Helix in Narrowband

[rat156]

Well, here it is...

As I said before I didn't take any SII subs as there was stuff all in them, so I synthesised the green channel from the other two, then adjusted the colour balance to my liking.

Cheers
Stuart

[Craig_L]

Really nice shot Stuart. Roughly what ratios of H Alpha and OIII did you use for the green?

[Ric]

Very nice image Stuart, I love the depth and detail hat you have brought out in this image.

[Alchemy]

wonderful detail in the knots, it sets it well above the average image you see of this object, well done !

[iceman]

That's a beauty, Stuart. Nice work.

[spearo]

well done Stuart!
great level of detail.
Looks a bit too reddish a bit on my monitor?
well done
frank

[jase]

Nice work Stuart. If you decide to do some RGB, I'd recommend blending some of the good OIII data you've acquired into the blue channel. Well done.

[AlexN]

Top shot indeed! Taken with the RCX400? Great field of view! You rarely see real close ups of the helix! and very rarely with such fine detail.

Alex.

[rat156]

Hi Alex,

Yep, used the RCX for this one. 15 minute subs, so there ya go, the good old Meade fork mount can guide.

OK I use an AO8 unit to smooth out the PE that's residual, but even then it works pretty well.

Cheers
Stuart

[rat156]

Frank, it's false colour, so really I just made them up so as to highlight the structure of the Nebula.

Cheers
Stuart

[rat156]

Hi Craig,

Umm the software did it for me, I used the Astronomy tools plugins for Photoshop.

Cheers
Stuart

[Tandum]

Stuart,
You got some of the spirals, particularly on the right side here, that I saw on mine but could not bring out of my image, well done mate..

[rat156]

I'd like to do a mosaic to include more, but the weather isn't co-operating...

Cheers
Stuart