Shapley 1 ZWO ASI 1600mm

[benklerk]

Shapley 1 is an annular planetary nebula in the constellation of Norma with a magnitude of +12.6. As viewed from Earth it is a torus shaped planetary nebula.
It is approximately 4900 light years from Earth, and is around 8700 years old. At the center of the nebula is a magnitude 14 white dwarf star. Its about .32 light yrs across.

GSO RC 6
HEQ5 Belt mod
ZWO ASI 1600mm with filters
Lum 21 x 2min = 42min
Red 15 x 4min = 60min
Green 13 x 4min = 52min
Blue 13 x 4min = 52min
HA 17 x 10min = 170min
OIII 17 x 10min = 170min
Total time = 9.1 hrs

[benklerk]

Just asking for some advice if their is a better tutorial on how to add NB to a RGB in pixinsight. The shapley 1 was one of my first hardest objects to try out.

I uses these to follow http://www.lightvortexastronomy.com/tutorials.html.

Does this show the best way or are their other ways to combine a good looking natural object when doing a LRGB with HA and OIII?

[Paul Haese]

Well done, good definition and colour. It's a really lovely PN, when I get the new scope sorted I'll image it again early next year.

[cometcatcher]

That's an excellent image Ben. Do you have any plans on getting a larger RC? Or are you content with what you have?

[benklerk]

Hi kevin

I'm planning on building a backyard obs by the end of the year. It will house a nice GSO 16" RC with a KAF 16803 chip. Ontop of a Mesu 200 mount.

Ben

[LewisM]

Sure wish I could get that colour and clarity of detail in my version!

[Joshua Bunn]

That is perfect! loving the subtle processing and star colours.

[cometcatcher]

Nice! Can't wait to see what you come out with then considering you make the most of small equipment.

[RickS]

That's very nice, Ben. There are a lot of different ways to combine NB and RGB and I tend to just play around to find the best one for each particular data set. Don't know of any particularly good tutorials, unfortunately.