M16 the Pillars of Star Creation

[Shiraz]

Hi.

Have been back through my data drives (about 12TB of the stuff) to find the best resolved Pillars data - this lot came from 2017. It was partially processed, so I had to recall as best I could what had been done and then finish it off.

Did not use any AI enhancements - what is here came directly from the subs, except for very small cloned regions filling in around stars.

Decided to scale up by 1.2 for posting, not because the scaled image is any sharper, but because the relationships between parts of the image seem to be easier to see at the slightly larger scale. Would really appreciate any thoughts on this.

Also tried to get as close as possible to the colours and brightness/contrast used in the original Hubble image, so maybe it looks a bit odd in other places?

Thanks for looking.
Cheers Ray

Full res image at https://astrob.in/full/3uakxs/C/?real=

[Retrograde]

That's amazing Ray - :thumbsup: so smooth and detailed.

[marc4darkskies]

Marvellous image Ray! Given the sharpness of the data and scale of the image, the minor upscaling was definitely a good idea. Colours are certainly hubblesque! Very nicely done! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

Nope. That's flat out ridiculous. Ridiculously good.
Incredible work, Ray!

[AstroViking]

Flaming heck.... that's brilliant.

[RyanJones]

One of my favorite objects Ray. Done beautifully. Well done

[Bassnut]

This is so good, excellent composition (the astrobin version), masterful processing. A pleasure to view.

[Startrek]

Ray,
Wow what an image, so clean with beautiful detail
Top shelf stuff !!
Gives me hope for my new 10” Carbon fibre

Cheers
Martin

[Kuz]

10 out 10 mate . What else can be said

[ChrisV]

That is really something special!!

[gregbradley]

That's a stunner Ray, really impressive.

Greg.

[Shiraz]

Thanks Pete. Appreciate your comment.


Hello Marcus. Thank you very much.


Thanks Adam - very generous.


Thanks Steve. Have a friend who uses that expression, so appreciate it.


Thanks Ryan. Glad you enjoyed it.


Thanks Fred. means a lot.

Thanks Martin. Yep, you will enjoy your scope....especially when you get that rare night when the seeing is really good.


Thanks Kuz. really generous of you.


Thanks Chris. I enjoyed working with such good data.


G'dday Greg. Really appreciate your comment.

Thanks everyone. Regards Ray

[graham.hobart]

Amazingly well done. Such a delight for the eye. :eyepop:

[Dave882]

Yeah, just echoing the others… that’s brilliant!! One of the very best. Well done!

[astroron]

This made me recall the original Hubble image
released and shown on a 3 metre high screen at
the University of Queensland.
Everybody was blown away.
The feeling can be said of your image.
Blooming brilliant:eyepop:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Ryderscope]

Seriously nice work Ray :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Excellent pillars Ray, suuuuurely that was taken with a long focal length..? :question: ;)

Mike

[multiweb]

Hubblesque Ray :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Superb data. As good as it gets.

[Shiraz]

Thanks very much Graham. Glad you enjoyed.


Thanks Dave. Really appreciate the comment.



Thanks so much for the post Ron. I can only imagine what that experience was like at the Uni.

I guess I was hoping to recreate a tiny bit of that excitement by pushing the resolution in this image as far as it would go, so thanks for your very generous comment.



Thank You Rodney. :thumbsup:



Weeeelll yes. It was taken at 1m fl. :)

Thanks very much Folk. Cheers Ray

[Shiraz]

Thank you. very generous comment Marc. Cheers Ray

[willik]

Top stuff well Done Ray

[JA]

and then I saw the high res....... :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Good on you Ray that's excellent

Best
JA

[Joshua Bunn]

What can i Say, except I love it, an absolute joy to look over :)

[Shiraz]

Willik, JA and Joshua. Thanks very much for your comments. Cheers Ray

[LKD]

Wow, I just checked the full res image, absoulutely amazing image. Excellent work.

[atalas]

:eyepop: excellent Ray :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Nikolas]

Almost Hubble quality, Top effort!!