The Wishing Well cluster

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Hi all, I have just uploaded an image of NGC3532, the wishing well cluster. It is an object very nice both visually and on images, thanks to the colorful members of the cluster and the rich Ha nebulosity that permeate the area. Here is the link:

NGC3532

Not a super-deep image, however a pleasant portion of sky

HaRGB composition, details are on the page.

Hope you will enjoy this one

Clear skies
Marco

[RickS (Rick)]

Very pretty, Marco!

[gregbradley]

Very nice Marco.

I love the way you handle Ha. I think you handle it the best of anyone.

Greg.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

That's gorgeous.

[TrevorW]

Nicely done Marco

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Nicely done Marco

Thanks Trevor!

Originally Posted by troypiggo

That's gorgeous.

Happy you like it Troy

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Very nice Marco.

I love the way you handle Ha. I think you handle it the best of anyone.

Greg.

Thanks Greg I always try to make the image looks as more natural as possible, it seems it works

Originally Posted by RickS

Very pretty, Marco!

Thanks Rick!

Clear skies
Marco

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looks great Marco, I have enjoyed this cluster in low power visual observing, nice to see it in a star field now
Mike

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

Wow that's pretty! My friends call this The Black Arrow cluster for the empty patch running right to left in this image with a vaguely arrow shaped head on the left hand side of the 'channel'.

Cheers,
Cam

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

Very nice definition like Greg said, a beautiful image. The Ha is very nicely presented.

Cheers,

Steve

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Magnificent!

[technofetishism (Nick)]

Lovely, Wishing Well is easily one of my favourite OC's to look at, and even more pleasent with H-a

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by technofetishism

Lovely, Wishing Well is easily one of my favourite OC's to look at, and even more pleasent with H-a

Thanks Nick !

Originally Posted by Larryp

Magnificent!

Opla' Larry, thanks!

Originally Posted by stevous67

Very nice definition like Greg said, a beautiful image. The Ha is very nicely presented.

Cheers,

Steve

Thanks Steve, it was not actually a difficult image to process, the Ha in the area is quite strong and part of the beauty of this cluster..

Originally Posted by LightningNZ

Wow that's pretty! My friends call this The Black Arrow cluster for the empty patch running right to left in this image with a vaguely arrow shaped head on the left hand side of the 'channel'.

Cheers,
Cam

Thanks Cam, I can see why your friends use this nick name

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looks great Marco, I have enjoyed this cluster in low power visual observing, nice to see it in a star field now
Mike

thanks Mike, I had a chance too to enjoy a visual view of this cluster when I was down under, pity our eye is not so sensitive to Ha to fully appreciate the richness of the area

Clear skies
Marco

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi Marco,

Spectacular colours in this image!
How much of these colours are apparent in your final image before processing?

Cheers,

Justin.

[atalas]

Beautiful work Marco,as always.

[LucasB (Lucas)]

Great stuff Marco!
Lucas

[RickC (Richard)]

another beautiful image Marco, I admire your work
Richard

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by RickC

another beautiful image Marco, I admire your work
Richard

Thanks Rick for the appreciation!

Originally Posted by AstroAussie

Great stuff Marco!
Lucas

Thanks Lucas

Originally Posted by atalas

Beautiful work Marco,as always.

Thanks Louie

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Hi Marco,

Spectacular colours in this image!
How much of these colours are apparent in your final image before processing?

Cheers,

Justin.

Hi Justin, thanks. Colors were already well defined in the original RGB, clearly I processed in a way to boost them, in particular on stars. The beauty of NGC3532 is the presence of several white/blue and yellow stars in the cluster and this makes it very nice. Ha color was boosted consistently by the addition of the narrowband image, having Ha (and OIII) taken with the specific filters and added to a RGB base has the great advantage to add a lot of evidence to those nebulosities without affecting the size of the stars If you interested to see the only RGB simply stretched I can send it in your mail

Clear skies
Marco

[multiweb (Marc)]

Love that field. Great colors and processing as usual.