South of the Tarantula

[richardo]

Hi all and hope you had a happy and safe Xmas.

Thanks Mike and the IIS team for this, second to none astro group.


This is a bit of a work in progress. It is a hard area of sky from my location at this time of year due to temps, dust and wind.
But I really wanted to get some of these beautiful knots and bow shocks created from the wonderful Tarantula Nebula.
This area of sky is just south of the Tarantula and you can see it just to the top of this image.
It is quite grainy. I need a couple more hours of Ha to smooth things out so it is a work in progress.
Such a large dynamic range and it was real fun trying to combine Ha with its makings of nice detail to the rgb.

Details:
Scope- 10" Newtonian working @ F4.6 (with paracorr)
CCD- SXVR-H16 1.32arcsec/pix
Guide- SX OAG & Lodestar
Filters- Anti Halo type II- 2" Astronomiks
Ha- 168' @ 7min subs
RGB- 56' each @ 7min subs.
Pre- process- Flat fields & bias (no dark subtraction)

Here's a link to the unfinished image
[http://www.baytop-observatory.com/ccdimages/Wrkinprogress/n2080-HaRHagb.jpg]

Hope you all have a great year in 2012 with plenty of clear nights.

All the best
Rich

[RickS]

Very nice, Rich. Should be fantastic when finished.

I did a widefield of the Tarantula with my FSQ-106ED recently and have been meaning to come back with a longer FL.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Lester]

Wow, that view is incredible Rich, after viewing your image I am honoured that you would even comment on mine. I really like the colours in yours.

All the best for 2012 with more clear skies than 2011.

[atalas]

Looking awesome Rich! all the best for the New Year mate.

[CoolhandJo]

Wonderful image. Lovely colours and details

[richardo]

Thanks Rick!
Tried to get out tonight but the blessed wind was coming straight in the observatory opening in chronic gusts, buffeting the scope.
Hopefully have more to add soon.
Look forward to your Tarantula.



Hey Lester.... ah come on mate... your image just took a little time to get it right... looks good now!
And it IS a beast of an area with out a doubt.. I spent hours on the computer trying so many different techniques with mine.. this was over a couple of days...:rolleyes:
It's a pretty poor time of the year with this damn wind over our way.... we have some of the best objects in the southern area of sky and it's a real 'berch' when the wind is coming from the exact location at 25+ knots you want to shoot .... my newt is like a sail....
Thanks for the comments though Lester!



Cheers Louie!
Thanks for the comments and all the best to you as well mate!



Thanks very much Paul!
Hopefully be able to get a bit more soon!

Thanks again guys......

All the best for now
Rich

[strongmanmike]

Well Richi, that's not bad at all, it's always a mark of a good Spider when the nebulosity looks like it is hanging in space and you nailed that look here nicely.

The partially visible Tarantula looks so tantalising and is screaming "look at me, look at me" :lol:

Mike

[TrevorW]

Very nice, the filaments have good definition which one would hope from so much data, colours look spot on

[mill]

That is one nice looking almost Tarantula ;)
Love the colors and the definition of the knots, very sharp and well done.
Wish i could process like that.

[RickC]

that's certainly a beautiful image Rich

cheers

[midnight]

That is going to be one magnificant image when it's finished (it looks fantastic at the moment!!). The image is rich in detail and as you say knots and bow shocks are lovelly.

Well done Rich and look forward to seeing more!

Darrin...

[richardo]

Cheers Migel!
I've thought about maybe a mosaic... & slot the Trant in. It cerainly has some interest stuff going on!
Still need a bit more Ha on this one though..



Thanks Trevor!



Thank very much Martin. The Ha really helped pull some great detail.. Still it took me a while at the computer :rolleyes:



Cheers for that Rick!




Thanks a lot Darrin.
Certainly is an interesting sector of sky.. we're pretty lucky down in the southern Hem

Thanks folks for your comments!
Hope to get some more to finish it up soon.

All the best
Rich

[multiweb]

Looks great - like a painting. Top shelf. :thumbsup:

[prokyon]

Wow, great! Details are stunning. Can`t wait to see the final result.

[Paul Haese]

Very nice work Rich. Maybe needs a crop top and left side to remove the coloured lines present on the edges. I really like the image and the amount of sharp detail.

[richardo]

Hey Marc,
took a while to try and keep the colour in it... with more data to come and add to it, I've got to remember what I did:confused2:



Thanks Prokyon, hopefully tonight if the wind backs off and it cools down..



Thanks Paul.. yeah I left cropping it as I figured it was a work in progress.. bit slack I know!
Hopefully get some more Ha.. even maybe some more colour to save me thinking about doing any lum to better bring out the fainter blue stars that the Ha doesn't fully illuminate.

Thanks guys..
Looks as though the weather is on the improve..
Hope you get out.

All the best
Rich

[Hagar]

Superb as usual Rich. The definition in the stars is magic. colour is great and detail well, outstanding.

[Bassnut]

Must say that's a fine image. Lots of 3d effect right there.

[richardo]

Thanks very much Doug!
I hope I can get a couple of reasonable nights to finish it off.



Cheers for that Fred!
It's such a great area.... if you had a fairly long FL setup, you'd never leave it over the year. There's so many different little nebs and knots that make up the whole!

Cheers guys for the comments.
All the best for 2012
Rich

[John Hothersall]

Lovely work with so much going on, your fast scope working well picking up everything with definite 3D look coming across.

John.

[richardo]

Thanks for that John.... it's an iffy time of year pointing the scope in this direction, so was pleased enough with the results so far.

All the best
Rich

[kinetic]

Stunning, beautiful image I could swim in for hours Rich,

I suppose you know, you have the Sn1987a field in your pic:)

Steve

[richardo]

Thanks Steve for the really nice comments....
Also thanks for the heads up with SN1987a.... I forgot all about it in actual fact.

Now if this part comes in and I get some better skies, I might be able to finish this off!

All the best for 2012.
Rich

[gregbradley]

What incredible detail! So lifelike.

Needs a bit of cropping to get rid of the purple line from stacking.

Greg.

[richardo]

Hey Greg, thanks for the nice comments...
Yeah I know about the... non cropping, this was only a work in progress and I really didn't think it was going to take this long to be able to get out and finish it off...
However, the weather has been all over the shop... (typical this time of the year)...
And now I have to go away for a week so it will be a little time before I publish a finished result..

Stay tuned:rolleyes:

All the best
Rich

[naskies]

Very nice. I love those little "puffs" of H-a.

[Ross G]

That is one amazing photo Rich.

Thanks.

Ross.