[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

wow, very nice !

Thank you David

Originally Posted by Larryp

Lovely image, Rolf! Colour is great

Thanks Laurie, glad you liked the colour!

Originally Posted by Meru

Stunning image, love the colours and details! Your truss scope certainly is churning out great images lately

Thank you Meru, yeah I'm very happy with the performance of the truss Newtonian. A bigger one is in development, 12.5"

Originally Posted by multiweb

Good stuff Rolf. Awesome image scale and great close up. Looking forward to image that one when it gets high enough. Might have a go with what I've got so far. If I can get rid of those chonky stars...

Thank you very much Marc I liked that the box shaped Lagoon fits just inside my FOV Looking forward to your version!

Originally Posted by iceman

Incredible image, Rolf! Wow such striking colours.

Thank you Mike, it is a colourful nebula indeed

Originally Posted by Gem

Top image!!!!

Thank you Grant

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful photo Rolf.

Amazing colours.


Ross.

Thanks Ross, I'm glad you enjoyed it

Originally Posted by jase

Love it! Talk about colour confidence! Normally I'd shy away from such saturation but it really suits this target when it handled this well. Great processing Rolf! Thoroughly enjoyed the view.

Thank you very much Jase. I did put particular effort into the colours, so I'm glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Maybe we should rename it the Mardi Gras Nebula!

Superb detail, lovely stars, not a fan of the overly pink colour though.
My personal opinion is you've got to whip that Ha down otherwise it takes over. But that's just it - my opinion only.

Greg.

Thank you Greg, yeah colour is certainly a matter of taste I agree
Although I will say from a scientific point of view that these nebulae are indeed pink/magenta in hue because of the conbination of strong H Alpha and H Beta emission (red + blue). Some emission nebulae appear particularly red, but that's normally due to reddening by interstellar dust along our line of sight - the Lobster Nebula being a prime example.