Helix Nebula comparison in OIII and Ha.

[sjastro]

The Helix is one of those objects where structures are distinctly different in OIII and Ha.

OIII(RGB) 10 hrs OIII 1 hr each RGB.
Ha(RGB) 6 hrs Ha 1 hr each RGB.

BRC-250 scope STXL-11002 CCD.

High resolution comparison here.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/Helix_OIII_Ha_comp.jpg

Clear skies

Steven

[gregbradley]

Nicely processed Steven.

Greg.

[codemonkey]

Nice work! Helix is next on my list, as soon as I get the pier in place.

I gather there's not much in the way of SII?

[Placidus]

Clever way of showing the difference. The OIII panel shows the beautiful radial streaks that normally get lost in a combined Ha-OIII shot. Nice and sharp and deep, too.

[Paul Haese]

Nice work Steven. There is a real marked difference between the two band passes and like Mike I like the demonstration of the differences.

I have been collecting data on this for about two months now and trying for the very first ejections the star pushed out. Very faint signal.

[sjastro]

Thanks for the comments.

Unfortunately some OIII data ended up in the Ha image!
This has been removed and the difference is more obvious.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/Helix_OIII_Ha_comp.jpg

Apologies for the blunder.

Steven

[RickS]

Nice work, Steven. I have tried to come up with an image that shows both Ha and Oiii well but it seems impossible. I'm disappointed that you don't have a magic solution :lol:

Cheers,
Rick.

[sjastro]

I was going to try SII imaging but ran out of good weather.
Regards.



I'm working on it Rick.:)

[topheart]

Nice double helix!

Thanks,
Tim