LBN471 The Lion Nebula in HST

[petershah]

Imaged from Spain, The Lion Nebula taken with the William Optics FLT132 at f5.6 and the QSI-660WSG Imaged in the Hubble palette. 2.8hrs in Ha and OIII, 3.5hrs in SII, just over 9hrs total. Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Thank for looking

Peter

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[gregbradley]

Superb.

Love the range of colours.

Greg.

[petershah]

Thank you Greg...Its a great subject for narrow band...bags of signal in all filters...

[ChrisV]

Very nice. Great to see something that barely gets above the horizon in Sydney!

[strongmanmike]

Lovely and colourful, without looking arbitrary and made up.

Love that vertical blue curtain just right of centre too :thumbsup:

Mike

[multiweb]

That's a beautiful and very interesting object. I like that big vertical band in Oiii. That's a very unusual feature. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

Stunning! Wish we could shoot this one here

[Andy01]

Super duper cool image Peter. Magnificent details and a bold vibrant complimentary colour palette. Well done! :thumbsup:

[petershah]

Thanks Chris....I would be surprised if you could Its just at the foot of Cepheus

Thank you Mike... It is a beautiful feature

Its visible in the O3 and Ha only nothing at all in the S2

Thank you Adam... I have a long list of objects Id love to shoot but there is no way from my location. I was just pleased to just e able to get Rho Ophiucus and that was low down...


Thank you Andy :thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

Gorgeous image Peter! :thumbsup: Haven't seen that one before. A smidge noisy at full res perhaps but that doesn't detract at all.

[petershah]

Thank you Marcus :thumbsup:

[JA]

Amazing Image - Well done:thumbsup:

Best
JA

[petershah]

Thanks :thumbsup:

[pkinchington]

Lovely. I can see a dragon about to strike!

[petershah]

It does have some similarities to your Southern 'Fighting Dragons' another one I'd love to be able o get..

[Paul Haese]

Lovely colours Peter and something we don't see down our way, so it is a bit of a treat.