[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

aptly named

Lol, cheers

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yeah nice Andy Bold colour, some of the edges look like they are on fire. You have framed the Running Chicken nicely there, had the AAO guys seen this episode of Star Wars back when they were looking at Schmidt plates and seeing running chickens, they may well have seen a Gungan instead

Mike

Thanks Mike - I'm enjoying the widefield aspect - this is but the first of quite a long list of targets to revisit

Originally Posted by Decimus

Another spectacular image, Andy. Certainly good enough to grace APOD too!

It does have a fascinating shape as well as such vibrant colour. Great work.

PS Love that quotation (next to your avatar) from '2001: A Space Odyssey' - my favourite film.

Cheers Decimus - 2001 is my #1 favourite movie of all time, thanks for your kind comments too

Originally Posted by Placidus

Wonderful!

Just looked through my "Brilliant works by Others" catalogue, and of 19 images of the Lambda Centauri region, not one shows the Whole Thing in full narrowband.

Trish and I have been hammering away at a teensy tiny corner of this, and it's great to see the Big Picture so beautifully presented in full NB.

I know you hate green, but I wonder if you haven't gone too far the other way, and over-emphasised the SII over H-alpha a tad.

Very best,
Mike

Cheers for the positive feedback guys. I couldn't find too many NB images of the entire neb online either. Yes the 10hr S2 signal is very strong, but it gave it more depth, making the 3D effect stronger imo. It's fun to play with bigger data sets!

Originally Posted by Atmos

When I first looked at it I thought "Hand of God". Then upon another few seconds of though it turned to "Amputated Hand of God"

I haven't looked at anything other than the 200kb version yet (need a fuller screen than the iPhone) but it is looking pretty damn good so far!

Cheers Colin - if memory serves there was an episode of Star Trek TOS that featured a giant hand in space which stopped the USS Enterprise. "Who Mourns for Adonis" I think was the title. Somthing about Apollo & the original Greek gods.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Except for the funky stars towards the bottom of the frame at full res (registration?), it ticks all the boxes for a compelling image (good colour, composition, detail, sharpness etc).

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks indeed Marcus. Yes, I too am not happy with those funky stars. I'll need to research a better RGB star processing method over Easter. Any tips?

Originally Posted by vlazg

Stunning as usual Andy, lovely little scope.

Cheers mate - Hey we're heading up your way in May to judge the NT Pro Photo awards. Should be fun, never been to Darwin before

Originally Posted by Rick Parrott

Amazing image, and not annoying at all (unlike Jar-Jar)!

Aaah, yes - Ja Ja - the most annoying character in the Star Wars universe - very pleased he was left out of Episode 7

Originally Posted by Flugel88

Nice image Andy considering the obvious light pollution from Melbourne. I bet those narrowband filters help allot with that.

I love the colour its nicely balanced i think something i struggle to achieve with my narrowband attempts.

The wispy detail in the gassy bits is also very nice to the eye.

Cheers Flugel - the extra hours of data really help to bring out the fine Ha details. Thanks for kind words