Hubbles Swan - High Res close up

[strongmanmike]

Given the poor and highly variable seeing conditions I enjoy :rolleyes:... I manually went through and selected the very best frames from the Ha, OIIIRG&B, with which to compose the highest resolution image possible for the conditions, took me a while arggg...:help:

With much less data now the outer regions of the full frame have too much noise and noise reduction looks crap, so here is a close up crop of the good bits only without noise reduction and compiled into a Hubble-like palette. I can safely say this is the best my current seeing conditions will allow as far as detail goes :scared: :thumbsup:

Look here: Hubbles Swan (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/144862280/original) 100% crop

Those who can't remember the full frame RGB like fairy floss version :lol: it's HERE (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/144807424/original)

Mike

[petershah]

i seriously love this shot mike, very nicely done, especially the way youve added the rgb stars....just a delight to look at

[peter_4059]

Great detail Mike. It's interesting how the nebulosity appears very sharp in the centre of the image but a bit softer further out.

Peter

[strongmanmike]

Hi Peter, not sure, there's probably just more finer features in some areas than others, some are smooth pockets and others show wisps and swirls etc..?



Thanks Peter, glad you like it...I stick at data like a dog at a bone sometimes, usually pays off :thumbsup:

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

Nice ... buuut ... I think I prefer the "fairy floss" version :scared3:

Cheers, Marcus

[strongmanmike]

......:doh: and after alllll that work too :sadeyes:

[DavidU]

Seriously good work Mike. I love it.

[strongmanmike]

Yeh..? :cool: :prey2: :lol:

[alpal]

Wow - that AG12 is giving you some top results.

[strongmanmike]

Cheers, yeh not bad...and it's fun confusing everyone with different colour palettes too :P

Mike

[atalas]

:rofl: you crack me up sometimes Mike!back to your image....the detail is amazing!

[strongmanmike]

Oh I wouldn't say amazing, it was just an exercise to squeeze every bit out of my appalling conditions :scared:

Glad you see my humour :thumbsup: a few have taken it seriously in the past :rolleyes: :hi:

Mike

[atalas]

An amazingly detailed exercise :Phehe

[Leonardo70]

Amazing ... what a result ..
Congrats Mike.

Leo

[RickS]

Love the detail, Mike! Not sure about the colours but that's just me :D

[Ross G]

A great photo Mike.

The detail is amazing, but...I have to admit the "fairy floss" version is still my favourite.

Thanks.

Ross.

[strongmanmike]

Thankyou three amigos :thumbsup:...seems the colour palettes I used for each of my recent M17 versions are a little polarising...and that's cool, if every image looked the same the imaging world would be just a little boring :)

Mike