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topheart

13-04-2020, 10:05 AM

I hope you are all well and safe.

NGC 2174 in Orion.

https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Nebula/i-qf4stGw/A

Some old data, but I have more recently taken a lot more , with narrow band, so I will process it soon.

Cheers,
Tim

gregbradley

13-04-2020, 10:34 AM

Love it. Great image Tim. You are lucky you can image both southern and northern objects. Can you get M31 from your location?

Greg.

topheart

13-04-2020, 10:58 AM

Thanks Greg,
M31 gets up to just over 30 degrees in altitude in August/September up here.....

:)

multiweb

13-04-2020, 01:33 PM

Nice one Tim. Good details and beautiful colours. :thumbsup:

Andy01

14-04-2020, 11:26 AM

Nice Monkey Tim - well done! :thumbsup:

Peter Ward

14-04-2020, 05:36 PM

To quote Magda (aka Sharon).....Noooice, rooly rooly noooice

That's a yes from me :thumbsup:

topheart

17-04-2020, 10:28 AM

Thanks very much everyone who commented.
Cheers,
Tim

codemonkey

18-04-2020, 12:02 PM

Very nice, Tim. Lovely colour!

Phil Hart

19-04-2020, 05:55 PM

That's very nice Tim. :thumbsup: How many hours in there? Bit of a tease telling us you have lots more data but only presenting the old stuff! Look forward to seeing what you've added.

cheers!
Phil

Placidus

19-04-2020, 09:41 PM

Not often imaged. Well done! Lots and lots of detail there, and the face of the monkey leaps out.

topheart

20-04-2020, 07:29 PM

Thanks M + T !

topheart

20-04-2020, 07:35 PM

Hi Phil,
Thanks. There's around 18 hours of RGB data there.
Sorry about the tease....I am trying to process the newer stuff now with Ha and O3, but I am having trouble calibrating the subs as the darks taken around the time are leaving black specks in the data....I will keep sorting it out.
Cheers,
Tim

topheart

21-04-2020, 10:59 AM

Thanks Lee!

topheart

21-04-2020, 04:21 PM

I have now done a HaO3RGB version.

https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Nebula/i-5LfMgPv/A

Unfortunately, the colour has become a bit washed out now.I will keep working on this.

Cheers,
Tim

strongmanmike

14-05-2020, 01:33 AM

Well, you weren't monkeying around there were you Tim? :P Nice job, look forward to seeing it with the added data.

Mike

marc4darkskies

14-05-2020, 02:40 PM

Awesome image Tim!

topheart

15-05-2020, 09:11 AM

Thanks very much Marcus and Mike!
Cheers,
Tim

PeterSEllis

15-05-2020, 10:32 AM

A nice one for your collection Tim, its as good as it gets.