Fat Lady Sings

[Peter Ward]

This one is still a work in progress. Much processing was done to salvage data from gradients and noise. The data was cropped about 50% due to the former, that I frankly couldn't solve without more data to use the full field due the usual problems.... :rain:and :cloudy:

Anyway the lady is here wearing a funny hat: Thor's Helmet (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery78.html)

RCOS 14, STX, PME LRGB about 3 hours of data

[Octane]

Peter,

WOW! That is awesome! Look forward to the finished result. :D

Just one teeny suggestion? A little contrast in the OIII helmet portion itself would really make it pop -- just a little delineation between the shells.

H

[Peter Ward]

Thanks H....what OIII? LRGB so far :D

[Octane]

Oh, I just meant the cyan -- the shells in the helmet. : )

H

[gregbradley]

Oh yeah that is very nice.

Love the teal green in the neb bubble.

Greg.

[renormalised]

Very, very nice, Peter :)

I'd like to see how good this'll get once you get a couple of good nights!!.

In any case, the "fat" lady sings sweetly, especially if she's Katherine Jenkins :) :)

[Craig_L]

:eyepop:Never seen it like that. Beautiful! Lovely detail and nebulousity.

[wysiwyg]

Stunning image Peter!
Very smooth and pleasant to the eye.

[richardo]

Come on Pete, was expecting a real average sort of patch up...
Should have known better:rolleyes:.
No bollocks, I think once you have a little more data to clean up that wee bit of background noise to the deeper blue component, this will have to come down as one of the best images I would have seen on Thors Helmet.

Detail, colour and richness of these things... the softness to the fine tendrils, the detail and richness to the outer shell are just sublime.

Hopefully in a week or so you'll have what you need.
Really look forward to the end result.
But even as is, it's still an absolute little beauty:thumbsup:

All the best
Rich

[spearo]

Awesome Peter,

Inspirational.

frank

[marc4darkskies]

What a woman!!! A great performance worthy of an encore! :thumbsup:

Cheers, Marcus

[strongmanmike]

Yeh.. a very nice quicky Peter

Funny you do a search of "opera singer" images and you get lots of Luc Pavarotti (my hero) and a fat lady in Thors helmet :lol:

Mike

[Peter Ward]

Thank you one and all for your input.

I rather liked Mike's fat lady pic.... Nothing like a bit of Wagner to rouse the troops :)

[Stevec35]

Very impressive Peter!

Steve

[Hagar]

Very nice Peter. I love the richness and deliniation in the various colours. It really adds depth to the image.
I am just wondering what is causing the halos around the stars. I haven't noticed this as evident in your earlier images with the 11000.

[Peter Ward]

Could be a couple of things.

Ordinary transparency and (thin) high cloud due the chronic weather of late and me stretching the proverbial out of the data due the relatively short exposure....due....did I mention the weather? :)

[seeker372011]

wow.

[multiweb]

Superb rendition of a difficult target. :thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

As Ita said to Thor

"your Thor I couldn't even ....."


Nice colours well processed

[bloodhound31]

That is ONE SPECTACULAR IMAGE!

Baz.

[Alchemy]

Fine piece of work Peter, that gear you have certainly has produced some quality images..... Quality not quantity...... Good stuff.

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Clive. (and all other responders, you known who you are, many thanks as well, I just have a thing about preserving bandwidth)

There are some serious pieces of kit in Aussie hands of late that now make my set-up look a little quaint.

Time for a 16" RCOS?? Probably not, given (east coast) conditions of late we have all been in the same boat...if not literally... then close to it! :)

....thinking of which, my most recent equipment purchase was a Canon underwater digital camera housing.

Guaranteed to make things dry up a bit! ;)

[Octane]

Peter,

When the NBN comes in, you won't have to worry about bandwidth. : P

(Sorry, couldn't resist, muahaha! For what it's worth, I kind of share your point of view on it.)

H

[Paul Haese]

Looks good already but like you said more data needed. The field of view is just perfect for this object. The new camera has no doubt contributed to this. I am looking forward to seeing this image when you have around 20 hours of data (err maybe you don't need as much as I did).

[Peter Ward]

I'm stuck in Singapore at present....I had just missed my train back to the hotel yesterday....and had to wait *a whole 3 minutes* for the next MRT ... Singaporeians really need to lift their game (and get their priorities in order, like in Oz) :lol:

(...astrophotographic opportunities here however, are tragic)