Flamin' Veil

[RickS]

I'm processing a big Veil mosaic and decided to try some experiments for generating hue variations. Here's the result of a little CIE L*c*h* manipulation of just the Ha. I kinda like it :D I hope it doesn't blind anybody...

Edit: added slight repro.

Higher res version on Astrobin: http://www.astrobin.com/141108/0/

[Stevec35]

Wow - sunglasses on. Certainly unusual Rick. I've never seen the veil like that before.

Cheers

Steve

[cometcatcher]

Wow. Looks like it's on fire!

[skysurfer]

Amazing ! Is it taken in Halpha ?
Last summer (sorry winter for AU) I took the Veil in Halpha but not so spectacularly.

[gvanhau]

Very impressive.

At first I tougth it was a kind of sun flare :lol::lol::lol:

Geert

[RickS]

Thanks, Steve. I've never noticed an example of someone manipulating hues like this before. Not sure yet if it's a useful technique or just a dumb idea.



That's the look I was going for :D



Yes, it's just plain old Hydrogen Alpha with some hue variation based on brightness.



Thanks, Geert. It does have that look, doesn't it.

[Placidus]

Steve, that's masterful! Love it. A flame is a perfect metaphor for the turulence of the SNR.
Cheers, Mike

[RickS]

Thanks, Mike.

Cheers,
Rick.

[strongmanmike]

That looks pretty cool Rick, a great piece for for a wall in the right place :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickS]

Ta, Mike. It would match some of the abstract paintings we have on the walls at home quite well.

[ozstronomer]

Very striking image Rick and interesting what can be done with just Ha data.

Well done :thumbsup:

Geoff

[RickS]

Thanks, Geoff! I thought it was worth a try. Will be interesting to see if the technique is useful to enhance the bi-colour combine.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

That's hot Rick!!:D

Sorry about that.:rolleyes:

A really different look for the Veil, nice.:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[andyc]

That's rather fun, and quite artistic. It reminded me a little of the slow-motion videos of exploding hydrogen balloons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOTgeeTB_kA), which is somehow ever so slightly appropriate, even if the processes are very different :)

[RickS]

Thanks Justin & Andy! Working on a more conventional bi-colour now. It's quite slow working on a huge mosaic even with a fast computer

[astronobob]

Holey moley Rick, you gotta stop using this 'High Power' stuff or youll wipe out the universe - it one thing that miners are extracting out of planet earth with desastrous effects - but you extracting all this light is insane :eyepop: :rofl:

[RickS]

Ha, thanks Bob :lol:

[Ross G]

Wow!....what a view.

Great detail.

Ross.

[RickS]

Thanks, Ross.