NGC6589 4:15 hours

[gregbradley]

I took this one over several nights a few weeks ago.

Planewave CDK17 at F4.45, Proline 16803, Paramount ME.

HaLRGB 120 45 30 30 30 minutes. Ha 2x2 15 mins subs and LRGB 10 mins subs 1x1 and 2x2 all at -35C.

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/137238554/large regular

http://upload.pbase.com/image/137238554 large

Greg.

[Lester]

Beautiful image Greg. I really appreciate the view, as there is no chance of me getting anything here for a astro fix. All the best.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Lester. I also fixed the link as the link to regular size actually went to the large.

It is a pretty part of the sky.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Looking very nice Greg, lovely colours, looks best shrunk down a bit on the screen to take it all in :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Thanks Mike. Yes its definitely a wider field vista.

Greg.

[multiweb]

Extreme close up! Love that image scale an the colors are superb. A lot of details not usually seen as well. Stellar profiles look a bit clipped/muted in places but other than that it's a corker. Well done. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Mark, Yes I noticed there were some stars that seemed muted.
I have fixed that now. Thanks for letting me know.

Cheers,

Greg.

[RB]

Beautiful vista Greg !!
I did what Strongman did, I shrunk the original down a bit to take it all in.
Gorgeous.

:thumbsup:

[desler]

Beautiful Greg, Thanks for the view.

Darren

[atalas]

Wonderful Greg!

[TrevorW]

Must admit I like this one Greg

[gregbradley]

Cheers Andrew. I fixed up the link so it goes to the regular size instead of the large size.



Thanks Darren. The reducer on this scope makes a wonderful accessory. It was one of the reasons I chose the Planewave as they are one of the only large scope makers that offer a reducer.



Cheers Louie.



Thanks Trev. I am glad you liked it.

Greg.

[Stevec35]

This one's a real winner Greg! Well processed with lovely colours. Possibly one of your best CDK's IMHO.

Cheers

[jase]

I concur with all positive comments made. The Ha+R blend is near perfect with this image Greg. The balance of emission and reflection nebulosity coming through is fantastic. The CDK is really humming now. Great work, more please.

[Ross G]

Great photo Greg.

Amazing colours and detail.

Thanks.

Ross.

[Octane]

Yum, yum. That's fabulous.

H

[gregbradley]

Gee thanks Steve. I did take a lot of time with the processing.
Also the 2x2 binned Ha was really very good.



Thanks Jase. Ha blends are a difficult thing to tame. I now try to keep them more muted. They can run away from you easily.

There were a lot of versions of this one before I settled on this one.



Cheers Ross, I appreciate your comments.



Thanks Humi. I think I have settled on a format with the CDK finally
(2 formats really).

Greg.

[midnight]

Well presented Greg!

Lovelly!

Darrin...

[gregbradley]

Thanks Darrin.

I have imaged this one before but it didn't turn out like I had hoped and I am happier with this one.

Greg.

[jase]

Took another sneak peek of this image Greg. In viewing your portfolio, I think this is probably the best CDK image you've produced. Sure the others are great, but this certainly stands out. Again, well done.

[glenc]

That is an excellent image Greg.
NGC 6589 is the reflection nebulae near the centre, NGC 6590 is the reflection nebula to the left of that and IC 1283-4 is the emission nebula above 6589.
NGC 6590 contains a double star (mag 11.0 +11.1 @ 19.8") and this reflection nebula is an easy visual object.

[gregbradley]

Gee thanks Jase. The reducer really makes the difference with the CDK and my local seeing conditions and the pixel size of my cameras.
Having used it for a while now you get to know it and see what works best with it. I also spent a long time on the processing. There were many many versions (20?) before I was happy.



Thanks Glen. I imagine those blue reflections nebs contain stars that must be mega powerful to light it up like that.

Greg.