Reflection Nebula in NGC 6188.

[sjastro]

Since NGC 6188 is a large complex this image focuses on the reflection nebula.

LRGB image 3hr L, 1hr R, 1hr G, 1hr B BRC-250 ST-X10ME.

http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/ngc6188c.html

Clear skies

Steven

[multiweb]

Wow. That is so nice. Love the various tints of blues and greens. :thumbsup: What scope was this taken with?

[TrevorW]

Crowded area this one

:thumbsup:

[AlexN]

Nice Steven... Great contrast between the sky background and the dark dust..

[strongmanmike]

Man :doh:don't people actually read the posts...? MARC!!!!!! :rolleyes:

The number of times people have asked questions about an image when the info is either in the post or under the image, is quite alarming :scared:

The old care factor me thinks..? :whistle:

Mike

[strongmanmike]

Nice job Steve, quite natural looking.

Do you have a bigger chip to take advantage of the BRC's big corrected image circle?

Mike

[Miaplacidus]

Very nice indeed. Excellently done!

[Lester]

Very nice image Steven.

Thanks.

[sjastro]

Thanks Mike.

If only! The use of small chip CCDs is a throwback to the days when I used a C11.

It brings up the question whether it is technically possible to upgrade a CCD camera to a larger chip instead of buying the complete outfit for a substantial cost.

Steven

[Hagar]

Nice one Steve. That is what you call, In your face.
Lovely colours.

[sjastro]

Thanks Marc, Trevor, Alex, Mike, Miaplacidus, Lester and Doug for your comments.

A BRC-250 was used for imaging.

Regards

Steven

[gregbradley]

Very nice Stephen.

Greg.

[multiweb]

:lol: Oops! Right. I saw it now BRC 250. Not familiar with that scope. I recognised ST-X10ME but missed the characters before as begin part of the exposure times. Selective vision. I should read more but I was just captivated by the picture - That's my excuse anyway... does this qualify? :whistle:

[Paul Haese]

Nice image Steven, the BRC is a lovely telescope and really deserves a STL11k on it. However this image shows great detail and colour.

[marc4darkskies]

You're pumping out some lovely images for sure there Steven - I really like this one. I know you like the "natural" look (whatever that is :D) but I can't help feeling there's a greenish cast over the image that hides a bit of it's magic. I took the liberty of playing with it to remove the cast and to impart a more gem-like quality - see attached - sure hope you don't mind.

In any case a great shot! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Cheers, Marcus

[prokyon]

Hi Steven,

a very special region! Thanks for showing in such a high quality!

[sjastro]

Thanks Prokyon.



Thanks Marcus.
There's no issues with playing with the image.

It's interesting that objects that emit the blue Hb emission, come out blue/green. It may reflect some overlap in the bandwidths of the blue and green filters.

Regards

Steven

[AlexN]

I dunno.. you get a wider field of view and 11mp.. but the ST10XME gives better stellar resolution and much higher QE.. I'd stick with the ST10XME :)

(Narrowfield junkie signing off! :))

[sjastro]

The other advantage is being able to present images at high resolution and not worrying about dial up users dying of old age waiting for the download.:)

Steven

[Ric]

A spectacular region and wonderfully captured Steven.

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