[SpaceNoob (Chris)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That's quite stunning!

Thanks Kevin, glad you like it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Lots of detail and very dramatic. Nicely done.

Greg.

Cheers Greg, I've been enjoying your posts lately re- the AP-RH, very envious of your latest acquisition. I wish they were as easy to get as a nice Tak.

Originally Posted by kkara4

just astounding. Excellent image

Thanks Krishan

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice narrowband colour and composition, Chris.

I'm about to drop back from 2760mm to 800mm focal length for a while and I expect I'll find it a lot less stressful

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks Rick, I've been loving your work of late, the compliment is much appreciated.

I do like imaging at longer focal length but with the 8300 it is not ideal. I just can't justify dropping a large sum of $$ into a new image train with out-dated and old tech sensors. Current large sensor setups seem somewhat in a limbo.

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

I really like this processing, does look flame like.
Thanks for showing
Graz

Thanks Graz

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great framing not seen that often and yes does look flame like, quite a bit of movement in there too...different, nice work

Mike

Thanks Mike

Originally Posted by chuckywiz

awesome picture there.. makes me drool as it smashed anything my little dslr can do on that target... now dreams of affording a ccd one day.

Thanks Ben, CCD's are a good way to go, perhaps CMOS too in the near future, which could be more affordable?

Originally Posted by Placidus

Hi, Chris,

I really like the composition, depth, and clarity, and especially the treatment of the nebulosity toward lower left. There are bits of the cat's paw that have a similar "roast chicken" texture. Goes with the flames, perhaps.

Astrophysically, I wonder if that vaguely honeycombed effect is due to two overlapping sets of multiple shock fronts at slightly different distances, and slightly different orientations.

Best,
Mike

Thanks Mike,

Yes, there is a lot of movement visible. I guess there were various events triggering separate shock fronts which interact (like ripples in a pond, either amplifying or canceling out?, i.e wave motion?), in addition to differing densities reacting differently too. It is cool to observe it at this scale.