HST Keyhole

[multiweb]

I got a night and a half of Sii Friday 17th and Saturday 18th this month that wasn't flash hot but I painfully used it somehow to do a HST blend. I don't know when I'll be able to reshoot the red channel with the rain now but the colours aren't too shabby I reckon. No doubt more data will smooth the noise out and bring more details. I'll also be able to take care of those fairy floss stars. A bit green of course, but hey that's me. :)

1:1 [2354x1836 - 1.6MB] here (http://www.astropic.net/astro/NGC3372_CN-212_HST_121.jpg)
and HD [1920x1391 - 1MB] here (http://www.astropic.net/astro/NGC3372_CN-212_HST_HD.jpg).

Enjoy :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Wow that's cool Marc.
Nothing wrong with a bit of Hubble-palette green is there?:shrug:

[Atmos]

Fantastic detail in there Marc, very well done! It looks very smooth as it is :thumbsup:

[lazjen]

Like a glossy mag shot. :) Are you going to have a go at the magenta stars sometime?

[multiweb]

Thanks Pete. :thumbsup: Green on IIS. is evil. ;)



Too kind mate. :thumbsup: I need real smoothing not noise reduction. :)



:eyepop:Ouch that hurts! I thought I did :lol:

[lazjen]

:evil2: hehe. :)

Always love trying to deal with those evil magenta stars.

[topheart]

Nice Keyhole Marc!
Cheers,
Tim

[Placidus]

Impressive fine detail, especially in the keyhole and the Fickle Finger. That star near the distal knuckle of the raised finger can easily burn out the finger, but here it is pinpoint. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Thanks Tim. :thumbsup:



Thanks Mike. :thumbsup: I'm aching for some more data. It's going to be clear but surface wind is a problem. Maybe Sunday night looks better. :prey:

[Dennis]

Excellent capture Marc, the curtains and tendrils of nebulosity are sublime.:)

Huge image scale too!:eyepop:

Cheers

Dennis

[Paul Haese]

Beautiful detail Marc. So many cool things to see there. Some short subs to capture the homunculus would also be great too.

[LewisM]

Is that the CN-212?

[multiweb]

Thanks a lot Dennis. :thumbsup:


Thanks Paul. :thumbsup: No more imaging for me for a little while. My mount is in pieces and needs some serious pep talk. :sadeyes:

[multiweb]

Yes it is. At prime F12.4.

[kosborn]

Very nice - and I like the green. There are too many images where all the green gets nuked the only thing left is bright blue and bright orange. Leaving a little bit of green gives a much nicer and more subtle transition between colours (IMHO).:D

[Ryderscope]

I think that you've pulled off that colour pallett well Marc. A subtle rendition of the HST blend and plenty of detail :thumbsup:

[Slawomir]

Wow, really beautiful image Marc, one of the best of the Keyhole I have seen :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Thanks mate. :thumbsup: Yeah I know what you mean by orange and blue. Not a fan either as all the colour variations get blended together and you can't see the difference anymore.


Thanks Rodney. :thumbsup: Actually Ivo did a repro for me and he got so much more details.


Thanks Suavi. :thumbsup: