NGC6188 Neb starless close up (in colour).

[Bassnut]

Hi Guys

Starless Nebula NGC6188 in narrowband (http://fredsastro.smugmug.com/Photography/Astrophotography-1/i-BncBpjZ/A) (click for big)..Mapped as Ha SII Ha OIII (LRGB)
Taken on an RCOS 10" RC Scope at f9, SBIG STXL6303E Camera and PME mount at itelescopes Siding Spring Observatory.
22hrs of 3nm Ha 9hrs of OIII bin2 and 6 hrs of SII bin2.
Processed with CCDstack, Star Tools and Photoshop.

Ha 40min subs, OIII, SII 20min subs.

[strongmanmike]

:lol: ah Fred.....awesome dude, I know this floats ya boat and ya know what, it looks pretty cool :thumbsup:

Purple? looks ok to me....

Mike

[DavidU]

Awesome work Fred. Love the detail.

[Joshua Bunn]

Far out Fred, thats awesome and crisp, beautiful colors too. What size FOV is this?

Josh

[Paul Haese]

Like I said on FB, very nice, like the palette and tones. Detail is sweet. No noise, great composition.

[Larryp]

Beautiful! Looks 3-dimensional and colours are superb :thumbsup:

[Astroman]

wow, very nice!

[MLParkinson]

Breathtaking!

[RickS]

Very cool, Fred. Love it!

[SpaceNoob]

Probably the best colour combination I've seen for narrowband. Awesome image! ;)

[marc4darkskies]

Oh yes ... I'll pay that one Fed!! Verrrry noice!!

Cheers, Marcus

[cometcatcher]

Just WOW.

[RobF]

Wonderful and imaginative rendition. Sure shows the detail in there.

[dutch2]

Amazing detail and colour.
Great job.:thumbsup:

[alpal]

Hi Fred,
what a great image.
I spent quite a bit of time on Google &
I couldn't find a sharper one.

cheers
Allan

[Stevec35]

Pretty incredible image Fred. I've never been able to get that starless stuff working myself.

Cheers

Steve

[h0ughy]

very 3D'ish on the laptop screen - love your work my friend

[astronobob]

Man-O-Man Fred, totally epic'ness :2thumbs:

[dvj]

My personal complements on one of the most beautiful astro images I've seen in a long time. The big image is stunning.

J. Gleason

[Elio]

Simply stunnig details, I don't miss the stars :eyepop:

[Mighty_oz]

That's great work there Fred :) How do u think the RCOS RC 10" compares with the LX200R 12" OTA's now that u have gotten used to the 10" ?

[RB]

What did you guide on ??? :lol:

Beautiful work as usual Fred, well done !!!

[Camknox]

Amazing!

[gregbradley]

Superb Fred. Love that. So sharp and defined with terrific detail. I see more in that image than any other of 6188.

Greg.

[AG Hybrid]

Amazing image. Well done.

[multiweb]

Sub zero cool! :eyepop: You've missed a couple of stars though... you're getting soft :P

[naskies]

Great work, Fred.

[Bassnut]

Gee thanks Guys, im chuffed with the response, makes the effort worth it.
Even some from OS!. Wow, and John Gleason no less :D.

Josh. Its nearly full frame at about 25*35 arc/min FOV.

Paul/Allan. Being able to sharpen with no noise is all about megadata ;).

Steve. Startools makes it very easy to delete stars, with some artifact removal in PS.

Marcus. I could go deeper and/or shorter subs with the 12" LX200R. It needed more work to use, eg focusing more often, but megadata sure overcomes a lot of issues, I got excellent results with the Meade and could match the 10" with enough data and extra work in PS (and the larger ap helped of course)..

Andrew. Internal guide in the SBIG cam. The PME isnt set up perfectly actually, protrack is on but not PEC and guidings been a bit woofy lately, but again, megadata does magic.

[stevous67]

Very impressive fred, a favourite area for me.

Regards,

Steve

[Octane]

Yeah, if you don't win a competition or two, or at least place, then I'd be very surprised.

That is a magnificent work of art.

I can imagine that hanging on a wall as a centrepiece somewhere. Minimalist and simple, yet elegant and beautiful at the same time.

H

[Rod771]

Fantastic!

Very well done :thumbsup:

[Phil Hart]

Awesome Fred.. in top gear now.

How long since you started gathering the data for that image?

Phil

[Bassnut]

Thanks again guys.
Phil. Between the 2nd and 29th of Sep

[troypiggo]

I can't stop looking at this image. Hope you don't mind, but it makes an AWESOME iPhone wallpaper. Lovin the colours, the sharpness. Hot diggity.

[h0ughy]

LOL starless guiding - very impressive