Indy's Whip - RCW114 Mosaic

[Andy01]

Three Panel Mosaic featuring RCW114 in HaRGB, from Melbourne.

I previously posted a single section of this huge but very faint nebula which has rarely if ever photographed by amateurs.

Now with the extra FOV data, it looks a bit like Indiana Jones' whip :D
... or a Martian Rock snake from Captain Scarlet, or a Zucchini flower - who knows? :question:

It was originally thought to be a ring nebula surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star WR 90, expanding into a pre-existing cavity created by the supernova remnant 343.0-06.0. However, current research suggests that is much closer to us than WR90, so is an Ancient SNR in it's own right.

This is now 1/2 of the region in this FOV.

27 hrs - 54 x1800sec subs - Ha3nm
11.5 hrs - 69x600sec subs RG&B

Big one HERE (http://www.astrobin.com/304176/)

Taken from my light polluted suburban backyard in Melbourne, Australia.

[Martin Pugh]

Kudos on the integration time there Andy, with a really good result. The Ha has been blended nicely here.

cheers
Martin

[Spookyer]

very nice Andy

[Placidus]

Andy that is truly superb. Crisp and sharp and very detailed. Enjoyed the research too.

If you have a look at Greg Bradley's widefield of the Milky Way in Ha (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=159142&page=2), you can see your Ha structure at 6 o'clock. It looks very like an SNR.

Very well done!

[Atmos]

Wonderful effort Andy. You've gone this far so now you should finish it ;)

I was just thinking the same thing Mike... or Trish :lol:

[multiweb]

Nice fov! :evil2:

[topheart]

Top notch again Andy!!
You could call it Andy's whip!
Cheers,
Tim

[el_draco]

From the city of light/smoke and other assorted pollutants.... amazing!

[Andy01]

Hey thanks for commenting Martin, and cheers for the nice compliments on the image. - All credit though to MARCO (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=138473) for his HaRGB blending technique. :thumbsup:



Cheers Brett :)



Thanks Mike - and thanks also for pointing out the SNR on Greg's image - looks like there's plenty more rare and tasty goodies in the Milky way for us to image. :D



Thanks Colin - not sure if I have the patience to continue with this target or to simply move on - there's always next year :)



Cheers Marc - SNR's are pretty funky things to image ;)



Lol, cheers Tim - but Indiana Jones is far more iconic :D



Thanks Rom, credit due to Peter Ward who kindly pointed me in the right direction to begin to achieve reasonable results when imaging RGB from light pollutionville.

No substitute for a dark sky but it's hard to get away with three kids under 12 and the wife enjoying cocktails with the girls in Fiji this weekend :)

[Retrograde]

Beautiful Andy. Fulfilled the promise of the first panel :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Very cool, Andy!

[strongmanmike]

This is a great project Andy and yes, this one looks like an astroimage! :clap: The flowing red tendrils are really quite unique. I think your processing here looks much better than that used for your latest tarantula iteration.

Nice job

Mike

[Andy01]

Cheers Pete, always a bit risky taking on something new with almond st no reference image- but it seems to have paid off :thumbsup:



Cheers Rick :cool3:



Thanks for the compliment Mike - My technique may be improving but it's still a work in progress!
To me HaRGB is a bit easier to process than full tricolour NB - and it seems to suit this object. Not sure if I'll continue though, another three panels would be the minimum required to fit it all in! :question:

[Slawomir]

Wow! Impressive integration resulted in a great image with awesome detail. Spectacular Andy :thumbsup:

[Andy01]

Thanks Suavi - I'm pretty happy with the final result - still debating as to whether or not to press on with the other half or move on to something new!

[niharika]

Can well be called Andy's whip I think. Nice image and FOV

[Regulus]

Talk about Fire In The Sky. That's excellent. Very effective.

Trev

[Geoff45]

Nice one Andy. It's always satisfying to pull off the difficult ones.
Geoff

[gregbradley]

Great image Andy. That's the object (its full shape is heart shaped) that I have seen a few times over the years when I have done Ha images of the Milky Way. And yes its rarely imaged as I had no idea what it was and as you say no one seems to image it.

I imaged it very widefield over the weekend and I'll post that in the next few days. Its quite a striking area.

Well done on such a good image of a rarely if ever imaged object (strange its missed the attention of astrophotographers).

Did you do any O111? I wonder if it has any O111 or is it all Ha? Come to think of it I have O111 data of the area. I'll have to check it.

Greg.

[gregbradley]

Yeah definitely do the other half. Its likely the Southern Hemisphere's Heart nebula.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

I like this palette approach you have taken here Andy. It is certainly a long whippy looking string of gas.

[traveller]

Another "cracker" of an image Andy (boom tish!)
I actually thought it resembled the flame whip from Balrog from LOTR.
Bo

[Andy01]

Lol, you're not the first to suggest that Raki :D
Thanks for nice compliment but I think Indiana Jones is far for iconic :thumbsup:



Cheers Trevor, can you imagine the forces that once created this beast? Must have been a helluva big bang when that star went nova! :scared3:



Thanks very much Geoff - definately feeling the IIS love on this one now :D



Hi Greg, thanks for good vibes, looking forward to seeing your rendition. I havn't attempted any O3 as yet - will be interesting to see if you managed to get any. As to the other half, well ... it's not going anywhere in a hurry, but my patience might ;)



Thanks very much Paul - I asked my kids what they thought it looked like - hence the name, Paradolia rocks :)



Cheers Bo :thumbsup: Funnily enough we've been re-watching LOTR with the kids all this week - I see the Balrog reference clearly now that you mention it!
Hmmm :question: - Balrog's Whip, Flame whip - nah - let's stick with Indy :D