Eye of Creator, with a guidescope

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Hi all,

It has been a bit of a journey which included nearly loosing a large chunk of the data with a failed PC.

Some basic info:

-> The image is a blend of 0.55 HA_SNO + 0.1 HA_HNO + 0.35 HA_HSO. I know, not really scientific at all.

-> Integration (203 hours):

HA = 194 x 900s + 157 x 1200s
OIII = 124 x 900s
NII = 88 x 900s
SII = 167 x 900s + 22 x 1200s

-> 4" guidescope, ICX 814, coastal location 20deg South of the Equator.

-> The background looks a bit gritty, but the data is extremely stretched, since background st.dev in all masters was only about 1 ADU.

Final version: https://www.astrobin.com/full/q9xl7a/G/

Thank you for looking
Suavi

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Tough gig huh?

Still, the depth is amazing

Mike

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

203 hours!!!

Really nice. How do you get 203 hours of sky time in Proserpine? Always cloudy here a few km south.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

That is just ridiculously good Suavi. Well done--one of the best Helix pictures of all time!
A bit of gentle noise reduction might help with the grit.
Geoff

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Perfection and grace.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Tough gig huh?

Still, the depth is amazing

Mike

Thank you Mike. Yes, a pretty tough object to process in a different way from HOO.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

203 hours!!!

Really nice. How do you get 203 hours of sky time in Proserpine? Always cloudy here a few km south.

Thank you Kevin. Don't know - I think it is generally drier in Proserpine than in Mackay.

Originally Posted by Geoff45

That is just ridiculously good Suavi. Well done--one of the best Helix pictures of all time!
A bit of gentle noise reduction might help with the grit.
Geoff

Thank you Geoff. Tried gentle noise reduction, but generally I think I stretch this data too much.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Perfection and grace.

You are very kind Mike and Trish

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

I think I will settle on this version for now:

https://www.astrobin.com/full/q9xl7a/D/?nc=user


Time to have a break from imaging (it's getting humid and cloudy), pack the camera and put those few nice eyepieces I have to some good use.

[LostInSp_ce]

Wow! That's some serious acquisition time but the results speak for themselves. Amazing!!!

[Paul Haese]

I liked version 2 also Suavi over the other two. I am sure you will go over this more with colour and luminance data too.

I also found the background a pain too when I imaged this target. It just did not want to smooth out due the amount of stretching. That aside you have an interesting depth to the image. I am sure you will find a combination your like.

Definitely the deepest image with a 4 " getting around.

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Fabulous depth Suavi. Great work!

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

I think I will settle on this version for now:

https://www.astrobin.com/full/q9xl7a/D/?nc=user


Time to have a break from imaging (it's getting humid and cloudy), pack the camera and put those few nice eyepieces I have to some good use.

That one is the best and it has shown up the various gases very clearly.

Amazing for a 105mm scope. I guess .99 strehl does mean what we all think it means.

Greg.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Originally Posted by LostInSp_ce

Wow! That's some serious acquisition time but the results speak for themselves. Amazing!!!

Glad you like it. Collecting data was quite satisfying, in particular that the gear was working flawlessly.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I liked version 2 also Suavi over the other two. I am sure you will go over this more with colour and luminance data too.

I also found the background a pain too when I imaged this target. It just did not want to smooth out due the amount of stretching. That aside you have an interesting depth to the image. I am sure you will find a combination your like.

Definitely the deepest image with a 4 " getting around.

Thank you Paul. I used yours, Rick's, Andy's and Mike and Trish's excellent images as a guide. Not as easy path to follow processing wise for sure.

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Fabulous depth Suavi. Great work!

Thank you Pete.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That one is the best and it has shown up the various gases very clearly.

Amazing for a 105mm scope. I guess .99 strehl does mean what we all think it means.

Greg.

Thank you Greg. The driver has yet a lot to learn, but the rig makes data acquisition an easy ride for sure.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

And one more version before bed:

https://www.astrobin.com/full/q9xl7a/E/?nc=user

[topheart]

Very deep!
Wow!
Cheers,
Tim

[John K]

Amazing image Suavi,

A lot of work that has really paid off!!

Congrats!

John K.

[JA]

Your time has been handsomely repaid.
The layers of overlaid delicate wave-front detail in the extremities is exceptional.
Well done Suavi.


Best
JA

[ChrisV (Chris)]

Suavi, that is truly amazing. The outer nebulosity has really come out well

[vlazg (George)]

203 hours, that is amazing.
Great depth, well done

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Thank you gents for such nice encouragement

For kicks, I tried narrowband photometric colour calibration in PixInsight - attached is a screenshot of NIIHaOIII, SIIHaOIII and NIISIIOIII images.

[ChrisV (Chris)]

That's cool. The new PI Release looks interesting - and a less problematic download than the last version