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Old 31-01-2009, 08:58 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by Hagar View Post
Very nice Mike. I love the little Nebula . Could almost be a baby Trifid Nebula.

Where do you get such obscure targets?
I thought the same thing and the interstella redening that appears to be affecting it has given it a lovely contrasting red/orange hue too.

I just surf around and look for info on areas, look at others work and get ideas, no rocket science there.

Thanks for you comments Doug

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Originally Posted by Bassnut View Post
OK, thats different, nice composition and colour on the neb part. Dunno about the halos tho......

ummm, sorry, what was that.......Mike and the word "NarrowBand" in the same post , nuh, cant be .
Fred ma man

Yes the small halos around teh bright stars seem a little more obvious on this target for some reason? Generally I don't find optical aberations like this objectional in astroimages though,as long as they aren't big and obvious, they are part of the equation in some form or another in every system. Hopefully the new ultra low reflection Astronomik filters will make a difference, particularly with the larger more diffuse halos I can get?

As for the narrow band capitulation..?..weeeeell I had to give in eventually huh? besides, I could have used an OIII filter on this last target rather than the Ha as there was very little Ha in the filaments in this region, much more OIII.

Cheers

Mike
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