The Running Chicken Nebula Hubble Palette

[gregbradley]

I took this one last month in some great seeing. AP 140/Proline.
I have some LRGB of this as well I'll post another version with LRGB stars.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/150457992/large regular

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/150457992/original large

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/150965740/large crop version

I quite like the crop version as all the structure is quite visible.

Greg.

[Ross G]

Just about to sign off when this popped up!

Beautiful photo Greg.

Amazing detail!

Would love to see an RGB version.

Ross.

[Larryp]

That's superb, Greg

[RickS]

Lovely, Greg! I reckon it looks more like a snail's head than a chicken :) There's something a little strange happening at the very top of the image. The first few rows are doubled?

Cheers,
Rick.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Ross. I'll be processing the LRGB stars version shortly.



Thanks Larry. I was very happy with it. The seeing was particularly good and the AP140 seemed to shine in sharpness.



Thanks Rick. Thanks for picking that artifact up. I don't see it in the original. Perhaps the upload got interrupted and it distorted or something. Odd. Anyway, fixed now.

Greg.

[DJT]

Great image Greg, like that palette:thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

Beautiful image there Greg!! Top shelf, great detail and nice palette!

Cheers, Marcus

[Meru]

My first thought - holy crap!! Great work as usual greg :)

[pluto]

Lovely detail, nice work :D

[gregbradley]

Thanks David. Yes I am partial to that palette as well. It takes a while to get a formula going for this sort of imaging.



Thanks Marcus. It was sharper and more detailed than I expected.



Cheers for that. I think it was really good seeing that night. Plus I've got my PMX mount humming beautifully.Its some of the best tracking I've achieved with a mount.



Thanks for that. I hope to add some colour to the stars shortly.

Greg.

[Stevec35]

Nice shot Greg

Steve

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Superb work Greg!
I think it's the best chicken I've seen, something about the colour palette that really makes it stand out.

Cheers,

Justin.

[multiweb]

Nice on Greg. Great colours. :thumbsup:

[niharika]

Nice one Greg. FOV fits the whole chicken nicely.

[Peter Ward]

Greg...the only comment I'd make is shadow and highlights...and I'm being picky... but suspect you'd prefer "full and frank" comments.

...the image looks decidedly "flat" to me and lacks dynamic range.

Yet, so much you have absolutely nailed :thumbsup:
(AP make such cool 'scopes :) )

Nice one :thumbsup:

[Octane]

I look upon this as a work of art. Well done, mate.

H

[Astrobserver99]

Fantastic detail Greg!!! Well done...

[gregbradley]

Cheers Steve.



Gee thanks Justin. It did turn out better than I expected. The great seeing had something to do with that as well.



Thaks Marc.



Yes the FOV of that setup suits a lot of common objects.



Thanks Peter. Are you referring to the darks being quite dark?


Wow, high praise, thanks very much H.



Thanks very much for that.

Greg.

[g__day]

I would call this ridiculously good!

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much Matthew!

Greg.

[Leonardo70]

Great shot Greg. Congrats.

All the best,
Leo

[gregbradley]

Cheers Leo.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Yeh, not bad, don't mind that palette either :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Cheers Mike.

Greg.

[sjastro]

Nice chook you have there Greg.

Clear skies

Steven

[gregbradley]

Cheers Steven. Its quite nice with some nice roasted potatoes.

Greg.

[gazerman]

I've sween some great images of this nebula but yours is absolutley wizzbang ! Great !!:eyepop:

[Ryderscope]

Beautiful detail.

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much for that. I apprecate it.



Thanks a lot for that.

Greg.

[jase]

Solid work, Greg. The FOV is what first caught my eye. Really enjoyed the framing, even though perhaps not intentional, its works well with the various objects on display. I can see what Peter means in flatness, but a minor distraction in my view. A cracker of an image.

[gregbradley]

Cheers Jase.

Greg.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Very nice image Greg; I'm not a narrowband expert but I think that the colour palette works quite well and there is a lot of nice detail in there as well :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks David. Narrowband does not seem to have a definite solid agreement about how its done but I agree there are some formulas that
present more pleasing results to more people than others.

I upped the curves a tad to increase the dynamic range a bit more.
Same link.


Greg.