Melotte 15 in Narrowband

[joelshort]

Hi friends,
This image of Melotte 15, inside the Heart nebula, was an exercise in patience. The weather "up here" (northern Indiana, USA) has been truly terrible for nearly 2 months now. This image consists of data take an hour or three at a time over the course of 4 weeks in between bursts of snow and clouds. Even so, the seeing conditions and transparency were pretty bad throughout.

Even so, the image turned out better than I expected. This is a SHO narrowband image taken with my dual imaging setup:
CFF250RC at f/6 - Ha/OIII
SV80ST - SII/RGB

I hope you like it!
http://www.buckeyestargazer.net/Pages/Nebulae/Mel15.php

[joelshort]

While I'm at it, I have a question about posting on this forum and using html code. Whenever I post an image here I try to post code that shows a thumbnail image here and on clicking the image links to a larger image.

When I preview the post this shows up correctly: the clickable thumbnail image is displayed in the preview but when the actual message gets posted the thumbnail image is replaced with the actual code I wrote, and it links just to the thumbnail image, not to the larger image.

What am I doing wrong?

[strongmanmike]

Dunno bout the HTML code Joel but hey, your Melotte is a fine wine indeed, nicely done, good detail and colours are great :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Melotte 15 is one of the more photogenic northern objects and you've done a really nice job, Joel, despite the weather!

I've noticed the same issue with image links but don't have a solution, I'm afraid. I presume it's a bug in the forum software.

Cheers,
Rick.

[joelshort]

Thanks Mike and Rick. This did turn out better than I thought it would.

Rick, is there a moderator or someone "in the know" that I can ask about the HTML code?

[RickS]

You could try posting here: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2

[joelshort]

Done. Thanks Rick.

[Andy01]

An Attractive image, very 3D, wel done! :thumbsup:

[Bart]

Very nice image. I like it a lot. Go narrowband!:D

[Atmos]

Very nice Joel, has a 3D view to it that just sucks you in ;)

[multiweb]

Beautiful field and colors. Well done. :thumbsup:

[joelshort]

Thanks guys!

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Joel.

Great detail.

Ross.

[Paul Haese]

I like this a lot. Great palette and nicely processed.

[joelshort]

Thanks Ross and Paul!

[markas]

Really fine image!

Mark