A Ruptured Cometary Globule, wide field

[marco]

Here is another image I took over the last weeks. It is a popular area in Puppis, home of the ruptured cometary globule CG4.

HaLRGB for a total of about 14 hours, mostly in Ha. Interesting to note the interaction between the Ha emission and the dust present in the field, pretty nice to me. The link:

http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_7Mtr58#!i=1761675824&k=tRxfwhd&lb=1&s=X3

From the page it is also possible to see a close up of CG4 I took a couple years ago using a rented RC.

Comments as always are welcome :)

Clear skies
Marco

[atalas]

Very nice,well done Marco.

[multiweb]

Very deep field and gorgeous colors. Nice one. :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Great photo Marco,

Lots of nice detail and so much gas.


Ross.

[alpal]

Hi Marco,
That's a top photo.
I didn't know about this target.

I found another pic here:
http://tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00006a.htm

[strongmanmike]

Yeh CG4 is a great target and it lends itself well to wide field, a close up of the giant worm eating the galaxy is always worth showcasing too :thumbsup:

Very nice work Marco Polo

Mike

[gregbradley]

Very nicely done Marco with your trademark look.

Great framing which is hard with this object as its so faint, to get that open cluster in down the bottom.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Bellissimo :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

A wonderful image Marco ... especially the hi res "original" version! Very nicely done! :thumbsup:

I love the combination of colours in this object. Quite unusual IMO.

Cheers, Marcus

[prokyon]

Simply fantastic!!! :eyepop:

[Paul Haese]

Very nicely processed, with lots of lovely smokey grey cloud showing through. Great detail in the cometary globule and the colouring is pretty nice.

Only thing I can see is the rather liberal use of the minimum filter. The cluster is showing signs of the filter use. It is only slight, but a little distracting.

That said, the detail and scale of the image is great.

[marco]

Thanks Paul, in fact I applied a bit of minimum and you are right about the slight artifacts in the cluster, there are some tiny stars there that perhaps suffer the processing :question: I take your point and will see to reprocess the luminance in case and reduce the "distracting" effect :thumbsup:


Thanks Prokyon



Thanks Marcus, the Ha to me add a nice balance to the area returning the kind of glowing effect of the gasses there. I was a bit surprised though that with almost 7 hours of exposure in that filter there was not really so much signal in this band..



Thanks Peter!



Thanks Greg, a bit tight perhaps, unfortunately due to some problems of frame rotation between the filters (the camera head moved between sessions without me realizing it) I had to crop the fram of about 15%, pity, that would have left some more "air" around..



Thanks master Mike ;)



Thanks Alpal, I knew about this image of Tom and I find it very well done!



Thanks Ross :)



Thanks Marc, you should try it with one of your lenses for a real wide field view :thumbsup:



You always very Kind Louie, :thanx:

Clear skies
Marco

[strongmanmike]

Use the force....

:P

[iceman]

Stunning image Marco, wow!

[Peter.M]

I see your processing skills are being put to the test here Mike.:rofl:

[marco]

Thanks Mike



Hahahaha, thanks Mike for the funny image, you made me laugh for a while :D

Keep it up with the force than!

Clear skies
Marco

[Leonardo70]

Marco...this is a fantastic image !!!

Ciao,
Leo

[marco]

Thanks Leo!
Ciao
Marco