NGC 6188 in Ara

[Octane (Humayun)]

After ten years of attempting to photograph this magnificent deep space object, I couldn't hold on any longer and had to share what I've done so far.

This is my first image in a year and my first attempt at narrowband processing.

NGC 6188 mapped to the Hubble palette of sulphur II for red, hydrogen alpha for green and oxygen III for blue.

I still need to blend in the LRGB stars to get rid of the purple stars and replace them with natural colours.

This is 24 hours of data, 8 hours in each channel of hydrogen alpha, sulphur II and oxygen III, captured over 18 nights in June, July and August.

I hope you like what I've done thus far.

Click here for larger resolution image.

Comments, critique, lynching, etc., most welcome.

H

[batema (Mark)]

That is absolutely beautiful. Great work.

[gregbradley]

That's a fabulous image Humi. I can see the pro photographer in you in that image.

Greg.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Awesome mate. Good to see you back on the horse. Well worth the wait. What a treat.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Sub zero cool. Wanna see a big one.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Just superb! Blew my socks off. The three-dimensionality - the feeling for seeing what is actually up there - overlapping clouds and cavities and the like - is magnificent. Top notch.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Lovely! Brings out the 3D appearance better than I've seen in most images of this object.

Steve

[RobF (Rob)]

One of my narrowband fav's and you're doing great justice to it Humayun!

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Wow, eighteen imaging sessions...your perseverance and work work have certainly paid off

[DavidU (Dave)]

Fine work indeed ! Excellent H.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Beautiful, very well done

[omegacrux (David)]

Great picture !

David

[DJScotty (Scott)]

Utterly delightful. Beautiful colours. Exquisite detail. Love it

[Octane (Humayun)]

Thanks, so much, Mark. I'm glad you think so.

Originally Posted by batema

That is absolutely beautiful. Great work.

Greg,

That's awfully kind of you. Though this isn't the full frame image, I had to crop (it's full height, minus non-registered black areas) the image. That's where my photographic brain takes over and does this subconsciously without even thinking about it. I'm so grateful to be blessed with this gift.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a fabulous image Humi. I can see the pro photographer in you in that image.

Greg.

Troy,

Cheers, mate. It's good to be back in the saddle. I've got data going back one year which is just sitting waiting to be processed.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Awesome mate. Good to see you back on the horse. Well worth the wait. What a treat.

Marc,

I'll upload a large resolution image soon.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Sub zero cool. Wanna see a big one.

Mike and Trish,

Thank you, so much! I am glad that you can see the three dimensionality of the ribbons of hydrogen alpha.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Just superb! Blew my socks off. The three-dimensionality - the feeling for seeing what is actually up there - overlapping clouds and cavities and the like - is magnificent. Top notch.

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

Steve,

Thanks, heaps! I guess the many hours of data and careful processing has helped in that regard.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Lovely! Brings out the 3D appearance better than I've seen in most images of this object.

Steve

Rob,

I've been wanting to do justice to this region (in my own way) for so, so long! I'm glad that you think so, too. Cheers.

Originally Posted by RobF

One of my narrowband fav's and you're doing great justice to it Humayun!

Slawomir,

I like concentrating on one object at a time. It was your wonderful bicolour rendition that spurred me on to keep grabbing data -- so, thank you! I keep going back to yours to soak it in.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Wow, eighteen imaging sessions...your perseverance and work work have certainly paid off

David,

Long time, no see. Thank you!

Originally Posted by DavidU

Fine work indeed ! Excellent H.

Hugh,

Appreciate the kind words, thank you!

Originally Posted by pluto

Beautiful, very well done

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

David,

Glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by omegacrux

Great picture !

David

Scott,

Appreciate you looking and commenting. Thank you!

Originally Posted by DJScotty

Utterly delightful. Beautiful colours. Exquisite detail. Love it

Thank you to all who looked and commented. Most appreciated.

H

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Fantastic H! Excellent processing, well done!

[lazjen (Chris)]

That's excellent - love it.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Outstanding H, well done

[Somnium (Aidan)]

Beautiful image