The Milky Way in Ha

[gregbradley]

Its been a while since I posted an image.

This is the Ha component of a 6 panel Milky Way mosaic:

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...58657074/large

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...57074/original

It looks a bit like some of the storm cells we've had in Sydney during the last month.

Greg.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Fabulous Milky Way image Greg, the large scale loops and bubbles are very prominent in Ha. I've just got myself a Ha filter, freshly installed in the QSI filter wheel, so thanks very much for the inspiration! (now waiting for the obligatory clouds to clear...)

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! That's a pearler Greg. That lens is so sharp. Did a lot ha on the milkyway myself but never that good. Kudos to you.

[alpal]

That looks great Greg.

cheers
Allan

[IanP]

Wow, Greg, that is awsome !!!


Are you going to add RGB?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Excellent work Greg, you've taken a few MW panoramas over recent years with different gear and in different ways, you must know her very well now huh?

Great stuff

Mike

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Beautiful image, well done.

[John K]

That looks great Greg - really has a space / space art feeling to it with a heap of detail.

Also reminds me of some of the Technical Pan images from the 80's.

[pluto (Hugh)]

That's excellent, great work!!

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Thats just excellent Greg, high contrast with Ha, smart effort.

[hobbit]

That's a new perspective for me.

[RickS (Rick)]

That's lovely, Greg. The Giant Kiwi pops out nicely!

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Beautiful image Greg!

Jo

[suma126 (Shane)]

great image . I have too try this one day

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

Hello Greg,

This is a very well done image, nice clear data, with interesting contrasts. It's in fact a great reference image for us all. Thanks.

Steve

[atalas]

Splendid Greg.

[dvj (John)]

What they all said. Ditto.

jg

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Fabulous Milky Way image Greg, the large scale loops and bubbles are very prominent in Ha. I've just got myself a Ha filter, freshly installed in the QSI filter wheel, so thanks very much for the inspiration! (now waiting for the obligatory clouds to clear...)

Thanks Rolf. I have the LRGB for each panel as well just waiting for the marathon processing effort!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Wow! That's a pearler Greg. That lens is so sharp. Did a lot ha on the milkyway myself but never that good. Kudos to you.

Cheers Marc. Yes that Pentax 75mm is very sharp. I saw an image using this lens on the net and immediately bought one off ebay. Some of these Pentax 67 lenses are very good. The 55 is OK, the 165/2.8 is fantastic but a bit long for this type of shot.

Originally Posted by alpal

That looks great Greg.

cheers
Allan

Cheers Allan, I am glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by IanP

Wow, Greg, that is awsome !!!


Thanks Ian. Now the trick will be to keep that detail in the HaLRGB image.

Are you going to add RGB?

Yes I have LRGB ready to go.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Excellent work Greg, you've taken a few MW panoramas over recent years with different gear and in different ways, you must know her very well now huh?

Great stuff

Mike

I planned a DSLR marathon this year but alas did not go to my dark site. Definitely next year I want to do more DSLR Milky Way mega images.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Beautiful image, well done.

Cheers Slawomir. Your QSI690 would be handy for this sort of shot but it would need a wider lens.

Originally Posted by John K

That looks great Greg - really has a space / space art feeling to it with a heap of detail.

Also reminds me of some of the Technical Pan images from the 80's.

Thanks John. I know what you mean. It looks quite different in Ha and you see loops and objects galore. The Milky Way sure has a lot of stuff in it.

Originally Posted by pluto

That's excellent, great work!!

Thanks for that.

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Thats just excellent Greg, high contrast with Ha, smart effort.

Cheers Fred. Ha is a great way to view objects and brings out a different view for sure.

Originally Posted by hobbit

That's a new perspective for me.

Thanks. Yes it is a different look.

Originally Posted by RickS

That's lovely, Greg. The Giant Kiwi pops out nicely!

Giant Kiwi? Where's that?

Originally Posted by nebulosity.

Beautiful image Greg!

Jo

Cheers Jo. I have been fascinated with MW images since the very beginning of my doing astrophotography. I think I'll add more panels next Milky Way season to give more room around it.

Originally Posted by suma126

great image . I have too try this one day

Its quite cheap, just a lens like that (there are lots of good lenses in the 50mm focal length range) and an adapter.

Originally Posted by stevous67

Hello Greg,

This is a very well done image, nice clear data, with interesting contrasts. It's in fact a great reference image for us all. Thanks.

Steve

Thanks Steve, I am glad you will find it of use. It is handy to have a wide image to locate objects of interest.

Originally Posted by atalas

Splendid Greg.

Thanks Louie.

Originally Posted by dvj

What they all said. Ditto.

jg

Cheers Porshe/AP RHA-man!

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

I thought I had commented on this yesterday.

Very moody and really nice composition. I will be keeping an eye out for the final result.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Giant Kiwi? Where's that?

See attached crop, Greg. The Pipe Nebula is the head and beak.