Dusty Specter

[Ken Crawford]

Now that AIC2010 is complete I can relax enough to do some image processing. I thought this mysterious reflection nebula that resembles a ghostly apparition” would be appropriate for this holiday weekend (at least in the states).

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/VDB152/VDB152.htm

Thanks for taking the time to look,

Kindest Regards,

[CoolhandJo]

Obscure taget! Nicely done. Great depth across the entire frame...

[paulF]

Wow! Just awesome detail in there!Love looking at your work Ken, keep up the good work mate and Happy Halloween :)

[desler]

Excellent Ken, Really enjoy admiring your work.......


Darren

[TrevorW]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Very nice subtle detail Ken. I like the way the dust has been brought forward while the detail in the reflection nebula has been maintained.
Beautifully done.

[mill]

Ken that looks just awesome, i love dusty those dark dusty nebulaes :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

Sadly the fruit box machine ( iPad) doesn't display your images on your website...... I'm sure it's a nice image though :sadeyes:

[SkyViking]

What a wonderful shot Ken, congratulations. It has a real 3D feel to it and the colours are fantastic. And then there's all the background galaxies, perfect!

[gregbradley]

Oh yes thats a classic and beautifully done.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Very nice image Ken. It has such a nice three dimensional aspect to the dust cloud and the star field in the back ground.

[allan gould]

Ken, your imaging never fails to impress me. You are able to present such good pictures through your processing etc that it gives me something to aspire to.

[Martin Pugh]

Lovely job Ken. Very smooth and highly detailed.

cheers
Martin

[marc4darkskies]

Very impressive - nice work Ken!

Cheers, Marcus

[Ken Crawford]

Thanks for all the encouragement - the blue shock fronts rings in the reflection nebula are very interesting to me. Will have to study up on them.

Regards,

[iceman]

Marvellous image, something different!

[jjjnettie]

Love that ghostly smoke ring off to the left. Beautiful!

[strongmanmike]

I remember when Russ Croman did this shot some years ago now with his then new 20" RC and as it did then, it reminds me of a sock puppet :P

Lovely image of The Sock Puppet Nebula Ken :thumbsup:

Mike

[Ken Crawford]

It was great to see Russ at AIC2010. His images were always so inspirational and on the cutting edge.

That is why the AIC board voted to give Russ the Hubble Award at AIC2010. I was very proud to present my good our highest honor.

http://raygralak.smugmug.com/Astronomy/AIC2010/14431476_H2rtT#1070362170_LpF6N-A-LB

[strongmanmike]

Nice, congrats Russ :thumbsup:

Our equivalent here is probably Eddie Trimarchi (http://astroshed.com/)- on ya Eddie :thumbsup:

Mike

[multiweb]

That's a weird looking one. Looks like a dark dooda with a blue tip. Those blue circles and concentric waves are pretty cool. Very nice. :thumbsup: