[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by jase

Splendid Peter! I've been monitoring your results with the Alluna. This image is a testament to its capabilities. The 4" aperture imaging train distinguishes this OTA from the competitors. May as well take this opportunity to congratulate you on the forthcoming APOD too.

Thanks Jase. This image would have been very difficult to obtain without having a 4" dedicated corrector....I have yet to use the compressor! And thank you on the APOD...I've not mentioned this publically, but looks like the cat's out of the bag

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

Ye Gods that's Good!!

Ta muchly.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Superb image Peter. Detail is very sharp and colour is pleasing. It is significantly sharper than my image. I think you need to do some short subs to capture the homunculus thought. Well done.

Thank you Paul...I did infact do a few short subs on the homunculus but it looked rather weird in my efforts to show the details while still preserving the brightness of Eta...I went with the latter

Originally Posted by Ausfitter

Wow that is amazing

Thanks!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Ooo... that is spectacular. I was waiting for that one Definitely need to build a new cool wall for this one.

Thank you Marc...I guess you had a hunch I'd be tinkering in that part of the sky

Originally Posted by RickS

Impressive detail, Peter!

Ta...I rather like the string of bright edged globules extending from "the finger" to the right...the last one in the chain is rarely shown clearly...I now call it "the slug"

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Yes, you are right to be proud of that image. Hat's off to you, quite an accomplishment. All the more spectacular from the suburbs.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. I am humbled by the fact many of the "heavy hitters" seem to have chimed in on this one. Working from "the burbs" is still a pain, but short of moving everything to Chile...what can you do?

Originally Posted by Atmos

You've certainly picked up a lot of amazing detail Peter. Stunning image that's for sure!

Out of curiosity, how much did the Ha add compared to without it? Curious as to how much in picked up in the region via RGB with a 16" scope

Ta..there is about an hour and a bit of H-alpha. One hour each other channel.

Originally Posted by DJScotty

Wow Peter. That's an amazing image.
That's all I can say
Scott

Glad you like it