For the true pareidologist, the bulk of the image can be seen as a turtle swimming up the page, with IC1274 as it's head.
But for us, the pride and joy is the yabbie shell, side view, head up, clearly visible and brilliantly transparent, at about seven o'clock. (We recently went on a successful yabbie hunt at our neighbour's dam.).
Also visible immediately to the right of the yabbie's head is a magnificent black dragon in silhouette, facing to the right, and just a little smaller in angular diameter than the uncooked crustacean.
The chelonian is so much bigger than the dragon that we can only assume it is A'tuin the World Turtle itself.
One can stretch the image a bit to wring out some detail in the blacks, but it spoils the romance of the other features.
H-alpha (3nM), 3 x 1hr. Aspen CG16M on 20" PlaneWave. GoodLook 64.
Very nice, looks like the cookie monster munching away, mmmm must have cookies!
Cool framing guys
Thanks, Andy. We can see him. Spread the crumbs! Spread the crumbs!
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
Now that's a nice Ha shot with great framing and I get most of the references too. Is there going to be colour?
Cheers
Steve
Thanks Steve. Hoping to do OIII tonight. Should look quite different to the H-alpha.
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Originally Posted by RickS
Love the detail in the threads of dark nebulosity, M&T!
Hi, Rick! Thanks. One wonders what turbulent physical processes corral the dust into those inky streams, billabongs, black trails of smoke. Quite different to the huge ocean of thick black dust that chokes out the light to top and left of the image, and forms the smooth and sharp edge around the toe.
Nice high res with fine detail...good job....I think you've gone a bit far on the darkest bits though, to the point where there've lost depth.Still,a great shot and looking forward to seeing colour added.
Nice high res with fine detail...good job....I think you've gone a bit far on the darkest bits though, to the point where there've lost depth. Still,a great shot and looking forward to seeing colour added.
Thanks, Louie. You've made a fair point. The data are still there in the broad "sea" of dark in the high res version - if you download it you can stretch it up, though it's not very informative or rewarding and spoils the look. But you are right that the "rivers" are over-cooked. That was an intentional artistic trade-off but perhaps we'll go a bit easier in the colour version.
Cheers, George. The 2.5 tonne permanent pier 1.8 metres into rock makes fiddling with polar alignment a thing of the past for us, the dome prevents wind buffet up to about 60 KPH, the zenith sky is pretty black at Euchareena, and the 16803 has deep enough quantum wells except for really bright things like the Hourglass. We do sometimes use half-hour subs just so we get at least 3 subs in each channel on a single night - enough to do statistical data rejection.
Drop dead gorgeous! Never seen it that close before. 
and looking forward to seeing colour added.
green with envy.
