Omega Nebula

[gregbradley]

Another bicolour nebula image using BRC 250, Apogee U16M astrodon Ha and O111 filters.

17 x 15 mins Ha (1x1), 5 x 15 mins O111 (2x2).

http://tinyurl.com/5lbpob

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Man!...another excellent shot Greg :thumbsup:

Love that big square FOV

Mike

[leon]

Have to agree, that is a beauty Greg, well done.

Leon

[bluescope]

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyep !

What can you say !

:thumbsup:

[Matty P]

Absolutely amazing Greg, very very nice.

A fine image indeed. :)

[Chippy]

Wow. Very nice image there Greg :-)

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much.

Greg.

[Ric]

Excellent image Greg, lovely detail, clarity and colour.

[Jen]

:eyepop: lovely pic Greg :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Jen and Ric.

Greg.

[Screwdriverone]

Hi Greg,

Thats a really nice image, can you clarify where this is? I havent heard of the Omega Nebula.

Cheers

Chris

[gregbradley]

Thanks Chris.

It is also known as the Swan Nebula and it is near the Eagle Nebula and Lagoon Nebula.

Greg.

[multiweb]

That's beautiful Greg. M17's one of my favourites. Such an interesting shape. Well done. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Marc.

Yes it looks a bit like a lobster. Um, lobster - I'm suddenly hungry!

Greg.

[Bassnut]

mmm, I dont know, given the quality, somethings missing............

[Buddman]

That's just great. I thought my images of the swan were OK but now I realise what I was missing.
Beautiful.

Adam

[gregbradley]

Thanks Adam.

Greg.

[gregbradley]

Hi Fred,

This was actually the first image I took with the scope/camera.The first were with an STL and I haven't processed them yet.

The first night's effort I found out focus was slightly off. Later nights the focus was spot on. In fact the focus does not seem to shift night after night which is a real plus - like the RCOS, so I am happy about that.

Also binning O111 at 2x2 seemed to be counterproductive as it gave too much leakage and a wide glow. 1x1 seems better for O111. How do you find O111 taken from the suburbs?

Greg.