[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by willik

Top image lots of detail it looks great
Martin

Thank you Martin!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well, check that out an amazing eclectic, busy, even strangely ugly mess...that is somehow quite beautiful. A great first light Rolf, 40hrs to you must seem like 2hrs does to me

Between you and Steve Mohr, what with your autonomous little bubbles shooting the sky like robots, we are gunna see some purlers an a regular basis now, if we can just convince Steve to post'em on IIS that is

Mike

Thanks Mike, yes a 'mess' is probably the most fitting description. This nebula is really complex, and was quite tricky to process too.
I'm currently processing the next image now and have a handful in the pipeline

Originally Posted by RickS

Colourful and dramatic indeed, Rolf! A stunning image and a great start for the new obsy.

Thanks very much Rick, it took a while to get there but worth the effort for sure. I still need to sort a few more things with the obs, but it is already a major improvement over my old setup.

Originally Posted by andyc

Wow, that's quite something! Pretty, unusual features, and a lot of first lights Congratulations on the new observatory!

Thank you Andy, yes this nebula is rather unusual.

Originally Posted by Andy01

A crackerjack Image Rolf - looks amazing!
My laptop appears to make it look a bit over-smooth, but it's probably just the lappy screen res though.
From personal experience this DSO needs bucketloads of data and you've truly created a benchmark image of it here!
Bravo

Thanks Andy, the seeing was not very good at all unfortunately and I also didn't apply much sharpening as the signal is relatively faint except for the bright core. Might work some more on this one though.