A feather in the sky

[marco]

Dear all, I've eventually been able to process another image from data I took long ago, still during the somehow troubled startup period of my new OTA.

It is the part of Vela SNR including the feather shaped Pencil nebula and some other cirrus nebulae in the area.

Here is the main page:
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_7Mtr58#1453653112_TDh2Zbt-X3-LB

and here is the fully zoomify/full screen version:
http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/Pencil_HaOIIIRGB.htm

This is a single frame with a total exposure of more than 13 hours. Unfortunately wasn't able to recover several more sub frames taken, in particular on the OIII, so the overall result is noisier than I planned. I will perhaps add more light as the Vela is back visible in the spring sky.

I hope you will like it.

Clear Skies
Marco

[TrevorW]

Another fine image that, well done

[atalas]

Gorgeous shot Marco!

[FlashDrive]

That's nice Marco ... love that blue colour. :thumbsup:


Flash.

[Garyh]

Beautiful result Marcus! Love the blending and the framing!
Hard to improve on for sure except to smooth it out a little more.
cheers Gary

[gregbradley]

Very very nice Marco. Extra exposure is always good but its already fabulous and can only get better.

Greg.

[John Hothersall]

Stunning result of such a strange object with its structure made obvious at this scale.

John.

[SkyViking]

That's awesome. I like the delicate look overall and the beautiful colours. A great image indeed, very well processed.

[Paul Haese]

Beautiful image. On my to do list this one.

[multiweb]

Love those delicate wisps. Really cool. Terrific depth. :thumbsup:

[desler]

Stunning Marco!

Darren

[astroron]

Beautiful Image, such fine detail :)
Thanks for shareing
Cheers :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

Some very crisp details . Nice

[marco]

Thanks Clive


Thanks Ron


Thanks Darren


Thanks Marc


Thanks Paul!


Thanks Rolf


Thanks John, please try it with your high res optics next spring, I am sure the result will be stunning


Thanks Greg


Thanks Gary, in reality I see a large room for improvements, if I have a chance I will add more Ha and OIII data next spring also to improve the visibility of details, it turned out a bit too "soft" to my taste..


Thanks Flash


Thanks Louie



Thanks Trevor

Clear Skies
Marco

[Leonardo70]

Marco , how i said in italian forum ... this is a masterpiece ...
Congratulations for this wonderful work.

Ciao,
Leo

[Lester]

Thanks for the wonderful view Marco. All the best.

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Marco.

Amazing colours.

Thanks.

Ross.