The Tarantula Nebula-Hydrogen Alpha and Oxygen

[batema (Mark)]

A strong Hydrogen Alpha emitting nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (one of our neighbouring galaxies) is located 160 000 light years away.

This image consists of 2 hours of Hydrogen Alpha data with 1 hour and 40 minutes of Oxygen data mapped as Ha O O in the RGB channels in Photoshop. I was just mucking around with this and have Sulphur data as well but kind of like this image. Stars are terrible.

Taken with my TEC 140 on an Astrophysics 1100 mount with SBIG 8300m and self-guiding filter wheel.

Link to high resolution image can be found here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134809...posted-public/

Mark

[RickS (Rick)]

Nicely detailed and interesting colours, Mark.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

HOO HOO HOO!

Is it already Christmas time?

Nice image Mark, and to my knowledge the first spider of this season

EDIT: Actually Simon caught the first one, so this is the 2nd spider

[astronobob (Bob)]

Awesome, really amaized at the wispy sharpness you have in this.
Grouse capturing & processing Mark !!!

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Feels like getting up close and personal with the spider. Plenty of good detail to wander around in. Thanks for sharing Mark.

[RobF (Rob)]

Top stuff, Mark. Fantastic rendition - getting the most from your gear there!