The Flame Nebula

[gregbradley]

Usually imaged as part of the Horsehead Nebula, the Flame Nebula is a pretty cool looking nebula all on its own.

Another work in progress using the CDK17 and Proline 16803 (whilst the Honders is imaging on a separate system, doubling my image production on a good night).

15 x 10 minutes of Ha at 17 inches F4.5. No sharpening, deconvolution and minimal processing.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/162156685/large

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/162156685/original

Greg.

[topheart]

Hi Greg,

Lovely framing and great detail.

Cheers,
Tim

[gregbradley]

Thanks Tim. Yes the CDK really does get some detail.

Greg.

[DJScotty]

Greg that almost rings of a Hubble image! Excellent work!
(EX) DJ Scotty :D

[gregbradley]

Gee, high praise. Thank you.

Greg.

[Andy01]

Wow snap!

Almost exactly the same framing of same target that I was shooting last night! Woohoo, bring on the flame shootout :)

Quick screenshot of single 30min sub from last night attached fyi.

Looks great, nice image in the making there Greg.

Noticed very little O3 in it for a full NB though. Are you doing HaRGB?

cheers

Andy

[Ryderscope]

Lovely work Greg. Much to explore in that image.

[graham.hobart]

cool Greg!:thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Andy. Yes a shootout would be fun. HaRGB? - yes, perhaps HaLRGB.



Thanks for that.



Cheers Graham. I almost didn't get the image with a computer freeze. Its always something.

Greg.

[marc4darkskies]

A cool Flame Greg! Not many people have the FL to just shoot the flame (and make a meal of it). Framing is good and this will turn out very nice, but I reckon you should have gone without the reducer for this.

[RB]

Very cool indeed Greg, well done.
Looking forward to your progress on this one.

RB

[strongmanmike]

Another nice project underway Greg, cool. I like the framing too :thumbsup:

Mike

[Shiraz]

nice one Greg - its an original take on the old favourite and looks great.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Marcus. You may be right about the reducer. I am not sure I have the right adapters to attach the camera to the scope without a 2nd MMOAG. I might. Once the image is finished I think I will revert to no reducer for a while. The beauty of the reducer though is it makes the scope F4.5 at 17 inches which is super fast. Very handy in erratic weather.



Thanks RB. Hopefully it will be finished next new moon.



Cheers Mike.



Thanks Ray. Its often not looked at in its own right.

Greg.

[Placidus]

Very fine, Greg. There's a lovely hillock-shaped shock front toward about 2 o'clock from the flame, and many other fine details, that I've never noticed before. With 15 frames you might be able to do a bit of outlier rejection to make the small number of warm pixels go away without losing any detail.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Mike. Yes it may be worthwhile redoing the calibration.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Just had another look at this Greg and I recon it could be a real cracker when finished, the framing really works!

Looking forward to your finished product! :)

Mike

[Slawomir]

Really great detail and bright stars are kept nicely under control - your scope+camera combo is a real deal!

Looking forward to your completed project Greg :thumbsup:

[rustigsmed]

im a massive flame neb fan! what else looks anywhere close to it up there?? pity it is so close to the horsey and alnitak otherwise it would be photographed way more. you've done great here greg!!

russ

[gregbradley]

Cheers Mike. When you've imaged just about everything framing things in a new way adds a bit of newness to the object.



Thanks Slaw. Yes they do match well. 105,000 electron well depth takes a lot of bright star beating before it folds.



Thanks Russ. I have some RGB data but probably not enough to do the image so next new moon I'll collect more colour data.

Greg.

[multiweb]

Nice one Greg. :thumbsup: To get anything around Alnitak is indeed a bonus. :)

[gregbradley]

Thanks Marc. Yes too true.

Greg.

[RickS]

Another great looking project, Greg!

[Stevec35]

Very nicely done indeed Greg!

Steve

[gregbradley]

Thanks Rick. I think the CDK at my home observatory works best on Nebulas.



Thanks Steve.

Greg.