Running chicken nebula

[jahnpahwa (JP)]

Hi guys,


Here is my first pic outside of the beginners area. Presumptuous, I know, but I'm proud of the framing i achieved and happy enough with my processing. Looking for as much feedback as possible!


Here is the astrobin version:

https://www.astrobin.com/tnpsgv/?nc=user



long story short, this is a tic over an hour in each SHO in 45s, unguided subs. Processed in dss and gimp, taken with a william optics z81 with 0.8 flattener-reducer on an heq5pro.


Cheers,

JP

Edit: just noticed a little blue bubble near left top corner... I wonder if its a planetary nebula? I will research. (update, its PK 294-0.1, apparently )

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

nice chook JP, well done.

cheers

[jahnpahwa (JP)]

Thanks heaps, Russell, I appreciate it mate

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice color separation, details and excellent star profiles.
Got it in my widefield too. It's gotta be some kind of planetary bubble.

[jahnpahwa (JP)]

Cheers, Marc!

A star profile is the shape of the star, the colour, the sharpness of its edge, if they dominate the nebulosity too much? Or a combination of those? I'm really just editing with a general aesthetic in mind, but it'd be nice to have some goal posts along the way!

JP

[multiweb (Marc)]

A star profile is the distribution of the luminosity of the star over its width not as much as its shape although it can also be related. Nice and bright core in the center with a gradual fall off do the edges.