First Halpha shot

[garymck]

My first ever Halpha shot - Eta Carina region

15x5mins
GSO 8" f4 Newt
QHY8 OSC ccd
Baader MPCC
Baader 7nm filter
Guided by Qguide and 100mm f5 Skywatcher achromat
cheers
Gary

[[1ponders]]

Very nice! I love the orientation. Its like seeing it for the first time again. You've done a great job, especially on the detail.

[dugnsuz]

Lovely, smooth image Gary.
My opinion...I think you could pull out a bit more contrast/detail with a few levels/curves iterations.
Hope you don't mind me trying out on your image?

Great first Ha...your setup looks like it has the potential to produce some great stuff.
Doug:thumbsup:

[garymck]

Thanks for the kind words guys,

.....and I like what you did Doug, looks more contrasty than mine. I wasn't sure how far to push it, nor how it would show up on IIS so didn't go as hard as I could have. Will be a bit more aggressive in future...

cheers
Gary

[strongmanmike]

Excellent shot Gary, Ha only is a joy to look at in my opinion, the contrast is very gratifying, Dougs Sidonio :D made a difference too :thumbsup:

Mike

[Peter Ward]

I was clicking on the link thinking oh no, not "another ho-humm Eta shot"

No it's not!
This is really good. Very very good.

Nice pin-point stars, excellent guiding. Noise well controlled along with the dynamic range of the image.

Well done! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[telecasterguru]

Very nice image and well presented.

Frank

[prokyon]

Great attempt! So many details. It`s fun to do Halpha, isn`t it? :)

cheers

werner

[RobF]

Congratulations Gary - inspiring image.
It really is amazing the extra "drama" Ha seems to bring out in an object. :)