SMC in Deep HA and NII

[avandonk]

Collected 25 subs of 32 min with both HA and NII. Could not see much difference so combined all fifty frames. This is about 26 hours of exposure.

Full res image here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/34386396@N08/44800640532/in/dateposted/

Just in case you are lost here is a labelled image done with Astrometry.net.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34386396@N08/29914254247/in/photostream/

There are some interesting targets there for those of you with longer focal lengths and reasonable speed.

Bert

[xelasnave]

Great effort Bert.
Alex

[multiweb]

Very deep. Lots of knots and puffs I wasn't aware of. Welcome back. :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Lots of goodies to target in there Bert. Could keep one busy all year. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Great image Bert. Good to see you post an image here again.
Greg.

[Andy01]

That’s awesome Bert, lots of opportunities for imaging there- thanks for sharing! :thumbsup:

[markas]

Great image!


Mark

[avandonk]

Thanks for the comments all.

I thought I would try and use my system to get some really faint stuff. in narrow band.

This is a single 32 min exposure of NGC2070 binned X2 it has been corrected for darks and flats.

16b tiff

https://www.flickr.com/photos/34386396@N08/44865262782/in/photostream/

Unstretched as a 16b tiff

https://www.flickr.com/photos/34386396@N08/44002673045/in/photostream/

Unfortunately they have just upgraded Bolton Street which goes past my place out front and they have put in more dreaded high pressure Sodium street lights.

I will collect more SMC data binned X2 and use this to make a HDR composite with the full resolution data. That way resolution is maintained.


Bert

[Atmos]

There is some pretty faint whisps in there Bert, deep! :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

One can never tire of seeing nice deep wider field narrowband B&W Tarantula region images...

Mike

[leon]

I did just wondered the the day where Bert had gone and know we know, he was working on this absolutely splendid image.
Love it Bert, well done indeed.

Leon

[SimmoW]

Welcome back Bert! And a great return fanfare.

Check my last version out, so much OIII isn't there?

And you last image, so much wispy stuff. What a violent area

[Ross G]

Amazing detail!


Your photos always push the boundaries.


Good to see your excellent work again.


Ross.

[markas]

Fabulous detail. I presume the Tarantula shot is Ha?


Mark

[Slawomir]

Grandeur wide field and deep images - well done :thumbsup: