NGC 6188 in Hubble Palette

[MLParkinson]

Two-part mosaic of NGC 6188, Televue Naglar-Petzval (NP) 127is @ f/5.2, Astrodon 3-nm filters and Quantum Scientific Imaging (QSI) 683wsg camera. Hubble Palette, [R, G, B] = [SII, Ha, OIII] = [17, 16, 13] Hours.

https://flic.kr/p/24oVdtK

[kosborn]

Great image! That's a _lot_ of integration time and it shows! :thumbsup:

[diegocolonnello]

Hi mate, i have sent you a Private message!!! :-)

[Placidus]

#$%&@# awesome!

The great depth you've achieved has nailed the faint and distant background structures - beautifully done - but you've managed to keep the overall sense of what's bright and what's dark, which is really important.

Some might notice that the stars have both asymmetric black and magenta circles around them, which could be removed if desired.

[MLParkinson]

Placidus (Mike and Trish): Your comment means a lot to me. Your images are among the very best posted under this forum and your work is closer to perfection than mine. I always strive for perfection, and I have improved slowly over the years. I doubt I will ever achieve perfection.

[Weltevreden SA]

Superb image, Murray. We've been following your work from here in S Africa for some time. Top quality for sure.


=Dana in S Africa

[multiweb]

That's a top shot Murray. The details in the highres are very good and smooth as well. I reckon as Mike pointed out too a repro is in order for the stars. Did you use a minimum filter or deconv? If you leave your stars alone with a mask and sharpen only the nebulosity you'll get a corker. You already have the SNR to do that. :thumbsup: