NGC 3324 now with RGB stars

[Stevec35]

Hi to all

Here is the latest version of NGC 3324 with RGB star colours. I also did a few other things, hopefully to make it look a bit more natural. Not sure if I succeeded.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc3324_STXL6303_RC14.htm

[Slawomir]

Nice work Steve:thumbsup:

P.S. After staring into the photo for a while I managed to see a face... :)

[Stevec35]

Thanks Slawomir. It certainly takes a bit of imagination to see the face.

[gregbradley]

I like this one better Steve. More balanced colour rather than too much red.
Usually the O111 brings some nice bluish hues to the image. Is there not a lot of O111 in this object?

Greg.

[Stevec35]

There certainly is a lot of OIII Greg and I probably could have brought it out better. More OIII would no doubt have helped. I'll continue playing with it to see if I can get a nice aesthetic view that doesn't look too forced.

[RickS]

Looking better, Steve. Will be interesting to see how you tweak it some more.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Stevec35]

I'm not spending a lot more time on it. It seems we are arguing mostly on the semantics of how the data should be displayed.

[Ross G]

Hi Steve,

Looks even better.

Ross.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Ross

[multiweb]

Looks very good. I like the sharp little neb next to that bright star. :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Well done Steve...love the reflection detail around the bright star too.

[Bassnut]

What star colour?.

[Stevec35]

Well spotted. Somehow the colour disappeared during the processing and I didn't feel like going back and doing it again. I do have a nice starless version though but I thought everyone is probably getting sick of this image so I haven't posted it.



Thanks Louie



Thanks Marc. Unfortunately the colour of the neb is a bit washed out.

[Leonardo70]

Very nice Steve.

All the best,
Leo