NGC2020 and friends in NB

[Paul Haese]

Taken over 13 nights and amounting to 41.5 hours of integration time this is the latest image out of Clayton Observatories.

The image contains 540 minutes of SII, 660 minutes of Ha, 600 minutes of OIII and 690 minutes of LRGB. Blending was conducted in Photoshop CS6.

What I really like about this region is all the dust and gas knots. There are so many interesting objects to look at just in this field alone without all the really interesting stuff further afield and indeed this will be a map of targets for me to image with the RC12 in the coming years.

I highly recommend you take a look at the larger image.

Click here for larger image

[RickS (Rick)]

Very cool image, Paul. Well worth the time! Some great long FL targets in that lot.

Cheers,
Rick.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Wow! There's an awful lot of sweeeet smooth data in that! Absolutely awesome

[RobF (Rob)]

Really nice work Paul. Particularly enjoyed that palette you've achieved and some great detail in some of the "bubbles".

Was that done at F5?

[PRejto (Peter)]

Great image Paul!! Beautifully processed.

Really love all those blue stars on the right side of the image.

Peter

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Wow, really nice image Paul, love the details in the knots of the nebulae and the colours really pop. Thanks for sharing.

Jason

[Spookyer (Brett)]

Paul, lovely work. Very interesting area of the sky.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Paul,it was fantastic before. Now it's utterly spectacular, gorgeous, definitive. Thank you for the resource! Best, Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Saw that one on FB. Very deep indeed. Gorgeous colors and some very sharp details that only this kind of integration time would bring out. Well done.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Awesome result! It's fascinating all right
As I'm just starting out on NB imaging, may I ask which filters you mapped to which colours?
Cheers
Andy

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Wonderful Paul! Lots to see there, well done!

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

yep such a cool area with so much going on, fantastic capture / processing as usual.

cheers

rusty

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Impressive result Paul, each iteration of this image has made it better and better. I love the unusually looking bubbles and structures that are so apparent at the different scale we observe things by in the LMC/SMC. It really puts such objects into a different perspective and your image captures this beautifully. Great detail and colours as well, a pleasure to view.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Great image of an interesting area

[gregbradley]

A fabulous image Paul. Sensational.

Greg.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Can't argue with that - a really lovely image Paul!

This is not a criticism, but I can't help feeling that the stars should be somewhat tighter with an FSQ-106ED(?). Seeing, focus, processing bloat ... or my imagination?

BTW, I too am starting to build a target list - images like this will help a lot!

Cheers, Marcus

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

This is not a criticism, but I can't help feeling that the stars should be somewhat tighter with an FSQ-106ED(?). Seeing, focus, processing bloat ... or my imagination?

I reckon it's the KAF-8300. I used to run a SX H-18 with my FSQ-106ED and the scope I share at SRO is also a FSQ-106ED with a QSI683 camera. Both set ups suffer from a degree of star bloat. Probably a combination of a fast scope, small pixels, shallow well depth and microlenses. My FSQ-106ED produces pinpoint stars with a KAI-11000 or KAF-16803.

Cheers,
Rick.

[dvj (John)]

Paul, you really had me fooled for a minute. I thought this image at first was from a much larger telescope. Well done!

jg

[atalas]

Paul sensational work on the nebulas nots!

[drdavekaplan]

What a beautiful shot of the whole area Paul
Such magnifiscent energy in the area
I can just imagine all the swirling stellar winds blowing at Hypersonic speeds
Lovely Shock fronts all over from the shear as Fast winds slam into slower interstial space
and massive great display of patience
Good one mate
Dave
South Africa
Across the pond