A much shorter Helix

[Benjamin]

I’ve been amazed at the length and consequent detail of the Helix’s put up here so I apologize that this is only 10 hours and somewhat noisy. I’ve tried to pull out some detail and keep the O3 represented and added some RGB stars. All a bit of a compromise with limited data I guess. Appreciate any and all advice/comments.
Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/full/xin80t/G/

[Ryderscope]

No need to apologise Ben, is still a very fine Helix.

[multiweb]

Still very nice with a lot of fine details. Keep going at it. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[dave_galera]

Yes it is a very good Helix. BTW maybe you should try MureDenoise on your RGB masters to get rid of the noise, its absolutely fantastic....

[Slawomir]

Love the colours Ben. Your image persuaded me that I definitely need to add SII to mine :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

"only 10hrs" yeeeeesss, a Helix image is not a real Helix image these days unless it has been captured with an exposure time measured in days! :lol: :eyepop:

Seriously though, looks pretty good anyway :thumbsup:

Mike

[Slawomir]

Hey, fingers crossed I have not lost my Helix data with my PC dying yesterday, as two more nights and it would have been one week worth of quad-channel narrowband Helix data.

Ben's Helix colours are just lovely and I will aim for something similiar, if the hard drive turnes out to be okay.

[strongmanmike]

...THIS (https://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Centaurus-A-Extreme-Deep-Field/i-hFknr4n/O) was almost 6 days :D



I agree, a nice colour palette Ben :thumbsup:

Mike

[Benjamin]

Thanks for the nice comments folks. Hope the data is not lost Suavi! Goal is to see what I can gather before the Helix moves out of my backyard “window” between the mango trees. Feel like I have a good way of processing it now so should almost be plug and play with the extra data (plus some MureDenoise of the RGB).

[codemonkey]

Nice one Ben, great colours as the others have already said! 10hrs is about my norm so I can't fault you for that.

[Benjamin]

Cheers Lee. I love seeing what you get with a similar setup :-)

[Benjamin]

Added some more Ha data (now 94x300s Ha subs in all).
https://www.astrobin.com/full/tf78dt/B/
Also added a more typical colour palette version, although very 'etched'
https://www.astrobin.com/full/tf78dt/D/?nc=user