"Fruity" Rho Region Widefield

[dugnsuz]

Hello all...
Just over 3 hours of data + old NB stuff (varying quality of RGB subs - thin mist/cloud playing havoc) Still, the darks over ICNR thing seems to be working well for me...all this data (RGB) was recorded in the one session.

"Played around with" more than processed I think!
Colours look very fruity with loads of dust around too - what a region!

I'm always striving for the definitive Rho - unfortunately this aint it!:lol:

Phil Hart's recent mosaic is the best I've seen in a long time.

Details...
Canon 40D (modded)
Canon 70-200mm f4L lens...70mm @ f4
iso 1600, 21x10min subs
Some dodgy Ha and OIII data incorporated from last year - kept on hard drive and unused till now (more trouble than it was worth I think!!).
HEQ5 Pro mount
ImagesPlus/PS4

Cheers for noo!

Doug:thumbsup:

Please check out the High(er) Res version as the attached lo-res is riddled with compression artefacts...
http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k461/doug-robertson/?action=view&current=21a.jpg

[Octane]

Doug,

3 hours is no mean feat. Well done.

I reckon you've got a blue cast here and it's tending the blue stars more to a violet/purple. Reckon you can lower it?

H

[dugnsuz]

Thanks for the comments/advice H.
I've tried toning down the blue channel a tad.
Cheers
Doug:thumbsup:

[lesbehrens]

this object is just intriguing.

[jjjnettie]

Tutti Frutti Rho Ophucci!
Dammit, I'm in top form this morning. :lol:
It's one of my favourite regions.

[dugnsuz]

Thankyou 2 - the Kilcoy crew!!!
(sorry jjj, that's all I got!)
Doug

[Rob_K]

Great job Doug! :thumbsup:

Cheers -

[jjjnettie]

It's not often Les and I are on the forum at the same time. Funny, I see more of your Dad and brother don't I Les.
Do you feel privileged Doug? To have visits from both of us this morning.
You might want to add this to the "I've met famous people" thread.
:P:rofl::D

[TrevorW]

Lovely colours Dougie one of the prettiest areas of the night sky to image wide field IMO

[multiweb]

Nice. Love the colours. :thumbsup:

[Lester]

Very nice deep fruity image Doug, and the FOV frames it well.

[gregbradley]

Nice one Doug.

I have been imaging this one myself over the last few weeks. Its the biggest imaging project I have undertaken and am up to about 40 hours of exposure time now. Now to sit down and process it all - uhhhh.

Greg.

[leon]

Lovely work Doug, nice and crisp and the colours are spot on I reckon.

Leon

[dugnsuz]

Cheers Rob:)


You're right Trevor - always nice to see those colours pop out during processing.:thumbsup:


Thanks Marc:)


Cropped a bit to centre the good bits - Ta:thumbsup:


40hrs!!!!!! Look forward to seeing that one Greg.


Thanks mate:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Doug, nice framing and great colours. Just seeing the blue caste myself. Perhaps take care of that and you have yourself a winner.

[dugnsuz]

Thanks Paul - but you have been looking at the repro!! D'Oh:rolleyes:
Looks like more blue must be removed:lol:

[Hagar]

Very very nice Doug. Going to try something like this with the FSQ and reducer and see what I end up with. I am reading up on mosaics and it sounds like there is plenty of pitfalls to steer clear of.
Nice job.

[dugnsuz]

Cheers Doug - I'd like to try a mosaic soon with my 300mm lens too. The FSQ mosaics posted here by jase etc are just in a different league. Go for it "Hagar the Horrible"!!!:lol:
Doug:thumbsup:

[Phil Hart]

hey doug

that's still pretty deep! eg the faint red glow left of centre at the top edge is real.

i'm interested in the purple halos around the stars (as i have been struggling with red or cyan halos with the same camera but different lens). do you get the same colour stars with different lenses?

i'd be interested in having a quick look at your calibrated and stacked file before any development/colour tweaking and see how it looks with my quick process routine.. to see whether it's your lens or coming out in your processing?

yousendit.com or something to hello at philhart.com if you're interested..

Phil

[dugnsuz]

Cheers Phil - be aware that I've tried to blend in some Ha and OIII data to this too so there may be the violet stars/salmon pink nebula problem with the final image going on!?
I've sent the RGB stack (42Mb) to hello@philhart.com via yousendit for you to play with - if you make the image "sing" I will want to know all your processing secrets:evil:
Doug:thumbsup:

[richardo]

Doug, great image!
You've got some good focus happening and I like the colours you've brought out.
Perhaps the blue stars are a little on the purple side but hey, takes nothing away from the overall shot.
One of my favourite areas and you've done it justice for sure.

[dugnsuz]

Thanks Rich - I've sent the original file to Phil Hart and H (Octane) to play with so hopefully we may see some reprocessed versions soon.
Doug:thumbsup:

[dugnsuz]

Final Repro...
http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k461/doug-robertson/?action=view&current=21b.jpg

Still "fruity"!!:rolleyes:

Nighty night!

Doug:thumbsup:

...not quite final

[gregbradley]

I like it. Very nice.

Greg.

[dugnsuz]

Thankyou Greg - appreciated.
Doug:thumbsup:

[Phil Hart]

that seems a good bit deeper than the first version.. well done.

you've clearly attacked the purple halos too which has improved the image although with just a few artefacts visible. i don't enjoy trying to fix star halos either :shrug: ;)

the image looks good though..

Phil

[dugnsuz]

Cheers Phil - but when I re-looked at the Repro I thought "Jeez, what a gaudy mess!!" so I've done a final more subdued version (I hope!)

High Res...
http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k461/doug-robertson/?action=view&current=21c.jpg

Cheers
Doug:thumbsup: