A Lagoon for Moana

[Andy01]

Late season M8 from lockdown central - My light polluted suburban backyard, Bortle 7 -Melbourne.

A return to my narrowband roots, just 5+ hrs of data processed with the usual J-P Metsavianio tone mapping and a gentle tweak or two inspired by Eric Coles Histogram balancing method.

Ha>G, O3>B, S2>R

Fortunately, it's a very bright target! :D

ASTROBIN (https://www.astrobin.com/3bpabr/C/)

PS: The 11 y/o reckons it looks like an Arrakis Sandworm in Space. :lol:

[Atmos]

Quite nice Andy, turned into an interesting colour palette :)
The outer regions of M8 look great but it appears to have broken down towards the centre.

[strongmanmike]

Nice job Andy, a cool Lagoon :thumbsup: and a very good choice to get your inner city astroimaging fix I recon :nerd: :D

Mike

[Andy01]

Cheers Col - Since you've been a good boy you may have an extra helping of core detail! :lol: (same link) Thanks for the feedback :thumbsup:



Thanks Mike - It's much easier to do NB targets from here than LRGB! :D

[pkinchington]

Lovely work Andy!

[Ryderscope]

Nice work Andy and good to see the younger one getting involved :)

[DavidTrap]

Detail is lovely, but I'm going to be a dissenter and say it's a bit too flat for my liking - a little more contrast.

DT

[gregbradley]

Nice one Andy. I like the colours and the subtle pink areas.
Greg

[vlazg]

Very nice Andy, I really like the palette but I have to agree with Col, the outer portion is great but the core looks over processed to me

[Andy01]

Thanks Pete! :thumbsup:



Ha Ha yes, a proud parent, raised him well! cheers :D



As ol' Abe once famously said, "You can please some of the people, some of the time" thanks for your feedback. :)



Cheers Greg, nice to bring something new to a classic target :D

[Placidus]

Andy, we REALLY like that.

Your field of view is much larger than ours, and you've shown wonderful, intriguing features that we've not noticed before, including a double-headed horse head at top right, and a wonderful pillars-of-creation style pillar, rich in OIII, with a sharp shock-front cap at bottom right.

I think you've inspired us to consider a mosaic next year.

[multiweb]

A really nice M8. One for the poolroom. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Andy01]

Thanks M&T, it's always a challenge to bring something new to a classic target, so thanks for your encouragement. A mosaic from your 20" scope would be quite something! :thumbsup:



Cheers Marc, appreciate the nice feedback :)

[Paul Haese]

The colour is pleasing Andy. Detail too is nice and sharp and the inner core of the nebula looks punchy without being over cooked.

[Decimus]

:eyepop: An absolutely magnificent image, Andy. I keep staring at it, mesmerised. My first ever-so-humble foray with the ZWO ASI on Sept 18 with just 20 x 10s of the Lagoon is of course, miserably lacking in detail (see Beginners' Photography forum), but this image of yours shows me what is possible, maybe in a few years' time!

Hope you enter this image in a comp or two!

Cheers,
Richard

[Andy01]

Thanks Paul, really appreciate your considered analysis :thumbsup:



Cheers Richard, thanks for your warm reception. Your Lagoon is much better than my first attempt (https://www.facebook.com/AndysAstropix/photos/a.479488738730630/494156690597168):lol:
Keep going! :thumbsup:

[topheart]

Very well done!
Cheers,
Tim