NGC 6188 in Ara

[Octane]

After ten years of attempting to photograph this magnificent deep space object, I couldn't hold on any longer and had to share what I've done so far.

This is my first image in a year and my first attempt at narrowband processing.

NGC 6188 mapped to the Hubble palette of sulphur II for red, hydrogen alpha for green and oxygen III for blue.

I still need to blend in the LRGB stars to get rid of the purple stars and replace them with natural colours.

This is 24 hours of data, 8 hours in each channel of hydrogen alpha, sulphur II and oxygen III, captured over 18 nights in June, July and August.

I hope you like what I've done thus far.

Click here (http://scratch.hqphotography.com.au/ngc6188.html) for larger resolution image.

Comments, critique, lynching, etc., most welcome.

H

[batema]

That is absolutely beautiful. Great work.

[gregbradley]

That's a fabulous image Humi. I can see the pro photographer in you in that image.

Greg.

[troypiggo]

Awesome mate. Good to see you back on the horse. Well worth the wait. What a treat.

[multiweb]

Sub zero cool. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Wanna see a big one.

[Placidus]

Just superb! Blew my socks off. The three-dimensionality - the feeling for seeing what is actually up there - overlapping clouds and cavities and the like - is magnificent. Top notch.

[Stevec35]

Lovely! Brings out the 3D appearance better than I've seen in most images of this object.

Steve

[RobF]

One of my narrowband fav's and you're doing great justice to it Humayun!

[Slawomir]

Wow, eighteen imaging sessions...your perseverance and work work have certainly paid off :thumbsup:

[DavidU]

Fine work indeed ! Excellent H.

[pluto]

Beautiful, very well done :)

[omegacrux]

Great picture !

David

[DJScotty]

Utterly delightful. Beautiful colours. Exquisite detail. Love it :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Thanks, so much, Mark. I'm glad you think so. :)



Greg,

That's awfully kind of you. Though this isn't the full frame image, I had to crop (it's full height, minus non-registered black areas) the image. That's where my photographic brain takes over and does this subconsciously without even thinking about it. I'm so grateful to be blessed with this gift.



Troy,

Cheers, mate. :) It's good to be back in the saddle. I've got data going back one year which is just sitting waiting to be processed.



Marc,

I'll upload a large resolution image soon. :)



Mike and Trish,

Thank you, so much! I am glad that you can see the three dimensionality of the ribbons of hydrogen alpha. :)



H

[Octane]

Steve,

Thanks, heaps! I guess the many hours of data and careful processing has helped in that regard. :)



Rob,

I've been wanting to do justice to this region (in my own way) for so, so long! I'm glad that you think so, too. Cheers. :)



Slawomir,

I like concentrating on one object at a time. It was your wonderful bicolour rendition that spurred me on to keep grabbing data -- so, thank you! I keep going back to yours to soak it in. :)



David,

Long time, no see. Thank you!



Hugh,

Appreciate the kind words, thank you!



H

[Octane]

David,

Glad you liked it. :)



Scott,

Appreciate you looking and commenting. Thank you!



Thank you to all who looked and commented. Most appreciated. :)

H

[Rod771]

Fantastic H! Excellent processing, well done! :thumbsup:

[lazjen]

That's excellent - love it.

[Camelopardalis]

Outstanding H, well done :thumbsup:

[Somnium]

Beautiful image

[Rex]

Absolutley stunning H. So much detail. Fantastic image.

[Octane]

Rod,

Thank you, so much. Glad you like it. :)



Chris,

Appreciate the kind words. :)



Dunk,

Cheers, mate!



Aidan,

Thank you!



Rex,

Thanks, a bunch!



Thanks again, all. :)

H

[peter_4059]

That's a spectacular shot H. Beautifully processed.

[Octane]

Many thanks, Peter.

Appreciate the kind words. :)

H

[RickS]

A stunning image, H! I'd also like to see a high res version.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Octane]

Thanks, Rick. Appreciate you looking. :)

I'm just waiting on capturing blue bin 2x2 dawn flats (it was cloudy/rainy for 9 days/nights here). Once I've got them, I'll be able to process in the LRGB stars and perform another reprocess. Then, I'll put a larger version up. :)

Cheers.

H

[marc4darkskies]

What do we want!? ... Full Res!! ... When do we want it?! ... NOW!! :D

Colour & composition look great H, but showing only a postage stamp version is just plain cruel!

[Bassnut]

gaud, thats just jaw dropping H, for a 1st NB thats rediculous. Detail, 3d effect and especially colour balance are masterfull. Ill wager you spent a few hrs processing this. You have obvious processing talent straight up (and an intuative feel for artistic drama) that bodes well indeed. Its scary thinking what you will do after a bit of practice.

[Octane]

Thanks, guys!

I'm hoping to make some time this weekend to process the final image.

Thanks, heaps, Fred. Really appreciate the kind words. :)

H