Eagle to Swan duoband

[multiweb]

Shot from the 27th of July to the 6th of August on and off in about the same conditions and gear I did that M8 shot (https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=192960). ~9h per panel same processing but for the mosaic in Regitar and panels blending in Photoshop.

1:1 [6132x2362 - 6.05MB] (http://www.astropic.net/astro/M16_M17_FSQ106N_duo_121.jpg)
HDH [4985x1920 - 4.40MB] (http://www.astropic.net/astro/M16_M17_FSQ106N_duo_HDH.jpg)
HD [1920x739 - 997KB] (http://www.astropic.net/astro/M16_M17_FSQ106N_duo_HD.jpg)

This one's a little smoother and sharper thanks to the larger integration time. Enjoy the view. :thumbsup:

[PKay]

A true purest Marc, good discipline for us hacks (SFM).

Nice work :thumbsup:

[bigAl]

Impressive...I like the composition

[gregbradley]

Big widefields make great images. I like it.

Greg.

[petershah]

really like this one...do you have plans to get some colour?

[h0ughy]

Would look good green, very special nice huge field

[vlazg]

Very nice Marc, the detail in the eagle is fantastic, worth the hours

[multiweb]

Not at all :) Just have fun doing it. :thumbsup:


Thanks. :thumbsup: Didn't really frame it. Just tried to get them both in a two panel spread with minimal loss.


Thanks Greg. :thumbsup:


:lol: Thanks :thumbsup: I get that question all the time. Short answer I wish. Bortle 9 skies here now. And we're in lock down.


:lol: It probably would if I started playing with colour. Actually I have some old RGB somewhere from astrofest 2017. Might give it a go.



Thanks mate. :thumbsup: The last two nights improved seeing helped a bit. Although my FWHM never went under 3.5". Last week best I could do was north of 4". Shocking.

[Dennis]

A beautiful cosmic vista, you've been very busy!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Retrograde]

Really nice Marc!

The high-res is well worth the click. :thumbsup:

[Sunfish]

Extremely impressive Marc. The whole nine yards. Rare to see all that detail in one frame.

[multiweb]

Thanks Dennis. :thumbsup: That's what happens when you're confined to a 5km radius for 4 weeks. :lol:


Thanks Pete. :thumbsup: The last two nights were much better but I stil kept the whole stack to get the SNR needed for the field.


Thanks Ray. :thumbsup: I did that field with the C11 hyperstar years ago which is the same field size as the FSQ so I knew it would fit. Just.

[petershah]

Brilliant work :thumbsup:...I have been recently been doing some mosaics too....

[multiweb]

Thanks Peter. :thumbsup: Yeah I saw your double panel on Rho. Really impressive given the elevation from your location and the relatively short integration time. It passes overhead here and I've always struggled getting good SNR on it still. I did 4 panels with an FSQ106N over the past 4 years and keep adding to it but it's nowhere near as smooth as yours yet.

http://www.astropic.net/astro/RhoOphB_FSQ106N_121.jpg

[petershah]

Wow that is clean..... its superb.....Id love to see it overhead....I will revisit it and see if I am able to extend to the Blue Horse.
On mine to help with the signal I used all of the RGB data and combined it with the Luminance data to create a Super Luminance frame. It becomes more forgiving when it comes down to the noise in the lower signal areas. I am then able to give the RGB layer a linear noise correction before doing a non-linear noise reduction....it seems to work well enough.

[multiweb]

That's a good idea. I'll give it a go. I'm after making a 3 panel mosaic of the blue horse head as well as we had a total lunar eclipse not so long ago and I need a color background for my composite. But that one is too faint to shoot from home and I'll need to drive to dark skies. We're in lock down right now confined to a 5km radius so maybe next year.

https://vimeo.com/559595422

https://vimeo.com/559595422