NGC2264 - Cone and Fox Fur Nebulae in Ha

[Paramount]

Hi
This is a work in progress and I will be adding OIII and SII when work and weather allow. This was taken last night when there was a window of clear sky for a few hours. It is 8x30 minutes with a 5nm Ha filter, FSQ106ED and ML8300 on a Paramount ME. Auto guiding was via Lodestar and OAG using dithering. Only a combination of levels and curves were used in the processing, sky conditions weer fairly good apart from one break for clouds passing over head. I have tried this subject several times over the last few years with mixed success but have never got as far as doing all three channels, previous efforts can be seen in the image gallery on my website http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk
A full size version of this can be seen at the following link
http://www.pbase.com/imaging_the_hea...45723/original
I will post further progress as it happens
Thanks for looking
Best wishes and clear skies
Gordon

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice shot. Did this one the other night but didn't get enough data. Still noisy. Well done.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow, some great details in there Gordon, it is such an interesting area.

Mike

[allan gould]

Really excellent detail in that Ha shot and I like the framing as well. The O3 and S2 should bring it to life.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Lovely image, Gordon. Strangely enough I was trying the same object the other night with Ha and an ML8300. Too many clouds to get much data though. It is a great field.

[Ross G]

Great monochrome photo Gordon.

Sharp, detailed and amazing tones.

Ross.