Spirals of the Rosette

[Ken Crawford]

Hello,

I have decided to throw my Rosette hat into the ring. There are many here who have done an amazing job on this wonderful target in a widefield format. At my Focal Length I decided to zero in on one of its amazing structures.

Elephant trunks are pillar or column-like structures that protrude from the walls of hydrogen clouds. Normally we see these as gas trunks like the "Pillars of Creation" which are mostly straight. This image centers on a trunk that has an amazing double helical structure. The rope type filaments are following magnetic fields and electrical currents causing them to bend, wave, and braid into an intricate pattern. These forces produce this beautiful spiral structure and it’s because it is backlit that we have the rare opportunity to be able to study the inner structure of dark nebulae.

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/Rosette_Spiral/Rosette_Spiral.htm

Kindest Regards,

[Peter Ward]

Aye Carrumba!

Very impressive Ken.

The RCOS20 is a benchmark scope for sure :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Having spent considerable time on this area very recently, I know it quite intimately :love: :lol:...the significant FL, aperture and superior seeing evident here, all certainly make a difference, lots of little bits and pieces in there to search out, great stuff Ken :thumbsup:

When is the fly through coming..?

Mike

[atalas]

:eyepop:

[iceman]

Now that's a cheetah! Brilliant!

[Octane]

Good grief, that's quite something.

Beautiful contrast.

Love your work, Ken!

H

[multiweb]

Pretty close up view. Very nice. :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

What an amazing closeup Ken.

A beautiful and unique photo.

Thanks.

Ross.

[Star Catcher]

umm.. Ken that is stunning detail captured in that image !

Ted

[trent_julie]

Thanks for sharing Ken, its a wonderful shot!

[dj gravelrash]

truly beautiful

[marc4darkskies]

Woo Hooo!!! Give me focal length any day!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Gorgeous Ken!

Cheers, Marcus

[Paul Haese]

Nice work Ken. There is some real three dimensional aspects there.

[DavidU]

What an amazing image. Super.

[Ken Crawford]

Thanks for all the kind comments. I know FL is a factor but there were several processing steps to bring out the details and "spotlight" the features. I have become a masking junkie !

This is a special target for me as it was my first Narrowband APOD back in January 2005. I chose a different color map at the time. http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/Rosette/Rosette.htm

Also was interesting to do the research on the magnetic and electrical forces that are braiding the helical structure.

Have a great week,

Regards,

[SkyViking]

Wow that's simply superb, what a resolution! Absolutely stunning, thanks for the view Ken and great writeup too. It's the cheetah with a twist, literally :)

[allan gould]

Incredible close-up. You guys keep pushing the boundaries either in composition, subject or processing and it's great to watch what you can achieve.
It shows real talent to keep this up.

[Lester]

Hard to emagine seeing any better image of this area, thanks for the wonderful view Ken.

All the best.

[Meru]

Almost unbelievable. Amazing work Ken

[AG Hybrid]

Astonishing resolution. Nice!

[gregbradley]

A stunner Ken. The narrowband approach is a beautiful way to present this and the colour scheme is terrific.

Greg.