NB Lagoon

[Paul Haese]

Its been since August last year that I have posted an image here. That is not to say I have not been imaging; when in fact I have. I thought I would pop in and show a few of the better images I have produced of late. This one is of the Lagoon in narrow band and LRGB stars.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/M8narrowbandRC.html) for the larger image

[Atmos]

That's really nice Paul, very nicely resolved down to the hour glass.

[alpal]

Hi Paul,
lots of intricate detail in there.
Well done.

cheers
Allan

[batema]

Amazing. Fantastic detail and what a thril to be able to do some imaging. It has basically been cloudy here for three months. Beautiful image.

[Ryderscope]

Lovely work Paul. Nice smooth processing to bring out the detail and colour in the nebula.

[DJT]

Way to go Paul. I did wonder where you had gone.

Great image and a huge amount not of detail. Well done.

[atalas]

Excellent:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumb sup:

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Colin. Despite being a really bright object, getting the right seeing hampered my efforts here. I was happy with the scale. I have imaged this many times but not done one at this resolution.



Thanks Allan. :)



Thanks Mark. This last year has been difficult for imaging. We had a very wet year in South Australia with over 300mm over the average. That meant more cloud cover for us too. I have been quite spoiled for clear skies for many years but climate change might make that a thing of the past.



Thanks Rodney. :)



Thanks David. The accusation of plagiarism last year did knock me for six and my health was not the best Both prompted me to reassess what was more important to me. I don't think I'll be as active here as I was but will pop in every now and then.




Thanks Louie. :)

[Andy01]

Welcome back Paul :)

Cracking image - appealling colour palette and heaps of fine detail - well done as always :thumbsup:

Y'all come on back soon & don't be a stranger now :D

Cheers

Andy

[RickS]

Nice looking NB Lagoon, Paul. I'd be interested to see how detailed the region around the hourglass looks at full res.

Cheers,
Rick.

[gregbradley]

Wow, a sensational image. Such incredible detail. I am amazed.

Greg.

[SimmoW]

Back with a BANG i guess Paul!!

Amazing image. Attached is an excerpt of one favourite bit, shows just how detailed your image is.

Please post more regularly, the place needs your presence.

Congrats

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Andy, probably not as fluro as you might like but it's something I can live with.



Thanks Rick, the full res version is slightly bigger but does not show much more detail. Seeing let me down on the nights I was imaging this and I know in better seeing I would get crisper results. I am still happy with the level of detail though, just wanting that little bit more. I have added a crop of the area though for your perusal. It probably needs short subs to give more detail in and around the hour glass.



Thanks Greg, what do you find amazing with the detail? It's lovely to receive such praise but just wondering why you think that?



Thanks Simon, despite the amount of times I see images of this nebula, I can say that every now and then I see one with such outstanding detail and tones. It is a really marvellous object to image and like you I like that cloud ridge myself. I think the one on the other side is really my favourite though.

[barx1963]

Lovely Paul. That is the sort of thing I am (slowly) aspiring to get to do.

Inspiring stuff!!

Malcolm

[marc4darkskies]

A compelling rendition of a familiar object - nice job!

[Slawomir]

What a fantastic image Paul, good to see you back at IIS.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys for the comments and compliments.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Greg, what do you find amazing with the detail? It's lovely to receive such praise but just wondering why you think that?


The inner cloud area of the keyhole nebula has a lot of detail in it which is not usually well presented along with the overall nebula.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Ah that's the SII data that contains most of that detail. I took a fair bit of data in SII at 260 minutes.

[Placidus]

What I'm seeing for the first time here is not just the usual favourite assembly of small crisp discrete structures (Mrs Logie, the flying kangaroo, the emu, the euphemistic hair-dryer, etc) but also a series of very long, coherent and salient but far less sharp streamers, not organized into shock fronts. A bit like a glassy lagoon had been put on a hot-plate and was starting to melt locally, a la Salvador Dali's watch. These are undoubtedly real and important structures, I've just never seen them before. Thanks for a new view. Perhaps your image scale is especially suited to showing these long, streaming features. Also it's upside-down to the way I normally see it, and that might have helped see it anew, but I think your particular processing has helped bring them out.

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Mike, I am certain I have seen all of the structures in many images before, probably Fred's most notably. Maybe it is just the way I processed the data. In any event despite it being a well imaged target I think these is always more to investigate and get out of this target.

[Ross G]

A great looking photo Paul.

Amazing detail and so sharp.

Ross.