[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by AdamJL

DEFINITELY an 80s sci fi vibe with this one, Andy
Getting hints of Cocoon as well.

Really lovely shot and excellent composition. There’s a boat load of Ha in that area isn’t there?!
I’m hoping this will be my first target when the mono camera arrives. Thanks for the inspiration

Cheers Adam,
With three teenage boys at home Saturday nights are usually Pizza & family movie nights. Looks like this classic from the 80's is due for an appearance!

Originally Posted by pkinchington

Beautifully executed!

Thanks Peter

Originally Posted by Startrek

Andy,
Wow what an image and some serious workload to capture it too
Those Chroma filters certainly have captured the data / detail
Nice reading about this object and a bit of science thrown in as well
Well done indeed
Cheers
Martin

Cheers Martin, never easy to add something new to a popularly imaged target, so had throw the kitchen sink at this one! Thanks for the nice feedback.

Originally Posted by AdamJL

By the way, Andy. The RGB shots, was that just for stars? If so, why did you choose 5min subs? And how did you not blow out the stars?
I was going to aim for about 60-90 seconds tops per RGB filter, but now you've made me question that.

Hey Adam, in hindsight I could probably cut the RGB exposures back to 4 or even 3 mins - still getting used to imaging at a darksite! My workflow for HaO3 RGB is based on Marco's HERE

Originally Posted by Nikolas

Awesome mate what was the final focal length?

Cheers Nik - with the reducer it's 691mm.

Originally Posted by Placidus

That's the best shot of the gourd that I've seen. Just love the wider field giving context.

Thanks very much M&T! Much appreciated

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

That's a ripper of an image Andy! Can't fault it... and I looked closely.

Thanks Sensei Marcus! - Really appreciate you dropping by and your nice feedback!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A stunning image Andy, perhaps one of your best - hard to say as you have so many excellent images.

This is also one of my most favourite objects and you have done it superbly. I like the extended field of view as that picks up the interesting Ha on the left.

You handled that blue O111 background well. I got a bit confused when my image picked up a lot of that and I wasn't sure if it was a gradient or not.


Your TOA 130 scope with reducer is very similar to my AP130 and reducer. I thought it would be the ideal instrument for this object and your image shows that. I did a test image of this about a year ago with the CFF 105 F6 and a Riccardi 83mm reducer and QHY600m. It looked stunning but the reducer would have to be distanced properly, corner stars were hideous!
So by the time I would crop out the bad bits I would be back to an equivalent 130mm F4.5 size. I was planning to make it a project this year but weather has intervened.

Greg.

Cheers Greg, indeed this wider field revisit to the Bubble has been on my radar for many years, and it isn't an easy object to process.

I just needed to get the Tak & reducer properly sorted first. My QSI 6162 camera's large sensor meant that niggling minor tilt & spacing issues have progressively been tweaked with the kind assistance of Diego from Sidereal Trading, and Stefan Buda - almost 100% there now.