NGC 3324, Gabriela Mistral Nebula in Ha.

[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Hey guys. Been flat out at work again, but managed to sneak out on the odd clear night. Seeing was pretty good, but started to deteriorate towards the early hours of the morning. Imaged over two nights.

10 hours in total, 20 minute subs, with the QHY9, 2" HA filter, and RC10
Captured in Maxim, and processed in PixInsight.

I'd like to add colour and Luminous to it at some stage, some more narrowband would be good, but I don't have the filters

Astrobin file probably looks better, any suggestions which could make it better?

http://www.astrobin.com/full/92044/0/

Hope you like it!

Erik

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks pretty good as-is, Erik! I'd love to see a HaRGB version

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yep, nice job, this feature looks so cool in NB

Mike

[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks pretty good as-is, Erik! I'd love to see a HaRGB version

Thanks Rick, I will add some colour at some stage.

[MrB (Simon)]

This is very nice, love the 'silver-lining' look that some of these nebula's get.
This neb is a new one for me and I've just learned how it got it's name
Do you know what has caused the eggy stars in the lower left corner?

[Shiraz (Ray)]

lovely image Erik. Maybe rotate it 180 so her profile is more obvious? - it really is an uncanny likeness.

[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Originally Posted by MrB

This is very nice, love the 'silver-lining' look that some of these nebula's get.
This neb is a new one for me and I've just learned how it got it's name
Do you know what has caused the eggy stars in the lower left corner?

Thanks Not sure about the eggy stars, I guess collimation, or tilt somewhere would be the culprit? It's always only one corner, doesn't matter which camera I use?

Originally Posted by Shiraz

lovely image Erik. Maybe rotate it 180 so her profile is more obvious? - it really is an uncanny likeness.

Thanks Ray, yeah I see it now!

[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Rotated, you can really see the resemblance!

[dvj (John)]

A stunning Ha image of this object. Well done!

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Clear and sharp. Lovely detail.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Outstanding details in the ridge. Nice one.

[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Originally Posted by dvj

A stunning Ha image of this object. Well done!

Thanks John, the more I'm using the new CCD, the more I'm loving capturing in NB!

Originally Posted by rcheshire

Clear and sharp. Lovely detail.

Thank Rowland

Originally Posted by multiweb

Outstanding details in the ridge. Nice one.

Thanks Marc, I'm really happy with the detail, pretty clear and defined.