IC2944 Running Chicken now APOD

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Hi Guys

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140305.html (edit:the link changed, ah well, yesterdays pic already)

The Boks are interesting .

IC2944 Nebula (click for big) in Narrowband Ha SII HA OII mapped as LRGB.

Taken on an RCOS 10" RC Scope at f9, SBIG STXL6303E Camera and PME mount at itelescopes Siding Spring Observatory.
Processed with CCDstack, Star Tools and Photoshop.
44 off 3nm Ha subs 40min each bin1. 19 off OIII 3nm subs 40min each bin2. 20 subs SII 3nm 40 min subs each bin. 54 hrs Total.

Cheers and thanks for looking .
Fred

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks great, Fred. Love the details and the colours.

Also really jealous because the weather here in Brisbane has been complete crap for the past few months

Cheers,
Rick.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

That is quite spectacular awesome 3D ish ness to it


Jo

[h0ughy (David)]

I love it and it even has stars!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DJT (David)]

[RobF (Rob)]

Gosh that's 3D looking Fred. Those bok globs seem to be floating right there in front of you, ready to condense and explode

[John Hothersall]

That is just a glorious sight processed to give wonderful depth.

JohnH.

[gregbradley]

A remarkable image Fred. Perhaps your best?

That object to the left of the Bok looks like a dog with a bone. Maybe we should call it the "dog with a bone nebula". That's got a down home Aussie flavour to it.

Very Hubblesque.

Greg.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Awesome work Fred!! Definitely one worth crowing over mate!
And 54 hours?! That's nowhere near enough - show a bit more commitment man!

Cheers, Marcus

[Peter.M]

I particularly like the purple hues

[DavidU (Dave)]

That's a ripper Fred

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Well, I'm just on the IPad (original) and this image looks amazing. Great colours and remarkable depth. Look forward to checking it out on the PC tomorrow.

Well done Fred

[Peter Ward]

Fantastic. Love the three-dimensionality.

Well done Fred

[alpal]

Hi Fred,
Fantastic picture - it should be presented for an APOD.

I looked at the original size:

http://fredsastro.smugmug.com/Photog...-1/i-BhZGZzg/O

I would have left a bit of noise in it but maybe you
had so much data that it really is noise free?


cheers
Allan

[Spookyer (Brett)]

Looks like a work of art!

[Astro_Bot]

Wonderful picture, Fred. I thought you'd missed a decimal point when you said "54" hours, but you weren't kidding!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

I think you have produced an excellent and very appealing colour scheme on this one Fred. The detail and grandeur of the image is very apparent and has a nice 3D feel ...I think this is probably the best of your mega hour close ups of late

My only sliiiight quibble is that the stars lack some intensity and look a little dull, I think the iamge would pack (even) more punch if the stars were intense points...Have to say though, and particularly viewed at X3-Large size it looks bloody fantastic mate

Oh and as Marcus says...why'd ya stop at just 54hrs

Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Fantastic image, looks like a scene from Avatar!
Just stunning, well done!

[niharika]

That's just too good for me Fred

[dvj (John)]

Apod!