LDN1622 in Orion

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #1 13-03-2014, 11:09 PM

Hello everyone, I just posted a new image of an object that comes from that "mine of wonders" that is the constellation of Orion : D

LDN1622 is a beautiful dark nebula that floats above a sea of stars and has the funny (but appropriate) nickname of Boogie man nebula.

LDN 1622

This one is deep HaLRGB composition taken during severa nights.

I am very happy with the result and the nebula turned out even prettier than expected, in particular thanks to the contrast between the dusty areas and the Ha. As usual the full resolution is available by clicking the appropriate button at the bottom right .

Enjoy and comments / criticisms are welcome as usual

Clear skies
Marco

strongmanmike (Michael) · #2 14-03-2014, 12:32 AM

Another lovely image from the cellars of la casa di Lorenzi...even looks like wine too

You are right Marco, Orion is full of these interesting mixed regions...must get the 16803 chip back on the AG12 at some stage....

Mike

Octane (Humayun) · #3 14-03-2014, 01:38 AM

That is beautiful beyond words.

Wow.

I treasure your posts, Marco.

H

Harel_Boren · #4 14-03-2014, 05:10 AM

Breathtaking !!!
... and one of my favorite objects too

Cheers,
Harel

Peter.M · #5 14-03-2014, 05:38 AM

Great image Marco! I wish I got to add colour to mine earlyer in the year.

gregbradley · #6 14-03-2014, 07:22 AM

Gee you find some interesting objects to image. I have never seen this one before. I really like how you blend your Ha. I think you are the master of that and do it better than others. You'll have to share your secret recipe of herbs and spices there.

1 minor comment - framing. If the object were a tad to the right you would have a nice diagonal line going on and when I look at it, it makes me kind of wish it were moved a touch to the left. It looks like it would be a hard object to frame though because no doubt its very dim so hard to see the full extent of how it is going to look from focus images.

Greg.

Peter.M · #7 14-03-2014, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Gee you find some interesting objects to image. I have never seen this one before.
Greg.

You have imaged it Greg. Maybe not at this image scale.
http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/136480540

alpal · #8 14-03-2014, 08:34 AM

Hi Marco,
that's an excellent result & it's so delicately processed.
I checked others on a Google search and yours is right
up there with the very best.

cheers
Allan

Paul Haese · #9 14-03-2014, 09:28 AM

Nice work Marco. I like the blending and colour. Well done. Detail is nice, though I think a few more nights would certainly add to the background smoothness.

SkyViking (Rolf) · #10 14-03-2014, 04:43 PM

Fantastic work as usual Marco

The entire scene is looking great, and those cometary globules are spectacular. And I actually like that the image has just a hint of noise left in the dark areas, it makes it 'real' so to speak. One can see that you've gently squeezed out every detail that was there.
Great job and thanks for the view.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #11 14-03-2014, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter.M

You have imaged it Greg. Maybe not at this image scale.
http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/136480540

Well spotted Peter...Greg was imaging so much then he probably forgets quite a few exotic objects that were in his frames

Mike

Bassnut (Fred) · #12 14-03-2014, 05:21 PM

Excellent Marco, youve made a dark nebula really pop unusually for ....well a dark nebula. Different.

atalas · #13 14-03-2014, 07:34 PM

Full res looks great!well done again Marco.

Tony_ (Tony) · #14 14-03-2014, 09:08 PM

Another superb image Marco! I love these images of less common objects.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #15 14-03-2014, 10:00 PM

Beautiful image as usual Marco!

Steve

gregbradley · #16 15-03-2014, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter.M

You have imaged it Greg. Maybe not at this image scale.
http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/136480540

Thanks Peter. So I have. Yes that is a cool object I remember being excited about a new interesting object to image. Its definitely worth a solo image.

Good object choice Marco (you are very good at that!).

Greg.

Peter Ward · #17 15-03-2014, 10:04 AM

A very pretty image....just superb, as usual Marco!

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #18 16-03-2014, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Another lovely image from the cellars of la casa di Lorenzi...even looks like wine too

You are right Marco, Orion is full of these interesting mixed regions...must get the 16803 chip back on the AG12 at some stage....

Mike

Thanks Mike

I suppose with a fast telescope (and enough exposure

) you would get lots of more details on the dust!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

That is beautiful beyond words.

Wow.

I treasure your posts, Marco.

H

Thanks H

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harel_Boren

Breathtaking !!!
... and one of my favorite objects too

Cheers,
Harel

Thanks Harel!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter.M

Great image Marco! I wish I got to add colour to mine earlyer in the year.

Thanks Peter, still time to do it, in few months

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Gee you find some interesting objects to image. I have never seen this one before. I really like how you blend your Ha. I think you are the master of that and do it better than others. You'll have to share your secret recipe of herbs and spices there.

1 minor comment - framing. If the object were a tad to the right you would have a nice diagonal line going on and when I look at it, it makes me kind of wish it were moved a touch to the left. It looks like it would be a hard object to frame though because no doubt its very dim so hard to see the full extent of how it is going to look from focus images.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, in fact framing would have been "perfect" a tad more on the left, as you pointed out. I had some constrains due to the guiding star and in fact I also did not expect the dust do develop so much to the left (that is north), however it is still ok (I could perhaps crop a bit the right corner, leaving less Barnard loop in

)

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Marco,
that's an excellent result & it's so delicately processed.
I checked others on a Google search and yours is right
up there with the very best.

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan, glad you liked it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice work Marco. I like the blending and colour. Well done. Detail is nice, though I think a few more nights would certainly add to the background smoothness.

Thanks Paul and yes, even more data on luminance would have further helped to reduce the noise on the faintest part of the dark nebula.. perhaps next year..

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Fantastic work as usual Marco

The entire scene is looking great, and those cometary globules are spectacular. And I actually like that the image has just a hint of noise left in the dark areas, it makes it 'real' so to speak. One can see that you've gently squeezed out every detail that was there.
Great job and thanks for the view.

Thanks Rolf

Definitely I tried to get all useful data out of this mage but a bit longer exposure on L would have helped.. without going with the 120 hours of your image

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Excellent Marco, youve made a dark nebula really pop unusually for ....well a dark nebula. Different.

Thanks Fred! For a narrow band lover this is a great compliment

Quote:

Originally Posted by atalas

Full res looks great!well done again Marco.

Thanks Louie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony_

Another superb image Marco! I love these images of less common objects.

Thanks Tony!