Ngc 6357- the guts of the Crab

[richardo]

Hi all,
getting further and further from good conditions as time
passes.
The Earth she's a changin'.


Any way,
this emission nebula is quite interesting with lots
of action happening.
With my fov, you won't see why it was nick named
'the Crab'.
I didn't bother with taking any red channel for the
compilation due to the weather deteriorating when
taking the colour. So it's a Lum/ Ha combine and Ha substituted for red with the green and blue channels for the rgb.
The moon was out when taking the blue channel so it is probably a little washed.

So a bit of artistic license here.
Overall though, it is an emission neb and the Ha/ red
wave length certainly dominates.
Here's a link to my front page....
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/

Thanks for taking a look.

All the best
Rich

[jase]

Lovely work Rich. You've certainly acquired the essence of what this target is all about - deep reds, detailed twists and knots of nebulosity. All very pleasing. Well done.:thumbsup:

[skeltz]

Ah rico glad to see you have been out and about,the guts of the crab looks great,the reds remind me of rob gendlers style..good going:thumbsup:

[seeker372011]

awesome image

[Matty P]

Excellent image Rich, very well done.

[richardo]

Thanks Jase, Rob, Seeker and Mat for taking a look,

Had fun with my computers out in the observatory.
Changed out the computer that controls my mounts motors and had to re-tune them to it.
Thought I'd miss the clearish night but just made it.

Ah yes, never a dull moment in my observatory...:doh:

Cheers
Rich

[strongmanmike]

Ah well, at least you've got one :(

I think you need to move Rici, that weather in Streaky Bay sounds like Newcastles ie mostly crap.

Nice work none the less :thumbsup:

The Helix on your site is pretty good BTW. Incidentaly, I nearly asked you for permission to enter this image in the DM awards:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/83155503/original

It didn't make my final cut in the end but I recon we dun good on this one :thumbsup:

Cheers

Mike

[bluescope]

I'd love to see this image Rich ... it sounds great but I still can't visit your site for some obscure reason. Each time I try IE just closes .... weird !

Maybe it's bloody Vista Home Premium's security crapp or something. Everyone esle seems to be having no problem. Maybe you can upload a small version of it to IIS so I can have a squiz.

:shrug:

[Dietmar]

hi Rich,

that one is terrific!
I like the kind of red in that nabula!
it is a bit of blood-red,...which touches my "surgical part" in my soul... (-:

[Garyh]

Nice Rich , very smooth and lovely colors. :thumbsup:
A mosaic of this area would look Awesome!

[iceman]

Beautiful image, Rich. Excellent detail.

[renormalised]

Steve, get Firefox and ditch IE. IE is a waste of time.

[Tamtarn]

Great image Rich. Very smooth processing and the vibrant colour looks great.

[richardo]

Hey Mike the man,
sorry mate, I know how you miss that ol' observatory of yours. Chin up.
I think the weather pattern is fickle everywhere.
I reckon if I moved inland to the pristine skies about 300kms north, Hughy (the rain god) would send me sh#t no doubt.:rolleyes:

Should have asked about the image Mike, would have sent you the Tiff.
I reckon I remember you compiling this a while ago??
Looks good seeing our names along side Wolfgangs;)
I didn't put anything in the DM awards this year, so it would have been interesting!



Sorry to here of your probs Steve.
As mentioned, get rid of IE, nothing but a trouble magnet. I've used FireFox/ Mozilla for a few years now and have never had a drama with it.
I'll see what I can do with a small version for here, but it won't show the finer detail.



Thanks Diets!!
Think you've been dabbling in peoples gizzards too long Diets.
Might be time to become a professional astro imager;)



A mosaic Gaz, gol darn it son, it's hard enough getting a single pane let alone multiple....
You're a hard man Gary:D



Thanks heaps Mike.
Love the way Ha can make things look nice and dramatic!





Thanks for that Barb & Dave.
Didn't add any extinction factors, just straight out rgb ratio with my setup.
Was surprised how vibrant the Ha was, cause I only selected 8 subs to use for the red channel.


Thanks again all.
Nice to have one under the belt.
Has been an inconsistent run of late.

All the best
Rich