IC2944 Hubble Plaette

[pluto]

Finally some clear skies in Sydney this week! :D
Anyway here's a bit under 13 hours of the Running Chicken from urban Sydney.

SII = 13 x 30 minutes
Ha = 8 x 20 minutes
OIII = 7 x 30 minutes

Takahashi TSA120 | EQ6 | SBIG STT8300 + FW8G + AO-8T
Astrodon 3nm SII, 5nm Ha, 3nm OIII
CCDSoft + PixInsight + Photoshop CC + Lightroom

Bigger version here:
https://hughsblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/ic2944-the-running-chicken-nebula-in-the-hubble-palette/

Critiques welcomed :)

[Rex]

Nice detail Hugh! A great job of highlighting the little globs too.

[Placidus]

Very sharp and very deep. No missing features.

[gregbradley]

Very nice Hugh. Lots of sharp details there.

Send me a PM and I can give you a few processing tips. I downloaded the image and did a few tweaks and it came up even nicer.

Greg.

[pluto]

Cheers Rex :)


Thanks!


Cool, I'll drop you a PM now. Definitely still a beginner at PI ;)

[RickS]

Looks good, Hugh. Will be interesting to see it after some tweaks from Greg.

[Rod771]

Very Nice Hugh! Excellent detail!:thumbsup:

Yes its been a very clear week in Sydney, would be awesome if it continued through next week to new moon.

Cheers Rod

[dylan_odonnell]

So good Hugh! I love the little dark flecks in this target.

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[jase]

Narrowband so suits this target. You've done well to show the different emission lines Hugh. I'd like to see the magenta stars toned down a little. A selection on highlights, then dropping the saturation may do the trick. Keep them coming.

[pluto]

Thanks Dylan :)




Thanks Jase, I appreciate the feedback :)
Greg had similar feedback and also passed on some tips so I'll see what I can do when it comes to repro time!

[rustigsmed]

great work Hugh, some lovely detail hidden in there.

Cheers

Russ

[SimmoW]

Lovely image Hugh, yeah the old magenta star issue always keeps coming up

[Slawomir]

A beautiful image and lots of colour, well done Hugh.

[pluto]

Thanks Russ :)


Cheers, yeah it's all about balance I think, I like a bit of magenta but it probably needs to be tighter rather than the spread out magenta halo I've got in this image.



Thanks!

[strongmanmike]

Overall a pretty good image Hugh with all the goodies expected in this bit of the neb :thumbsup: In one respect I love the stars then in another they seem to dominate the image..? Not sure why, maybe they have desaturated magenta, so now white, halos and this is making them a tad bigger or puffier, not sure..? Still, I like it :)

Mike

[Ross G]

A very good photo Hugh.

Sharp and very detailed.

Ross.

[pluto]

Thanks Mike.
The stars in this one definitely haven't turned out as well as my previous NB images so I'll be focusing on them when I have time for a repro. I might even get some better SII data as I think the focus may have been a touch out that night and the seeing wasn't great either.



Cheers Ross :)

[strongmanmike]

Well I hope you do! :lol: :P