NB Helix

[Tandum]

Ha:O3:O3

22 x 20min Ha
14 x 20min O3

QHY9 GSO RC8 off axis guiding all binned x 1. 5th - 9th July.

[gregbradley]

That turned out great Robin.

Greg.

[Tandum]

Changed scopes in the dome greg so won't get any more at this scale. That is it :)

Can't see the nebulosity you guys get with big scopes :(

[ozstronomer]

Looks great Robin, What exposures did you use?

Catch you at Duckadang, I'm up on Tuesday

[RickS]

Yes, very nice Robin. Now spill the beans on how you did it :lol:

[renormalised]

Very nicely done, Robin:)

Nice colour:)

[Paul Haese]

Well guided and sharp image. There is some noise in the outer areas but you could remove most of this via some smoothing. Overall though a really nice image.

[Tandum]

Sorry guys, edited in some exposure numbers. I pushed it a bit hard trying to get more nebulosity out of it but it just isn't there :( I'll clean it up a bit before sticking it in the gallery. See ya up there Geoff, I'll try and get out of here on Wednesday I think.

[jase]

A solid result Robin. Enjoyed the rich saturation. I'm surprised to hear that you mention the data is not there to stretch it hard.

For 15.6hrs of data on a single target using 20min subs, I would be expecting more from the data set? Perhaps data rejection is being too harsh on the subs ripping out the faint structure. Could always try a sum to validate the data is there.

[Tandum]

I was expecting more as well Jase and have been playing with it on and off for a while now and tried suming. This is about all I can get out of it, I guess nothing beats aperture :)

[Ross G]

A very good photo Robin.

I love the colours.

Ross.