The Milky Way in Ha

[gregbradley]

Its been a while since I posted an image.

This is the Ha component of a 6 panel Milky Way mosaic:

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/158657074/large

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/158657074/original

It looks a bit like some of the storm cells we've had in Sydney during the last month.

Greg.

[SkyViking]

Fabulous Milky Way image Greg, the large scale loops and bubbles are very prominent in Ha. I've just got myself a Ha filter, freshly installed in the QSI filter wheel, so thanks very much for the inspiration! (now waiting for the obligatory clouds to clear...) :)

[multiweb]

Wow! That's a pearler Greg. That lens is so sharp. Did a lot ha on the milkyway myself but never that good. Kudos to you.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[alpal]

That looks great Greg.

cheers
Allan

[IanP]

Wow, Greg, that is awsome !!!
:2thumbs:

Are you going to add RGB? :question:

[strongmanmike]

Excellent work Greg, you've taken a few MW panoramas over recent years with different gear and in different ways, you must know her very well now huh? ;)

Great stuff

Mike

[Slawomir]

Beautiful image, well done.

[John K]

That looks great Greg - really has a space / space art feeling to it with a heap of detail.

Also reminds me of some of the Technical Pan images from the 80's.

[pluto]

That's excellent, great work!!

[Bassnut]

Thats just excellent Greg, high contrast with Ha, smart effort.

[hobbit]

That's a new perspective for me.

[RickS]

That's lovely, Greg. The Giant Kiwi pops out nicely!

[nebulosity.]

Beautiful image Greg! :thumbsup:

Jo

[suma126]

great image :thumbsup:. I have too try this one day

[stevous67]

Hello Greg,

This is a very well done image, nice clear data, with interesting contrasts. It's in fact a great reference image for us all. Thanks.

Steve

[atalas]

Splendid Greg.

[dvj]

What they all said. Ditto.

jg

[gregbradley]

Thanks Rolf. I have the LRGB for each panel as well just waiting for the marathon processing effort!




Cheers Marc. Yes that Pentax 75mm is very sharp. I saw an image using this lens on the net and immediately bought one off ebay. Some of these Pentax 67 lenses are very good. The 55 is OK, the 165/2.8 is fantastic but a bit long for this type of shot.




Cheers Allan, I am glad you liked it.



Yes I have LRGB ready to go.



I planned a DSLR marathon this year but alas did not go to my dark site. Definitely next year I want to do more DSLR Milky Way mega images.



Cheers Slawomir. Your QSI690 would be handy for this sort of shot but it would need a wider lens.



Thanks John. I know what you mean. It looks quite different in Ha and you see loops and objects galore. The Milky Way sure has a lot of stuff in it.



Thanks for that.



Cheers Fred. Ha is a great way to view objects and brings out a different view for sure.



Thanks. Yes it is a different look.



Giant Kiwi? Where's that?



Cheers Jo. I have been fascinated with MW images since the very beginning of my doing astrophotography. I think I'll add more panels next Milky Way season to give more room around it.



Its quite cheap, just a lens like that (there are lots of good lenses in the 50mm focal length range) and an adapter.



Thanks Steve, I am glad you will find it of use. It is handy to have a wide image to locate objects of interest.



Thanks Louie.



Cheers Porshe/AP RHA-man!

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

I thought I had commented on this yesterday.

Very moody and really nice composition. I will be keeping an eye out for the final result.

[RickS]

See attached crop, Greg. The Pipe Nebula is the head and beak.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Paul. There's a fair bit of processing to do on the 6 panels LRGB so it'll be a little while.



Oh yes I see it.

Greg.

[Leonardo70]

Simply wonderful ... great !

All the best,
Leo

[gregbradley]

Thanks Paul. Shouldn't be too long. I have all the data.



Grazia Leo!

Greg.

[Rod771]

That's awesome Greg! Love the contrast.

Well done. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Rod!

Greg

[David Fitz-Henr]

That's a beautiful mosaic of the Milky Way Greg - top stuff :thumbsup:

[Peter Ward]

Nicely done :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Cheers David.



Thanks Peter. Now to finish it.

[Ross G]

What a beautiful monochrome photo Greg.

Amazing detail and so sharp.

I love the tones.

Ross.

[gregbradley]

Cheers Ross. I am partway through processing the LRGB colour images. It takes a while doing a mosaic.

Greg.

[marc4darkskies]

How did I miss this?! :shrug: This is an outstanding image Greg! Although the Ha only version stands on its own, I very much look forward to the colour!

Cheers, Marcus

[sjastro]

Great image Greg.

Steven

[gregbradley]

Thanks Marcus. I am midway through processing the LRGB panels.



Cheers Steven.

Greg.

[Shiraz]

:thumbsup: Astounding image Greg - lots to see and think about.

[Regulus]

It's a superb image Greg.

Trevor

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much Ray. I hope to have the full HaLRGB image processed soon.



Thanks very much Trevor.

Greg.