Another 1st from the north - Veil Nebula

[Drac0]

A second target that's not really a good proposition from home that went well from Proston QLD is NGC6992, the (East) Veil Nebula. This was captured over several nights in Ha & O3, mainly using 5 minute subs but also a night of 15 minute subs. Combined as a bi-colour image in ASTAP, I then combined the red & blue channels to synthesis the green.

I was hoping to get a wider view of the full east & west nebulae but sadly the last two nights there I got clouded out.

Gear:
Saxon 102mm triplet @ F5.6 (SvBony 0.8x flattener/reducer)
ASI294MM Pro @ -10°C
Antlia 3nm OIII & Ha filters
SW EQ6-R Pro
Guide scope: 50mm Orion Mini w/ASI120mm-S

Software:
Astro Photography Tool (APT) v4.26
PHD2, EQMOD
Stacked with ASTAP
Processed with PhotoShop

[redeye64]

Wow!

[oska]

Nice one Mark. The traditional easy way is to put O into booth blue and green but I really like your palette. Perhaps a bit too much contrast, the background could do with a touch of grey, it gives the impression of more depth IMHO.
Very well done.

[carlstronomy]

Mark another really nice image, looks like someone is getting spoilt with those super dark skies!

Clear skies :thumbsup:

Carl

[Bodon]

What a beauty, nice photo!

[Drac0]

Thanks all. :)

[Stephane]

Very nice Mark - especially considering how far North this target is. I never get bored of looking at this nebula.

[Ramius]

Love it - that is gorgeous!

[BlackNebula]

That is so impressive!! Definitely wow!

[Doogs38]

That’s a lovely image, I’m a sucker for bi-colour images :thumbsup: Perhaps my only feedback is it looks clipped (check the histogram?) and hence the deep contrast.

Something else you might wish to try (if you haven’t already) is a Foraxx HOO palette using the following channel mixing:

R: Ha
G: ((Oiiixa)^-(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + -((Oiii*Ha)^-(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii
B: Oiii

This then puts the Oiii data into both the G and B channels as suggested by John (Oska) below. Alex