NGC6302 now with colour

[Shiraz]

HaRGB was used for this version.

The dynamic range is a real killer and it took a fair while to get it under some sort of control and with reasonable colour. The background is a bit mottled, since there is a fair bit of stuff around the object as shown in the heavily stretched and thresholded second image.

Thanks for looking. regards Ray

Skywatcher 250f4 with RCC1
SX H694
NEQ6

Ha, 5 hour of 5 minute subs, RGB, ~1 hour each of 200 second subs.

[troypiggo]

That's lovely. Really nice work.

[multiweb]

Wow! Awesome! :prey2:

[Paul Haese]

On my iPad, the image looks very good. I like the colour and I think it is close to the hubble image of a few years ago. Impressive detail. Something I must add to the list for the RC12.

[stevous67]

You've done an excellent job on doing this very tiny guy, well done indeed.

Steve

[Joshua Bunn]

That's lovely Ray, I like the delicate colors. Such an interesting object up close.

[allan gould]

Great colours and detail in that image Ray. Really nice.
Allan

[alistairsam]

Stunner as usual Ray,
Is this a crop, are you able to post a full frame?

Cheers
Alistair

[gregbradley]

Love the colour Ray. It really looks like a butterfly.

Greg.

[Shiraz]

thanks very much Troy


thanks Marc


Thanks Paul. There is some background stuff that could be teased out with longer exposure - could be interesting


thank you Steve


thanks Josh - it sure is very interesting


thank you Allan


thanks Alistair. this is heavily cropped. I have a somewhat larger image and will put it on astrobin, but I cropped early to save processing time.


Thanks Greg - I hadn't noticed that, but you are right, it does look like a butterfly.

[Stevec35]

That turned out well Ray. I think you should be happy.

Cheers

Steve

[LewisM]

That has to be the best one I have seen of this one EVER by an amateur astronomer! WELL DONE!

[RB]

That's stunning Ray.

:thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

The colour version has come out really nice Ray, excellent job :thumbsup:

That normally invisble "jet" ;) showing up under extreme stretch looks veeeery interesting :scared3: is it real or is it your imagination :whistle: :lol: looks real to me :thumbsup:

Mike

[PRejto]

That is very nice Ray. Love the colour and it looks quite natural and not pushed too far. I don't like the gaudy look seen so often; I think you really know where to draw a line in the sand.

Peter

[Shiraz]

thanks Steve - yes, am pleased with how it turned out.


thanks for that generous statement Lewis.


thanks very much Andrew.


I think that it's real - might be from the PN, but it could also just be cirrus or low level Ha emission. will try to get some more data with the PN set into the far corner to see what the background sky looks like - good project for the next moonlit night + poor seeing.

[pvelez]

Ray

that is a stunner. An absolute stunner.

Pete

[Shiraz]

Thanks Peter - it is always hard to know how far to go with colour, so thanks for the feedback

[Shiraz]

Thanks Pete - appreciate the comment

[Rod771]

Awesome Ray!

Excellent detail and colour. Well done :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Incredible detail Ray!:eyepop::thumbsup::thumbsup:

So this is just your 10" f/4 with CCD?
If so even more amazing, your SX H694
must be a good match.

I'm imaging the bug right now, quite happy with the scale I'm getting with eye piece projection, 15mm 63 deg apparent field swan eye piece and of course my trusty unmodded canon 1100D plus 8" f/4 astroraph.

Shall post it ( Good or bad ) later tonight.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Mark_Heli]

Hi Ray,

That's an excellent bug. Fantastic detail..

Justin - looking forward to seeing your image.

Cheers,
Mark

[Shiraz]

Thanks Rod.


Thanks justin. Yep, this is the Skywatcher 250f4 CF - a pretty good match for the H694 at 0.91 arcsec/pixel. Very interested to see how you go with EP projection - this thing is bright enough to allow some magnification if the seeing is good.


thanks Mark

regards Ray

[clive milne]

Nice one...

A similar nebular in the same general area which is worth a go but pretty much universally ignored:
Minkowski's Butterfly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Nebula_M2-9

There is a cool time lapse of the precessing jet sweeping an arc through the nebula on that page.

c

[RickS]

Great work, Ray! Lots of detail there.

[Shiraz]

Thanks Clive - will give it a try when the clouds clear. thanks for the suggestion. Agree the precessing jet is cool - if only we could get that sort of resolution..


Hi Rick - thanks.

regards Ray

[atalas]

Terrific work Ray!