Eta Carina in Ha

[pmrid]

Doing some NB last night and decided I didn't like the nauseating green the Hubble palette gave to it so I just concentrated on the Ha part. It's so dramatic. This is 6x5 minutes only with a SX H16 through an ED127. Just for fun!

Peter

[strongmanmike]

Certainly not orthodox...but wow, it has very artful impact :)

Nice interpretation Peter

Mike

[RickS]

Looks like a pencil drawing, Peter. Very arty :thumbsup:

[omegacrux]

Yup I like that

David

[pmrid]

Thanks - and I agree it's a bit "arty ". So I've toned it down a fair bit. Trouble is, the Ha in this nebula is so dominant that it's hard to tone it down - without making it look flat and featureless, and without losing the definition in those amazing convoluted dust features.

By comparison, the SII and OIII are quite muted. So a standard SHO Hubble rendition can't help but be a green pea-soup.

Maybe I need more SII and OIII data. I'll add to it over the next week or so and see what can be done.

Peter

[RickS]

I'll show you how to fix the "pea soup" if I come up tonight, Peter!