NGC6188 Narrowband Repro

gregbradley · #1 25-05-2013, 09:22 PM

I took this image about 6 weeks ago at my dark site under excellent seeing and conditions.

AP140 F7.5, PMX.

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...50386022/large regular

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...86022/original large

Greg.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #2 25-05-2013, 10:11 PM

Excellent Greg, I like it, can be such a cool looking field in narrowband,

....and the composition looks veeeery familiar, those fighting dragons look fierce

Funny, our resolutions look about the same too and I was using a 12" and you a 4.5" shows how crap my seeing was in Newcastle...perhaps I should shoot it again now that my conditions have improved

...and I have an observatory now too

..well nearly

Great job mate

Mike

troypiggo (Troy) · #3 25-05-2013, 10:12 PM

That's luuuurvly. Like the colour choices, and that you got the planetary bottom right.

Larryp (Laurie) · #4 25-05-2013, 10:12 PM

That's superb, Greg!

gregbradley · #5 25-05-2013, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Excellent Greg, I like it

....and the composition looks veeeery familiar

Funny, our resolutions look about the same too and I was using a 12" and you a 4.5" shows how crap my seeing was in Newcastle...perhaps I should shoot it again now that my conditions have improved

...and I have an observatory now too

..well nearly

Great job mate

Mike

Yes it is quite a wide field and as you say an interesting comparison. The seeing was good and the PMX was humming so tracking was superb.
Then again if you did the same with good seeing and your dark skies you would get an even better image. It certainly is NGC6188 season right now.

Greg.

David Fitz-Henr · #6 25-05-2013, 11:42 PM

That's really nice Greg; great detail in there and I like the colour palette that you used!

RickS (Rick) · #7 26-05-2013, 12:17 AM

Nice treatment of the area, Greg!

peter_4059 (Peter) · #8 26-05-2013, 06:53 AM

Really like the composition Greg. Nicely done.

multiweb (Marc) · #9 26-05-2013, 08:39 AM

Great color palette. Nice details too.

Something's up with the blues though they look a bit muted in the stars. Star profile are a little flat. No gradient in the disc.

gregbradley · #10 26-05-2013, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

That's really nice Greg; great detail in there and I like the colour palette that you used!

Thanks David. I tried a few times to get the colour right.

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Originally Posted by RickS

Nice treatment of the area, Greg!

Cheers Rick.

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Originally Posted by peter_4059

Really like the composition Greg. Nicely done.

Thanks Peter. I was happy with the performance of this little scope.

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Great color palette. Nice details too.

Something's up with the blues though they look a bit muted in the stars. Star profile are a little flat. No gradient in the disc.

Thanks Marc. The stars were something I had attention on during processing. I intended to shoot some RGB for the stars last trip but did not get the chance. I'll work on them some more. Unfortunately that means going back a fair way in the processing chain but I think its worth it. As you know the original stars are purplish with that palette. I don't think I got the formula just right on the stars yet.

Greg.

LewisM · #11 26-05-2013, 09:09 AM

Evocative imagery.

Just something wonderful about the contrast of fluorite

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #12 26-05-2013, 09:28 AM

That's a corker Greg! Well done!

Cheers, Marcus

jase (Jason) · #13 26-05-2013, 01:28 PM

Fantastic work Greg! I adore this area of the sky in narrowband. You've certainly done it justice. Marc has a keen eye, I noticed the blue channel too. OIII is suppressed due to the overall SII cast. Raising the black point by 31 counts on the red channel in photoshop using levels begins to restore this. I'd be inclined to colour combine or rework clipping masks again to determine if there is a better way (than levels) to achieve the task. Well done. More please...

DJT (David) · #14 26-05-2013, 05:50 PM

Fantastic image, love the detail in the planetary as well as the rest of course and a very nice pallet. Top job

batema (Mark) · #15 26-05-2013, 06:16 PM

Beautiful image Greg. Great work.

gregbradley · #16 26-05-2013, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

Evocative imagery.

Just something wonderful about the contrast of fluorite

Yes I think so too Lewis. Its hard to put your finger on sometimes but I believe it is there.

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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

That's a corker Greg! Well done!

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus!

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Originally Posted by jase

Fantastic work Greg! I adore this area of the sky in narrowband. You've certainly done it justice. Marc has a keen eye, I noticed the blue channel too. OIII is suppressed due to the overall SII cast. Raising the black point by 31 counts on the red channel in photoshop using levels begins to restore this. I'd be inclined to colour combine or rework clipping masks again to determine if there is a better way (than levels) to achieve the task. Well done. More please...

Cheers Jase. You might be onto something there. I'll be doing more work on this one. Thanks for that.

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Originally Posted by DJT

Fantastic image, love the detail in the planetary as well as the rest of course and a very nice pallet. Top job

Thanks David. I was happy with the overall look. That little planetary is a worthwhile target all by itself.

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Originally Posted by batema

Beautiful image Greg. Great work.

Thanks very much.

Greg.

astronobob (Bob) · #17 26-05-2013, 10:29 PM

What a supurb Image Greg, Totally astounding colour & detail mate

Luv ta have that on my wall ! !

Ross G · #18 26-05-2013, 10:54 PM

A great looking photo Greg.

The detail is amazing!

Ross.

niharika · #19 27-05-2013, 12:23 AM

You just inspired me to point the scope somewhere else Greg. The FOV is just awesome from this combo. Would love to see you add more data to this at some stage.

gregbradley · #20 27-05-2013, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by astronobob

What a supurb Image Greg, Totally astounding colour & detail mate

Luv ta have that on my wall ! !

Thanks Bob. I knew NGC6188 looks best in narrowband from other posts here. And my little TEC packs quite a punch.

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Originally Posted by Ross G

A great looking photo Greg.

The detail is amazing!

Ross.

Thanks Ross. I was very happy with the data as it came off the camera.

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Originally Posted by niharika

You just inspired me to point the scope somewhere else Greg. The FOV is just awesome from this combo. Would love to see you add more data to this at some stage.

Thanks Niharika. It is a wide FOV. More data is possible next trip.

Greg.