. i am surprised you got the image you did with the LP you would have to contend with

[Marke (Mark)]

Originally Posted by JA

Well done Mark I love that radial filament detail that's starting to come out in what I suppose we should call the iris. Just like the human eye !

Best
JA

I agree the appearance of an eye is what really makes the helix stand out

[Marke (Mark)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

Very respectable.

Thanks guys

[Marke (Mark)]

Originally Posted by atalas

Yeah a lot better than my first attempt at It.....good work Mark

I've currently got 30 hrs of Ha on It but the seeing has been mostly crap and so I've put It off for the year.

Thanks and I know what you mean about the seeing is been terrible but I'm happy to get any image

[Marke (Mark)]

Originally Posted by Somnium

Really nice effort Marc. i am surprised you got the image you did with the LP you would have to contend with

Thanks it make it hard to show faint detail that's for sure

[Marke (Mark)]

Reprocessed with a bit more data and fixed mistake I missed with processing
http://www.astrobin.com/307705/0/

[Shiraz (Ray)]

really pretty image - you have extracted some fine detail without excessive processing harshness - nice work. agree more data will help, but this is good anyway.

[gregbradley]

Yeah that's a significant improvement. Very nice.

Greg.

[Marke (Mark)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

really pretty image - you have extracted some fine detail without excessive processing harshness - nice work. agree more data will help, but this is good anyway.

Thanks Ray i am running up against bg noise limits with very little SN unfortunately

[Marke (Mark)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Yeah that's a significant improvement. Very nice.

Greg.

Thanks Greg I am much happier with it too