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Old 14-04-2019, 06:12 PM
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A bit of Liberty

Hi all,

Here's something I've been imaging lately.
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Old 14-04-2019, 07:18 PM
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Looks good Karl. I found this to be a difficult target and wasnt happy with my effort.
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Old 15-04-2019, 07:03 AM
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Without narrowband imaging it is a hard object to capture.
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Old 15-04-2019, 08:47 AM
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Great effort Karl !!

Especially at magnitude 9.1 also
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Old 15-04-2019, 10:57 AM
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Great Karl.

One of the hard thing I find with my OSC cameras is getting the nebula to pop out above the stars. Whatever I try to do to reduce them results in horrid artifacts. I know I'll do narrowband sometime, but I'm putting it off until I feel that I have OSC under control and have more time to sort it out.
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Old 15-04-2019, 10:58 AM
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Thanks Martin
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Old 15-04-2019, 02:28 PM
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Nice pic. Very tough in RGB but you've done a great job!
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Old 15-04-2019, 04:17 PM
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It was all done with a dslr and a very rough process with star tools. A dialed in set up is the key. Jpeg version doesn’t do it justice.
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Old 15-04-2019, 04:18 PM
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Old 16-04-2019, 09:11 AM
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Ol' gal Liberty is tough visually too.

The nebula is small, and the dark nebulosity/dark pillars that form the Statue are even smaller. Needs large aperture, a dark sky, good transparency and time to make out the amazing amount of detail on show. It is a very intricate and complex structure visually too. The Statue itself is not immediately evident when you look at the nebula, it takes time for your eye to start "reasoning" what it sees as the scene isn't the brightest and is complex.

I managed this sketch of the Statue a couple of years ago using my 17.5" dob, at 153X. All push-pull, no tracking - none of my dobs have tracking, all are push-pull as you see more this way due to the physiological functioning of our eyes. Sketch was done using soft pastels on black paper, A4 size. Took approx 2hrs.

I find it amazing how so much of the detail that is seen in your photo Karl, can also be seen through a scope. The Statue of Liberty nebula is on of my very favourite objects in the sky. Tough, but a pocket-rocket of detail if you take your time.

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Old 19-04-2019, 07:15 AM
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Visually would be a hard one, especially the dome over her head. Where she stands is so bright and has minuscule dust lanes which only really showed on stack 140 subs. You’ve done a great job of sketching such a hard neb in genera.
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