Astrofest IC1340

[peter_4059]

First time I've really given this target a proper go. This image is 31x10min LRGB. Probably needed a bit more through the green and blue filters to do it justice.

Big version here:
http://astrob.in/52499/

Comments welcome.

[h0ughy]

wow thats so deep the stars are almost overwhelming the nebulosity

[jjjnettie]

It's such a shame that there are so many stars in that region. You could really crank it up otherwise.
Lovely work though. :)

[ozstronomer]

That's a nice image Peter, it's very hard to stretch that nebula with all the stars in that region, good effort

[bokglob]

Nice Peter. I think the colour is fine. Your imaging fairly low on the horizon, so maybe some extra blue :question: Well done:thumbsup:

[peter_4059]

Thanks for the comment Dave. I've had a go at reducing the stars in the lastest version.



Cheers JJJ - how does the new version look?



Cheers Geoff. It sure is busy in that part of the sky.



I agree Darrell - not used to imaging that low and the blue was difficult to bring out.

Here's the new version:
http://astrob.in/52499/B/

[Ross G]

Great capture Peter.

Ross.