[jase (Jason)]

Originally Posted by little col

gobsmacked , amazing detail and wow cant believe how much info you have got

Thank you Col.

Originally Posted by iceman

Wow Jase, that's a stunning image. I'm not sure if it's the same image I remember fondly from the late Erwin van der Velden - the brown dusty nebula looks very familiar.
A remarkable image, sharp from corner to corner. Absolutely fabulous, Jase. You should be very pleased.

Cheers Mike. Indeed, Erwin van der Velden took a marvellous wide field photo of this scene. Very inspirational. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

You certainly proved your point Jase, wide and deep indeed with a 4" scope !!!
Fantastic image once again Sir.
I know I sound like a broken record but all your images are consistent stunners !!!

Thanks Andrew. I’m not going to deny that aperture helps, but with the evolution of sensitive CCD cameras you can still go deep with modest aperture. Paying meticulous attention to things you can control such as guiding and focusing certainly helps. You’re obviously still at the mercy of Mother Nature for seeing. Imaging close to the zenith can mitigate some factors.

Originally Posted by Garyh

Jase, Jase, Jase, thats a lovely image!!!...
Everything looks just right. The dark neb looks fantastic against the starry background!!!
very well done!!!

Thank you Gary. Not an easy one to process, but good fun doing so.

Originally Posted by Ric

Hi Jase, your attention to the subtle details of imaging and processing has indeed produced an amazing image, it's beautifully sharp from end to endand the colours look spot on to me.
The globular sets it of wonderfully.
A fine effort.

Cheers Ric. I actually spent 30mins framing the object the night before I acquired the data. I wanted to capture the globular star cluster to the left and see the dark sweeping cosmic cloud move diagonally from top left to bottom right. Sounds crazy, but composition is something I value to bring out the aesthetics.

Originally Posted by richardo

Simply superb Jase
Love the huge fOV and the colours are spot on showing the dusky redish colour to the large extended cloud.
God I love the blue reflections.... this is one of my favourite objects in our
southern skies and what a ripper
Top shelf Jase... keep up the great work!
All the best
Rich

Thanks Rich. Indeed, blue reflection nebs are a real treat to image. This one took quite some work – NGC6726-27 the bottom two blue nebs really burnt out when I started stretching the data. I ended up create three layers of varying brightness to control this dynamic range. I also layered the globular star cluster to maintain core resolution.

Once again, thank you all for your comments.