Dragon's Egg - NGC 6164, NGC 6165

[lazjen]

Did this last week in the backyard observatory.

10 hours Ha, 12 hours OIII, RGB stars added in, captured using ekos/indi.
ASI 2600MM
APM TMB-LZOS 152/1200 at 900 FL
CEM120EC2

Processed in PixInsight.

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Larger version:
https://imgur.com/gallery/lYV6vW7

[AstroJason]

Beautiful image Chris. Love the colours and the fine detail in the outer shell.

[AstroViking]

Well done, Chris. The more I looked at the 'egg', the more detail there was to see. :thumbsup: Love the colours, too - the shades of blue/cyan stand out well against the red background.

Cheers,
V

[lazjen]

Thanks Jason. I am relieved that came out. As I was taking the OIII I was wondering if I was getting enough of the detail.



Thanks Steve. The egg turned out well and in my full size uncompressed version it looks even better. And I agree with the colour - I almost pushed towards a darker blue, but think this contrasted better.

I might even look into getting this printed I think.

[Nikolas]

Love the detail and the colours, especially the stars

[gregbradley]

A stunning image. Only improvement I can see to an already outstanding image is more colour in the stars they look a bit monochromatic on my monitor.

Greg.

[Dave882]

Absolutely beautiful detail well done! Love the Ha backdrop too:thumbsup:

[lazjen]

Thanks Nik.



I'm hoping that's the jpeg doing that. Looking at my original it seems ok and I think perhaps it does have better star colour. I process that separately through SPCC to get the calibrated colours.



There's a temptation to make a mosaic to include more of the backdrop but I think I'll keep that other area for its own image and focus.

[Retrograde]

That's a fabulous rendition of this object Chris. Great detail on the egg itself and nicely balanced surrounds.

[strongmanmike]

Nice shell around the yoke, a cracking image, not ovum done with a unique palette too, you haven't poached that from anyone, one for the albumin.

Mike

[Stephane]

Wow, that’s a really nice close up on the Egg with stunning detail & colours. Great job!

[lazjen]

Thanks Pete! It was a good fit for the focal length.



:lol: Impressive, precisely boiled.

And I read it out to my wife who groaned appropriately. :)



Thanks Stephane.

[strongmanmike]

Ok, ok, egg jokes aside, let's recoup and lay them to rest, good effort on this Gallus favourite :thumbsup:

Mike

[markas]

The OIII outer ring is hard to get fully - this is a fine rendition.
Mark

[lazjen]

Thanks Mark.

I decided to get this one printed for the wall - the first to go up. Got a metal print, here's a crappy phone camera pic of the result: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/921166867098378250/1123101536000671774/PXL_20230627_040226450.MP.jpg :)

[strongmanmike]

That'll look great on your wall Chris :thumbsup:

Mike

[ArcFortnight]

great job on the outer shell - lovely fine details in the Oiii