[jase (Jason)]

Originally Posted by Hagar

Magnificent Jase. What else can be said. Love those Tak sharp stars accross the entire field.

Thanks Doug. I sat on this image most of last week as had difficulty in deciding how far I should go in shrinking the stars or if I should shrink them at all. A field like this full of stars is a distraction from the nebulous features. I ended up only shrinking them by 30%, this seems to be provide a good balance as when they are too small, the image look weird given it's suppose to have plenty of stars due to its location along the Milky Way. Thanks again for the feedback.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That's a beauty Jase, lots to see...found the bug too http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/thumbsup.gif

Ah sigh... to be unfazed by discarding 16hrs of data, I can only dream...

Mike

Cheers Mike. Indeed, the bug adds an extra dimension to the image. I haven't discarded the data in entirety. All was not lost as used the Ha. It is however less than ideal from an efficiency perspective as the system could have been capturing data for other targets instead.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Very busy image. Lots to examine at length. Thanks for the view.

Thanks Paul. Pleased you enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by mill

Very nice image to look at and so much to see http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/thumbsup.gif

Cheers Martin. There is certainly plenty of things to see. I think if there would be a touch of reflection nebulosity somewhere, it would have it all!

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Great image Jase. There's a lot going on in that region.

Thanks Peter. I was surprised when I trawled the web I didn't see many wide field renditions of the area, at least not to the level of depth and detail presented here. Base RGB data does not portray the amount of Ha in the area. It needs long exposures with a Ha filter to bring out the structure. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Thats a really nice image Jase plenty of detail and rich colours

Cheers Trevor. The contrasting hues of golden star clouds and Ha red nebulosity seem to go well together from an aesthetic perspective. In hind sight the area is probably best shot with a traditional RGB palette as opposed to a narrowband Hubble palette. Thanks for your comment.