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Originally Posted by Garyh
Another ripper Jase!  beaut colors and lovely contrast throughout the neb!
If you only use 30% of PS then I might use 10% if lucky..lol
Look forwards to the next lot of eye candy.. 
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Cheers Gary. Pleased you liked it. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Rodstar
I am always grateful when people post images of less well known objects. I have never seen or heard of this one before. I imagine it is a very dim visual target, but I have duly noted it for observation under dark skies as soon as these clouds clear.
As others have said, what a spectacular image. I also loved the one you posted last year which looked like a foetus. Amazing stuff!
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Thanks Rod. It is somewhat off the beaten path. A magnificent target for a wide field instrument such as the FSQ. It does have a low surface brightness which makes it all that more appealing to target with sensitive cameras.
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Originally Posted by spearo
Woah!
what a stunning amount of detail!
The stars are also just incredible in the background, they're all perfect pinpricks of color!
Simply inspiring
frank
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Cheers Frank. While I like the surrounding star field, I think I'd probably do this differently should I get time to reprocess the image again. Thanks for your comments.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Jase,
To be hyper-critical, the colour stauration a little too high in the red...hard to see where the H-alpha/H-beta starts/ends.
Tracking focus etc. Spot on
Layering H-Alpha can be very tricky...as you end up with cyan rings around the stars which detract from the real star colours. Backing off the H-Alpha layer is a possible fix.
Otherwise...hey...you are in a different league...this is a very pretty image...nicely done.
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Thanks Peter. Indeed, as I mentioned in the original post, I too believe the saturation is a little on the high side. Not sure what you mean regarding the H-beta as this isn't near the 656.3nm of Ha. I did blend 10% of the Ha data into the blue channel and 5% in the green. Ha was blended into the red channel by approx 25%. I then relayered the stars to mitigate the anomalies you mention. I do have another version which is perhaps a cut above this one, but as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by danielsun
WOW!! Another stunning image Jase!!!  |
Cheers Daniel.