My First Chook

[AdamJL]

Another chicken :)
But I think my first time imaging it. 2nd NB image. Had such drama with this one. It turns out my NB filter set from Antlia contained a blue filter instead of an OIII one. It took me a couple of days to figure it out, and with this weather we're having, that's a lot of lost time!

Anyway, SHO image presented here. Tried layering in RGB stars as I took RGB subs, but I'm not good at that. Something to learn going forward.

268M + Esprit 120. Seeing was terrible, but hey, clear skies!

OIII: 240 seconds x 42
Ha: 240 seconds x 40
SII: 240 seconds x 27 (didn't realise I hadn't hit 40!)
Gain 56, offset 26, High Gain readout mode.

Larger version here (https://adamlawler.smugmug.com/Astrophotography/Deep-Sky-Objects/i-nTQXVHz/A), go have a walkaround and tell me what you think!

[Startrek]

Adam,
My goodness only your second Mono NB image , what a cracker !!!
Love the Bok globules just suspended there amongst interstellar space
Mind boggling detail and resolution too, such a clean image
Well done indeed !!!
Any chance of your integration details ?

Martin

[AdamJL]

Hi Martin

Thanks for your kind words! That's lovely encouragement to keep going.
I'm like you; the black globs of this nebula are fantastic. Would love to see a nice close up of this region one day (are you game? :))

Sorry about lack of integration details. I've updated the post now to show this

[RyanJones]

Beautiful detail Adam. I’m just not sure about the colour. I wonder if it might look more attractive if you move the tint away from so green ? Just a thought.

Cheers

Ryan

[AdamJL]

Hi Ryan

Thanks for your comments. You mention something I spent a while considering. When doing the standard LRGB combo, SHO comes through green and that's it's more traditional colour. I actually removed about 80% of the green. When you take too much out, it becomes bi-colour.

That said, I probably will revisit it and do another combination with a different palette, just to see what it's like :)

Thanks again!

[Retrograde]

An excellent chook Adam - some exquisite detail you've brought out. :thumbsup:

[JA]

Ya killed it :D:thumbsup:

Best
JA

[gregbradley]

That's a terrific NB image. I agree, for only your 2nd NB image you've nailed it.

Greg.

[AdamJL]

Thanks Pete! Considering the seeing over the first night especially, I'm glad the detail has come through.



haha, cheers JA. Pleased you think so!



Very kind, Greg :) Hope all the struggles are worth it!

[strongmanmike]

Very nice Adam, definitely worth looking at the largest size image there, the Bok/Thackeray Globules look very nicely defined :thumbsup:

Mike

[multiweb]

Lovely fov Adam. Well done. :thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

Ah thanks Mike! Glad you clicked the link to have a look :)



Cheers buddy :) Thanks for looking!

[Bassnut]

This is a great pic !. well done, bodes well for more NB. You have the nack for NB colour mapping early grasshopper :D.

[Nikolas]

Excellent image the colours are wonderful

[kosborn]

That's a great image. Personally, I like the green in it. The trend these days (and certainly on Astrobin) seems to be a bi-colour orange/blue whereas a gradation from blue/teal to gold/red through a hint of green gives a better sense of the three ionised elements that are being imaged. I think most people think of the Hubble Pillars of Creation image as the prime example of the Hubble palette and it certainly wasn't a binary image (see attached). That is just my opinion though (I'm hoping to start a conversation, not a flame war ;)).


Kevin

[strongmanmike]

Always, can't really appreciate the quality and beauty of an astro image at a small image size, and as they say, all images look good on yer phone screen ;) :thumbsup:

Mike

[AdamJL]

Ha, thanks Fred. I can't claim credit for that, that's just a simple LRGB combination in PI, and then a little SNR.



Thanks for the comment, Nik!



Cheers, Kevin. Yes I do notice that many SHO images turn out bi-colour. They still look great though! I just wanted to try out something not as common with this image. I know many aren't keen on green, but that's okay :) We all like what we like.



Ha, too true. Small images can hide a multitude of sins :rofl:

[Stephane]

Superb image Adam. So much interesting detail. I’d love to learn your star reduction technique one day.

[AdamJL]

Hi Stéphane,

Thanks for the comment!

To be honest, I just use the EZ Star Reduction option in PixInsight. The EZ Suite is a set of scripts developed by "DarkArchon" and for the most part, covers at least 50% of my workflow. It's a fantastic and easy set of scripts to use:

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/719344-pixinsight-ez-processing-suite-the-suite-for-your-processing-needs/

That said, it helps shooting narrowband as stars (especially Ha) tend to be smaller anyway. OIII usually has the biggest stars in the range.

[Stephane]

Thanks Adam. I did notice the EZ scripts in Pixinsight. Can't say I have yet used any except the live stack which I use mainly for fun during imaging. Thanks for the link.

[LKD]

Nicely done, I am still struggling to get that colour pallette with my NB.

[AdamJL]

Thanks LKD! What sort of colours are you getting?

[LKD]

Cant seem to get the deep blues and gold hues.

[AdamJL]

I've found it depends on the target.. e.g. this one I just posted (https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=1556572#post155657 2) I couldn't get working either, but the gas mix is very different. Hardly any SII at all, compared to Ha and OIII.