Tarantula with colour.

[batema (Mark)]

Hi,

Colour added. Taken last Saturday night (thankyou Paul for that lovely dark sky) through a Williams Optics Flt 110. Guided with PHD and stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop. Camera was a QHY-9 at -20c.

Three hours worth of Hydrogen Alpha and 40 minutes of RGB (taken last night). The subs were 15 minutes each and had 12 before I had to quit of Ha and 5 minutes for RGB 2x2 binning. I do not have any darks for this time frame so used my darks for 10 and 20 minutes as well. My processing skills need work. I wish I could do a course.

Comments welcome.

Mark

[Ross G]

Hi Mark,

A very nice photo. The colour gives it a 3D look.
I also like the colours in the surrounding stars.

Thanks
Ross.

[RobF (Rob)]

Its got more oomph than any tarant I've ever managed for sure - must be all that Ha. Great shot Mark!
Bit of rotation or curvature in the corners my only comment if I'm going to be picky?

[leinad (Dan)]

Originally Posted by batema

Hi,

Colour added. Taken last Saturday night (thankyou Paul for that lovely dark sky) through a Williams Optics Flt 110. Guided with PHD and stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop. Camera was a QHY-9 at -20c.

Three hours worth of Hydrogen Alpha and 40 minutes of RGB (taken last night). The subs were 15 minutes each and had 12 before I had to quit of Ha and 5 minutes for RGB 2x2 binning. I do not have any darks for this time frame so used my darks for 10 and 20 minutes as well. My processing skills need work. I wish I could do a course.

Comments welcome.

Mark

Good job.

If you are interested I recommend Ron Wodaski and Adam Blocks DVD Tutorials.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great details in there Mark. Ha lum will kill all your colors though. I find Ha, HaOiii, Oiii works well to bring all the blues in a bi-color rendering. If you shot RGB as well you might want to stick a little Ha in the green and boost the blues see how it turns out. Top work though. I'd be drooling if I ever got a spider that good.