Near and Far.

[Stonius (Markus)]

So is the position of this statue supposed to be like the one on the left or the right?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Stonius

So is the position of this statue supposed to be like the one on the left or the right?

Right....but I think the description I gave it a few years back is not bad...

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[Stonius (Markus)]

I like that one even better - The Michael Jordan Nebula!

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Right....but I think the description I gave it a few years back is not bad...

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[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice pic Peter. Great colors. I think I see the cow.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice pic Peter. Great colors. I think I see the cow.

Ta Marc....Nice cow. So what's her name?

Is she owned by a Chinese dairy....and known as Li Ying Kow?

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Great image Peter! You captured the "Running Gnome" neb well!

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

That side-by-side with the cow from Multiweb: that's it exactly.

[Stonius (Markus)]

No-one else can see Loki's helmet? For me it's unmistakable. Partly because it's such a stupid helmet. Can you imagine going into battle with that thing on your head? :-D

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Placidus

That side-by-side with the cow from Multiweb: that's it exactly.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Great image Peter! You captured the "Running Gnome" neb well!

Running Gnome, Li Ying Kow, Michael Jordan.... ..all good so long as it's not Lady Liberty (as you can see from my attached 2016 happy snap, her arm position is just all wrong)

[kosborn (Kevin)]

And I thought it was someone fighting off a crocodile...

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by kosborn

And I thought it was someone fighting off a crocodile...

So.....you spend a bit of time north of Cairns?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Stonius

No-one else can see Loki's helmet? For me it's unmistakable. Partly because it's such a stupid helmet. Can you imagine going into battle with that thing on your head? :-D

Ok...I'll give you there is a striking resemblance!

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Stonius

Paul, I'm curious what you're aiming for when you revisit an object (sorry to hijack the convo)

Apart from new equipment, different filter combinations or longer integration, would you not get the same result?

New to this, so interested in the why's and wherefores. :-)

Markus

Not to take over Peter's thread I'll be short. Factors such as seeing, focal length and perfectionism all paly a part here. I have done two focal length version and a couple in various filter sets. Still not 100% happy with either but I have the data sets now.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Not to take over Peter's thread I'll be short. Factors such as seeing, focal length and perfectionism all paly a part here. I have done two focal length version and a couple in various filter sets. Still not 100% happy with either but I have the data sets now.

Indeed. I tested the waters on this object with my 305mm F3.8 Honders...and was not at all happy with the result.
(sharp but not enough scale)

There are not many people doing narrow field, high resolution imaging on IIS ( there is a big difference in images that look sharp and ones that have truly high resolution)
and to be fair it's not easy....as even the slightest equipment issue becomes obvious when the FWHM's head toward 1.5 arc sec.

While the data in this image is OK, it's not at the top end of what my imaging system has been able to produce...with seeing being a VERY big factor.
What I do like about the system is the pristine stars across the entire 16803 chip...no simple trick IMHO.

[Decimus (Richard)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I'm not a fan of calling NGC 3576 the "statue of liberty" nebula, as
a) it's a deep southern object and b) looks more like someone doing a basketball slam dunk.

Anyway....naming rights aside, I added a smidge more L data to last year's data set.

The link is here

What a stunning image, Peter. I can see the Statue of Liberty, but the sweeping "ram horns" in the upper part of the image and the strong Ha - not to mention the baleful gaze of that orange yellow star as well as the forward looking animal "face"bottom right, all combine to convey some sense of stellar evil....A satanic title would fit the fiery mood of your wonderful image!