Hi All,
Here's a rather cool grouping of emission nebulae in the constellation of Norma. RCW96, RCW97 and RCW98, with the latter probably being the most popular and commonly referred to as the Coffee Bean nebula.
RCW96, RCW97 and RCW98
Processed in CCDStack, MaximDL and Photoshop. Usual Ha+R blend in MaximDL using pixel math. When I saw blue reflection nebulosity in RCW98 (Coffee Bean) present, I thought I'd acquire some OIII data to see if there were other features of interest alas there is no other OIII in the area. OIII was introduced using a clipping mask for RCW98. Enjoyed processing the rich star field, bit of fun. Still refining a technique to managing star colours but so far results look ok. Not the flattest of fields. I believe this will be my last image with the Alta F16000. I may have a few other data sets with this camera but they are incomplete. Future images will be from the Aspen 16070 which has come back from repair and installed. More on that later.
Hope you enjoy it.
