I'm sorry for continual posting of various morphologies of this object. This is a Ha ( 3 hours ) combined with RGB ( 1 hour each ). It is my effort that I am pretty happy with given the learning curves I am going through even if it ( colour ) is all wrong and processing.
I had an experience today Ron if you read this. I showed a student the Ha and told them that it was known as the Swan nebula to which she replied where is the swan. I am still not really certain but think I can see more of the true shape now.
I think the Swan is a fairly subtle visual illusion - you've got way too much firepower there for it to come through. Maybe switch over to a 15" dob for the visual effect! (I could see it in dobs at the South Pacific SP ok)
Rob ,as I wrote in a post a couple of weeks ago a lot of astro imagers don't look through their telescopes,here is a classical example of a person not knowing what the Swan Nebula looks like
No disrespect to you Mark
This image gives a better idea what it looks like http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...se.php?a=78250
Mark don't apologise for reposting variations we (I) all do it
Keep at it this is showing a lot of promise
I have always thought it looked more like a duck than a swan, swans have long slender necks, ducks have shorter fater necks, like in your image. I guess "The Duck Nebula" doesn't quite have the same ring though
I have always thought it looked more like a duck than a swan, swans have long slender necks, ducks have shorter fater necks, like in your image. I guess "The Duck Nebula" doesn't quite have the same ring though
Oh here we go...didn't we get enough of this with that damn chicken!
Nice image Mark, Don't worry about which beast it looks like, I can never see the resemblance myself. To me it always looks more like a prawn with a shell... Ha blending is one hard job to get right and I struggle every time I try it. Easy enough using the Ha as a lum layer but harder blending it with the colour channels. Keep at it.
(I could see it in dobs at the South Pacific SP ok)
