NGC2070 - Tarantula re-edit

[AdamJL]

Hi all

Just reprocessing old images because I haven't been able to shoot as much of late.
This is my favourite nebula so I spent some time trying to extract as much nebulosity from it as I could. All SHO and hopefully this year I can add some true colour stars into the field because the starfield here is quite glorious.

All up, 2 hours of O3, 3.5 of Ha, and 8.7 of S2.. such a bright object that Ha and O3 don't need a lot of integration!
All shot back in 2022.

I think also a square crop works well, cutting off that blank right hand side but it's all personal preference in the end.

Larger version here (https://adamlawler.smugmug.com/Astrophotography/Deep-Sky-Objects/i-sdFFFV3/A)

[strongmanmike]

That's an excellent NB Tarantula :thumbsup:

Mike

[AdamJL]

Why thank you, Mike!

[Dave882]

Wonderful image Adam. You've not only extracted some real deep nebulosity, but the detail in all those knots and ripples is amazing. Well done

[AdamJL]

Thanks David! It's a nebula that keeps on giving. One day I'd love to have a big focal length scope to start picking out some of those smaller details. I love this area for instance.

[dugnsuz]

Dunno how this slipped by me!?

Beautiful work Adam

What scope did you use to capture? The Esprit??
Doug

[AlexN]

This is beautiful! I agree that particular small crop is something I'd love to image with a ~2000mm focal length some time... I like the colours that you've settled on here - its somewhat akin to my recent go at the Tarantuala.

This crop is from my effort earlier in the year, Ha OIII only with my 120mm f/7 and ASI 1600MM Pro... I want to try it again with the IMX571 to see if some of those tendrils can get a little sharper, but I feel like I really need to double my focal length and get in nice and close to do much better..

[AdamJL]

Ha, thanks Doug!
Yes this one was with the Esprit with the 1x flattener. There's not as much S2 here, but there's still a surprising (or maybe not considering the size of this area) amount of nebulosity.




Hey Alex, thanks for the kind words.

That's awesome. It's a great object, and definitely something I'd like to see more people go after! Great work. Mine was shot with an IMX571 so I reckon if we both want to get sharper, we're going to need more F/L. Yours is plenty sharp though!