Apologies to Peter Ward for this one - for introducing me to this intruguing nebula with his wonderful rendition much earlier in the forum. I couldn't resist "having a look at it" one night in Ha from the city, and was tantalised by some of the loop structure that was visible.
Made time to collect some RGB data to try and get a colour rendition at the SPSP. I was still figuring out "how to do" Ha when this was collected in May, and Wiruna was the first chance I've had to stretch my legs with RGB on the QHY9. Rear hedge and weather frustrated attempts to get more Ha from Brissy, and seemed a shame to shoot Ha at Wiruna. Pretty happy with end result, and gives me confidence to push things further and deeper on future objects.
I was however a bit annoyed and the greeny brown hue around the glowing hydrogen and scratching my head until I looked more closely at Peter's and saw all the wonderful faint brown dust surrounding the field - that's what the greenie brown murk is in my effort if you're wondering...
HaLRGB 30:90:30:30:30 (all 10min subs no binning)
QHY9 on the Newt
Have included the original Ha too. Both the colour and Ha slightly cropped down to correct for alignment differences between nights.
Thanks for looking.
the soft look.. looks good and the colours are great with the stars really jumping out at ya.
