Rcw 106

[sjastro]

Rarely imaged this is a fine object buried in the glare of the Milky Way.
I might get colour around the new moon period.

8 hrs Ha image STXL-11002 and BRC-250 scope.

Higher resolution here.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/rcw106.html

Clear skies

Steven

[Stevec35]

That's a faint one Steven! Nice shot as usual. Glad someone's got an STXL110002 that works.

Cheers

Steve

[Dennis]

Wow – well worth clicking the http link to the higher res version, quite a stunning cosmic scene awaits you!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[seeker372011]

That's superb. Obviously this target needs that sort of exposure, to reveal the of nebulosity you have captured.

Well processed by the way, that bright star in RCW 106 is a hard one to keep under control while bringing out the faint nebulosity. Someday when you have time you should write up your processing workflow in H alpha.

Wide field of view so you must have been imaging at 500 mm or thereabouts?

What were your subs?

Once again, a great image of a not too easy target

[sjastro]

Thanks Steve.
I think its time for your CCD for a long trip back to the States.



Thanks Dennis.



Hi Narayan,

It was imaged at 1250mm FL but with a STXL-11002 CCD which has the same chip size as 35mm film.
The subs are 10 minute exposures.
The processing is still a work in process as I have only recently gone over to PixInsight.
Prior to that my processing software was nothing more than Photoshop CS2 and a few plug-ins.

Regards

Steven

[beren]

:thumbsup: agreed the high res version well worth a look

[sjastro]

Thanks Beren.

Clear skies

Steven

[Ross G]

Great capture Steven.

very detailed and a new object for me.


Ross.

[sjastro]

Thanks Ross.

Unfortunately "unknowns" don't seem to create much interest here.

Regards

Steven

[Larryp]

Nice one, Steven. Haven't seen that one before :thumbsup:

[sjastro]

Thanks for the comment Laurie.

Regards

Steven