NGC1760 - 28.5 hours

[Paul Haese]

Its been a busy month or so with imaging at Clayton.

I have been collecting this data for 16 nights starting a month ago. Initially it was something to fill in the time between astronomical dark and when the Rosette was high enough to image. However, as time went on I became quite interested in how this image would turn out.

There are so many interesting gas clouds in this field and to boot there are two Globulars which are also located in the LMC.

This image is an integration of 28.5 hours

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/NGC1760.html) for high resolution

[Placidus]

Superb as usual, Paul. An incredibly rich and rewarding image to explore.

[alpal]

Hi Paul,
that's such an interesting pic.
The LMC is a real treasure of targets in the Southern hemisphere.
There is a good write-up on APOD here:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041006.html

It looks like another Tarantula Nebula.

cheers
Allan

[Andy01]

Wow! That's a cracker, very, very good rendition of the Bean nebula - (seriously, who names these things?)

Well done as always - you sure lift the bar high, but it gives us mere mortals something wonderful to aspire to! :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Mike; yes the LMC has so many different looking objects to image. There are a number other really interesting objects I have been researching and of course the crown is the Tarantula which probably needs to be done again.



Yeah it looks to be like a pretty dense star forming region. The whole of the LMC has such rich clouds; probably as a result of the merger with the Milkyway.



I can see why it is called the bean nebula. Those OIII gas clouds would stand out in visual observing with an OIII filter but not so much the rest.

Thanks for the high praise, but remember we all start from the same position in this lark. And; like you I am inspired by several imagers out there too and hope to one day produce results like them.

[RickS]

A very interesting field, Paul. Expertly captured and processed. I'd love to see you do NGC 1760 at longer focal length one day.

Cheers,
Rick.

[gregbradley]

Another great NB LMC image Paul. I like this colour palette, its very pleasing to the eye.

Nicely done.

Greg.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Ditto to all the other comments - very nice image and the colour palette looks pleasing as well :thumbsup:

[Amaranthus]

Beautiful work Paul.

[atalas]

Another fine piece of work Paul!

[marc4darkskies]

Yes, lovely image Paul! Very pretty indeed! Hubble palette?

Cheers, Marcus

[Peter Ward]

I really like the palette you chose here Paul. Excellent highlights and shadow detail, with very little noise.

A top shelf result :thumbsup:

[Bassnut]

To my eye anyway, thats a very pleasing colour balance.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks to everyone for the comments.



Thanks Rick. I am certainly selecting my targets for the RC12 with images like these. There is something really interesting about this object and I have it on my list for imaging once I get the RC12 operational again.



Yep I think this works better than the last LMC image I did.




Yes Hubble palette Marcus.



Thanks Peter, the noise is one of my obsessive bug bears I suppose and I try to aim to have none but diminishing returns often means many more hours for little gain.

[dvj]

Stunning work as usual Paul. Happy New Year!

[Paul Haese]

Thanks John, much appreciated.