Cats Paw Nebula

[gregbradley]

Another one from the weekend.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/99869203/original

Greg.

[iceman]

Lovely colours, Greg. How long were the exposures?

It looks a little noisy.

Looks like you've been busy with that new camera.

[gregbradley]

Hi Mike,

Yes it was short, clouds again.

Next time I will be doing longer exposures for sure.

Greg.

[rogerg]

Nice wide field, and nice colour variation between the stars and the nebula. I don't remember seeing a view of this object at this kind of FOV. :thumbsup:

It would be nice if the stars weren't so dominant over the nebula, not sure what has made me feel they are more so than other images. Perhaps the contrast/sharpness or something.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Roger.

I did accentuate the stars a little, merely personal preference. I agree sometimes pulling back the stars can highlight a nebula and I have also tended to process towards that in the past.

I must be going through a "stars" phase!

Greg.

[rogerg]

Ahh, fair enough:thumbsup: It's good to have those phases :)