Helix 53.5 Hours

[dvj]

Here is my FSQ Helix Bi-Narrowband final processing combine. The small telescope experiment is over. Time for a much bigger telescope on this object. Stll, the little "light sipper" FSQ did a remarkable job IMO.

35 hours H-a





18.5 hours OIII

FSQ
Paramount ME
Proline 16803
5nm HA bandpass
5nm OIII bandpass
Coonabarabran, NSW
http://imageshack.us/a/img201/2193/helixmasteraaa.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/helixmasteraaa.jpg/)

[strongmanmike]

Stopped at 53.5hrs huh?...balk begurk! :lol:

Yeeees...rather deep that :)

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Cool. Like the outer shells showing like that.

[Larryp]

Superb!

[Stevec35]

Great stuff John! Love the colours as well as the depth. It's amazing how much there is there when you go deep.

Cheers

Steve

[E_ri_k]

Wow that's amazing! 53 hours :eyepop: Great effort!
Erik

[Kunama]

Looks like you are starting to get the hang of this imaging business John.:eyepop: One of the most beautiful images I have seen.

[iceman]

Very deep! Lovely image.

[gregbradley]

A beauty.

Greg.

[marc4darkskies]

Just plain remarkable! How long were your subs John?

Cheers, Marcus

[jjjnettie]

Woweee. such dedication to the art. Beautiful. :)

[cybereye]

Fantastic effort that, it makes my effort look like a polaroid snap!

Well done! :thumbsup:

Mario

[AstroJason]

53.5 hours?! :eyepop: That is incredible! Great image.

Can you get to a point where going any deeper no longer adds to an image?

[dvj]

Limited perhaps by the sky background overwhelming the faint features.

[dvj]

40 minute subs Marcus. Thanks!

[naskies]

Stunning! Thanks for sharing.

[John Hothersall]

Holy Halos, that is the deepest Helix I have seen, you get a sense of its structure and its closeness to us. Those long subs and all that time and dedication, background a little red but unbelievably strong detailed halos.

John.

[alpal]

Hi John,
Nice halos & I can see the spokes of the wheel -
really great photo.
Thanks for sharing.

cheers
Allan

[Martin Pugh]

Now, where I come from, that's called oneupmanship!

53.5 hours John and a very decent result to boot - a little too much red spattering in the background, but the nebula itself is very deep and well coloured.

cheers
Martin

[SkyViking]

What a great effort, and the image speaks for itself. Lots of faint detail and I very much like the colours of the Helix in this image.
Like others said, the background has a red tint but that's very minor.

[Osirisra]

Gobsmacked, that is some epic sub and total exposure time. Most impressive.

[RickS]

Fantastic effort, John!

[Octane]

Best widefield Helix I have ever seen.

That is astounding, John.

How are you going to top this one? :)

H

[dvj]

Hey everyone, thank you for the kind comments.

The image link has a version with a darker, and more color corrected sky background. The thumbnail link is just way too bright and "red". That being said, I'm happy with the result and glad you all enjoyed it.

I may do a complete reprocess with some different techniques as time permits. This object needs more image scale, but I was inspired by Martin's great image to give the Helix a go with the FSQ. Otherwise I would have passed on it until we installed a larger instrument in Coona.

Cheers,

jg

[Ross G]

Great photo John.

The detail is amazing.

Ross.

[Leonardo70]

:eyepop: ... what a shot !!!

All the best,
Leo

[astronobob]

Coool as & I dig the detail in the center, makes it a whole lot pleasing, yep :thumbsup:
53hrs, no wonder I only captured half of it :)

[nandopg]

Hi John,
Inspiring, simply perfect. I confess that I have never seen a Helix with such level of details and deepness. The outer, outer layer is amazing.
I must congratulate you for this stunning image.

Thank you very much for sharing this great result,

Fernando

[dvj]

Hi everyone, thank you all for the positive comments about the Helix image. ICEINSPACE is a great forum to share images. I hope the image is an inspiration for those with small telescopes.

cheers,

j