It has been quite q while since I posted here a new image so I will try now to amend posting two new pics at the same time
They all from data collected last winter (southern season), I know, I am quite late in processing, hopefully will improve in the future
First one is another cosmic animal for the collection on IIS, I actually released few weeks ago but didn't post here. It is a shot of M27, that to me should be renamed Butterfly nebula considering the shape. It is a HaOIIIRGB composition, showing here a crop of about 70%.
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_7Mtr58#!i=1663528853&k=4xC qGrM&lb=1&s=X3
This is a not so easy target from southern latitudes because it doesn't get much elevation even when transiting and color extinction is an issue, in particular for blues. I was lucky to have some OIII taken from Italy (200 mins) a couple years ago (same setup) to add to the data from Coona that helped a lot.
The second image is a long exposure of the silver dollar galaxy, NGC253.
I opted for a HaLRGB mix for this one. I tried to push the luminance as much as possible to see if there were some cirrus or dust in the background but apparently there is no much out there. However the outer halo shows some irregularities and the galaxy dust lanes are quite rich of details, considering the focal length I am imaging it, therefore I am quite satisfied with the result. Here is the link:
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_7Mtr58#!i=1690557309&k=Wpm 8PJc&lb=1&s=X3
Both images are also visible at full resolution (option "O" from the gallery menu).
I hope you will like them!
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