A four panel mosaic, The Large Molecular Cloud in Taurus

[petershah]

I love Dark Nebulae and The Large Molecular Cloud in Taurus has to be one of my favourites. This is a four panel mosaic featuring IC2087, IC2088 and NGC1539. Imaged remotely from Spain with the Epsilon 180ed and full format ZWO ASI2400MC Pro. Exposures were 45 x 300s for each panel. Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop, this was a real challenge for noise control but to be fair it is* dark stuff in a dark sky so I'll take it for what it is.
Thanks for looking
Peter Shah

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/fLZLQShb3WqX_16536x0_b9muqi8S.jpg

[AstroViking]

What a cool image, lots of dark stuff lit from behind. Very clever.

[petershah]

Thank you....yes the hint of energetic stars sitting behind that dust....its a great part of the sky.

[Tinderboxsky]

Very, very good Peter. Lots to explore and I like the composition.

[LKD]

Absolutely amazing image, thumbnail looked good but when I checked out the astrobin link - WOW.

I cannot believe some of the images produced these days, modern astro cameras, good optics and long exposures, good processing, its amazing the detail we are picking up.

[Nikolas]

Incredible image

[petershah]

Its a huge area you could spend several seasons imaging it

Thank you....The main issue with the process is controlling the noise....dark stuff on a dark sky doesnt help :lol: But the age of CMOS has upped that game once again....if you've been using CCD it takes some getting used to the short exposures on CMOS


Thank you :thumbsup:

[Dave882]

Wow that’s a fantastic image. Those dark nebulous regions look 3D and the whole image is really well framed. Great job!!

[OzEclipse]

Incredible image Peter. Thank you for sharing this.
Joe

[strongmanmike]

Hey that's a beauty Pete! Love images of faint dust, so ethereal. Some excellent imaging is being done from your remote Spanish Astronomy Villa resort! Awesome :thumbsup:

Mike

[petershah]

thank you


:thumbsup:
Thanks Mike....I am very spoilt ;) I'm going out there in a week doing some maintenance so looking forward to that.

[gregbradley]

Looks a bit like my skies at the moment!

You got the dust to stand out and that makes it interesting.

Mosaics can be challenging and take a lot of processing time.

Greg.

[Bassnut]

That's very good!, clever processing.

[Tropo-Bob]

That's different and really interesting. Great work!

[Addos]

Great work! Great faint details and contrast!