My first true colour narrowband image, Vela SNR

[tornado33]

Im so excited. Tonight I thought Id follow up last nights Ha imaging of the Vela SNR with the mighty 300mm f2.8 lens from Bert, and Houghys equally amazing cooled DSLR, by imaging the same area with my Baader narrowband O3 filter. I then aligned them both, and used the 03 shots as blue and green, and the Ha as red, here is the final result, far better then Id hoped for a first go. And remember, this imagign took place under a near full moon!!

Ha image, 5x15mins ISO400 sensor temp 3 degrees
O3 image 4x15mins ISO400 sensor temp 3 degrees
Larger version here

as they were taken on different nights the alignment wasnt perfect so its not the full field, I cropped off parts that werent covered by both shots.
Larger version here
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/vela5x15minha4x15mino3iso400300mmbi g.jpg

Thats it, the narrowband imaging bug has well and truly bitten me now :)
Scott

[[1ponders]]

Wow Scott. Nicely 3D looking. :eyepop:

[tornado33]

Thanks
Heres the O3 image on its own :)
Theres haloes around some bright stars as I didnt have the uv/ir filter in and some IR light got past the O3 filter
Scott

[RB]

Stunning Scott.
Sounds like it's opened up a whole new dimension to your imaging.

[Ric]

Wow, that's an amazing image.

Great stuff

[tornado33]

Thanks.
I cant wait to try this on other objects.
Scott

[iceman]

Looks beautiful Scott! I'm looking forward to more!

[avandonk]

If that is the first image I can't wait till you fine tune it. The Vela SNR is very faint and has come up very well. I suspect you can even go deeper but that would be easier with autoguiding.

Great image Scott

Bert

[Orion]

All I can say is WOW.

[seeker372011]

scott that is truly stunning!

[seeker372011]

PS Richard Crisp suggests blending 20- to 30 % of your H alpha data into your blue channel. In his view this better reflects the mix of H alpha and H beta emission and results in more natural colour

http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/home_page.htm

[Garyh]

Wow great image there Scott..looks real spooky and 3d...!!!!!

[h0ughy]

fantastic Mr Alder. I suppose you cant wait until its dark soon??

[Dr Nick]

Wow! Thats awesome! ;)

[leon]

Very Impressive Scott, beautiful lens that 300 mm

Leon

[tornado33]

Thanks all
I tried adding some Ha to the blue channel but it didnt seem to work well in this case. here is the result
Scott

[h0ughy]

mmm green ham and eggs:scared:

[seeker372011]

sorry!

If you dont mind I will send this to Richard and ask him what he thinks
Narayan

[alan meehan]

hey scott brush the cobwebs of the lens you get abetter shot .......
just kidding well done ,guess houghy not getting his camera back soon
al.

[tornado33]

Thanks
No please do Narayan
If hes interested I can send him the separate Ha and O3 images
Scott
PS I will have to hide the camera when Houghy asks for it back heheheheehe.

[Orion]

Engrave you name on it and it's yours!

[h0ughy]

hey I heard that - and I have you know I have already in invisible ink!!! andthe batteries and grip, need to do the power supply. Scott when next you set it up, take an inage to show what is needed to drive this monster. Probably pick up the camera this weekend

[richardo]

Hi Scot,
nice first effort, I like the blend and the result!.

If your interested, Steve Canistra has a routine to create a synthetic green layer from the Ha and OIII channels...
http://www.starrywonders.com/bicolortechniquenew.html

Look forward to more of your narrow band images.
Thanks for sharing
Rich

[tornado33]

Many thanks for the tips
Looks like weather will not be good for next few days :(
Scott