HOO Lagoon

[Slawomir]

Hi all,

Finally, after seemingly never ending wet season the skies cleared up so it's time to pick up precious space data again. Last night I was given an opportunity to finish collecting OIII for the Lagoon I started two months ago; only SII left to capture - hopefully tonight and tomorrow night if needed.

A quick stitching together of about 20 hours of Ha and OIII through my 105mm guidescope: https://www.astrobin.com/full/411135/0/?nc=user

Thank you for looking :hi:
Suavi

[strongmanmike]

Nice clean, clear and crisp image there Suavi :thumbsup:

Do you normally collect OIII under significant Moon light?...guess the Lagoon is pretty bright.

Mike

[Slawomir]

Thank you and a good point Mike - SNR was about 3x weaker in OIII last night as opposed to the few subs I captured during a new moon over a month ago. But I really want to finish this image and any data is better than no data and, since my last year's full moon lobster got noticed by Greenwich judges I figured maybe full moon brings me luck :question:

[codemonkey]

That's beautiful, Suavi. Classy work.

[Paul Haese]

First thing I said when I went up to full resolution was, "Man that's clean". Detail is great, not over sharpened, no apparent noise in the background, nice tight stars and nicely processed. I am going to look forward to the version with the SII. I hope we see an RGB stars version also.

[strongmanmike]

For bright objects like this I am sure some Moon is not too much of an issue for OIII data collection. If trying to image faint OIII though, like faint halos around PN's, it isn't a good idea :)

Mike

[Peter Ward]

Oh...now that is very slick.

Fabulous data and a great result :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[willik]

Very nice Lagoon Sauvi looks great :thumbsup:
Martin

[Atmos]

Very nice Suavi! 20 hours of data definitely allows for such a smooth result :thumbsup:

[vlazg]

Very very nice, smooth and crisp, looking forward to the SII
I still reckon it looks like Homer if you rotate 90deg CW

[multiweb]

Simply superb! Looking forward to the tricolor. :thumbsup:

[JA]

Sensational Sauvi :thumbsup:
It has that portal-in-time feel to it.

Best
JA

[ChrisV]

That is just amazing. Didn't realise how good until I looked at it on my computer.

[Wylecyote]

Woah! Beautiful - I pointed to it last night to take some snaps but clouds closed in so I shifted - glad I did - I wouldn't compete with that superb image. Well done!

[Placidus]

What Marc said. Simply superb. And we hope you add SII.

[spiezzy]

that is so deep its like it is in 3d absolutely love it I take my hat off to you sir cheers pete

[Slawomir]

Thank you everyone for encouragement - your very kind feedback gave me a much needed boost after a long absence from imaging :hi: