Another Tarantula

[Geoff45]

Two versions here
Narrowband Ha -->Red, OIII -->Green, OIII + 20%Ha -->Blue
http://www.astrobin.com/143682/
and LRGB plus narrowband
http://www.astrobin.com/143681/.

This was first light with the FLI Proline. I should work on these a bit more--maybe after the festive season.

[strongmanmike]

Both look great Geoff, nice subtle soft look too without looking over smoothed, I like :thumbsup:...I trust all went well with commissioning the new big black bird from New York? :)

Mike

[Geoff45]

Thanks Mike. I did do some noise reduction on the narrowband but it was unnecessary on the full monte image.
Camera performed well--easy to get to -30deg and quick downloads.

[strongmanmike]

Yeah they are good cameras, I could use -30C with the 16803 and -35C with the 11002, all year = same set of darks :thumbsup: yes, I used darks then :P, don't need to with the SX camera, although I didn't dither when using the FLI's either :question: may do so when I move back to the big chip (maybe next year sometime?) :)

Have fun, look forward to your impending images :thumbsup:

Mike

[Placidus]

Hi, Geoff,

The new camera is working superbly. You've picked up smooth clean nebulosity in some pretty faint areas. Much to my amazement, I actually prefer the LRGB+NB one because it shows the open clusters nicely.

Best,
Mike

[RickS]

Both great images, Geoff! I rather like the more colourful version with RGB as well.

Cheers,
Rick.

[alpal]

Geoff,


Hi Geoff,
They are looking good and I feel a re-process may bring out more detail.

cheers
Allan

[Geoff45]

Thanks Mike. BackgroundEnhancement script in PixInsight is really good at bringing out faint nebulosity


Thanks Rick


My thoughts exactly Allan