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[Ryderscope]

My narrowband rendition of this area taken with the Tak TSA120/QSI683 in Ha, OIII, SII. Using the SHO pallet as a starting point and then moving on from there. For reasons that I am unsure of this image challenged me at first to get the colours and processing to fall into place. Much staring at screens for extended periods seemed to help and I am fine with where it has landed.

I sub titled this image "A Fish in Space" as I can see a fish swimming across the field of view. The fish has a pointy nose and rather bulbous lips. Or, as I have noted in the Astrobin post, I may be spending too much time out in the dark taking pictures :D


Link to Astrobin post here. (https://astrob.in/6e0jix/0/)
Full details of acquisition can be found in Astrobin post.

Clear Skies,
Rodney

[Andy01]

Wonderful vibrant colour palette Rodney, well done! :)

[vlazg]

One of my favorite areas and nicely done Rodney

[Ryderscope]

Many thanks Andy and George, glad you like it.

[gregbradley]

Great image, not a fan of the palette though.

To me this object looks best in Ha LRGB.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Crazy looking scene that Rodney. Like the Trifid and M42, it's probably one of those areas that I recon looks best in RGB or HaRGB, but this is certainly still a striking and intriguing scene as you have presented it :thumbsup:. The noise reduction is perhaps just a little obvious in the full size version though, maybe you could dial that aspect back just a tad..? But!...I found the fish :thumbsup:

Mike

[Ryderscope]

Thanks Greg/Mike,
I did feel the need to go a little harder with the noise reduction on this one I must admit. Thanks for the feedback though and I will have a closer look to see if I need to back it off a bit.

CS,
Rodney

[strongmanmike]

Just had another squiz Rod and have to say, I do like the less often seen, complex shapes revealed by the NB :)

Mike

[Ryderscope]

Thanks, I guess that is one of the reasons that I think that narrowband does work on some objects as it brings out a lot of detail that may not be fleshed out otherwise. And of course we get lots of pretty colours :D

[Placidus]

Hi Rodney,



Ages ago I wrote that this is a truly magnificent image, perhaps the best I've seen, but it's disappeared. I think I forgot to click "Post".


The sharpness of the finely detailed features, including the thready dust lanes, is wonderful.



And yes, it is definitely a thick-lipped fish.


Best,
Mike

[Ryderscope]

Thank you for your very kind words MnT.

[multiweb]

Interesting NB colors but there is a disconnect between your star field and the neb. It's obvious they are on two separate layers. Maybe because the neb noise reduction is applied a tad too much. It's kind of blurry and blocky. I'd dial back the NR even if it means leaving a bit of grit in it. Or add data when conditions are better. We have a couple of good nights coming up :thumbsup:

[matlud]

Great image Rodney! -like the palette and that there is still a little green hue left in the Ha 👍

[Ryderscope]

Thanks Mathew. Your observation is very well spotted actually as I was conscious of leaving some green hue lurking about as it did seem to add value to the image.

CS,
Rodney