Pencil Nebula

[Stephane]

Hi all,

My first attempt of the Pencil Nebula with the L-Extreme filter. I kind of like the purplish background. Too much though? I've made additional efforts on bringing out details in the nebula by sharpening. I've also done denoising both in linear and non-linear phases. My workflow is getting longer, but hopefully worth the effort.

As usual, please feel free to comment.

Clear skies,
Stéphane



Integration: 140 x 5' = 11h40
Calibration: 50D, 50F, 50FD

[evltoy]

I was just studying this target this morning. Its a little to far for my ED80 with a FL of 510, but when I get my SCT back I will try to image it.

I personally really like what you have got.. I would be happy if I could get something like that. keep it up

[Startrek]

Stephane,
Great effort on a tiny dim target
Plenty of detail
Your certainly off and running now ......
Not a fan of interstellar purple though
Well done !!!
Martin

[quanganh]

Wow. Very nice!

[Dave882]

Great job and well processed to get so much of the faint detail! Beautiful result!!

[AdamJL]

Very nice, Stéphane

Good resolution from your light bucket

[Stephane]

Thank you all for your comments. Any processing suggestions?