The Eagle Nebula and Stellar Spire

[TR]

The Eagle Nebula and Stellar Spire.

Imaged from the burbs of Melbourne. Processing in CCDStack and Photoshop.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/97807083@N00/28891398105/in/album-72157646565068452/

[Peter Ward]

I'd have some quibbles about the noise, but everything else is top-shelf.

In fact , browsing through your Flickr pages, there is an exemplary body of work there.

Impressive stuff indeed! ....and no clique following here...just nice to see some fine imagery with a minimum of fuss :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[TR]

Thanks for the honest comment Peter. Noise and JPEGs are fine friends. Somehow together, they tip things in the wrong direction. I believe they are in league with that Murphy guy.

[Atmos]

Great image Terry, quite a lot of detail has come up :)

[TR]

Thanks Colin.

[strongmanmike]

Yaaaay, Terry did an image yaaay :cool:

Nice work mate, looks pretty good :thumbsup:

While they don't look that bad, those halos around the stars?..is that use of Star Shrink causing that or a desaturation effect?

Looks like you posted this to Flickr a week ago..? missed it :sadeyes:

Mike

[TR]

Good eye Mike. It's a desaturation effect in the SII channel. I was surprised at the amount of signal in that channel. Kind of overwhelming really.

[Andy01]

Lovely image there Terry, well done!

[TR]

Thanks Andy

[LewisM]

Lovely Terry.

My old R200SS or VC200L perchance?

[gregbradley]

A wonderful image Terry.

I know its not the subject of the image but I really like the luminosity of those bright stars. It really adds some life to the image.

Greg.

[TR]

Thanks Lewis. It's a different scope. It's a 10 inch instrument. I still have the VC200L.



Cool, thanks Greg. I like to think of it as a nebula surrounding a dramatic looking group of stars.:D I really couldn't knock down the luminosity as you noted. It adds a bit of punch. Thanks for commenting on that.

[Maurice]

I really like this one Terry.
A very pleasing narrow band 'colour' rendition. Not overcooked - just right..
Great resolution too... got to love that loooong FL!

Cheers
Maurice

[PRejto]

A very dramatic looking image. It draws me in to stare for a long time. Really nice work!

Peter

[TR]

Thanks Maurice. FL rules :thumbsup:



Many thanks Peter

[atalas]

Good work Terry:thumbsup:what was your exposure time on this....can't see It under image details?

[topheart]

Excellent!
Tim

[TR]

Thanks Louie, 30 min subs / eight hours per channel.

Thanks Tim

[codemonkey]

Beautiful work, Terry. Love the contrast, nice colour. Surprised that 24hrs of data didn't clean the noise up a bit better though.

[Stevec35]

Nicely done Terry. The palette isn't to my taste but the resolution is excellent.

Cheers

Steve

[TR]

Yes, colour palettes and narrowband are indeed a huge potential gamut. :thumbsup:



The hidden variable I have would be the recent introduction of LED street lights. I just can't seem to filter that stuff out. I need min of 40 percent more subs just to get near what I could two years ago. There is just random speckle across the image. Very hard to combat.

I guess it's a preference, but I would rather see a bit of noise than to artificially smooth out the image at the expense of losing of all the small details and stars. Not a fan of the plastic look. Again, it's all preferences and pretty pictures.