Astrofest IC1340

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

First time I've really given this target a proper go. This image is 31x10min LRGB. Probably needed a bit more through the green and blue filters to do it justice.

Big version here:
http://astrob.in/52499/

Comments welcome.

[h0ughy (David)]

wow thats so deep the stars are almost overwhelming the nebulosity

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's such a shame that there are so many stars in that region. You could really crank it up otherwise.
Lovely work though.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

That's a nice image Peter, it's very hard to stretch that nebula with all the stars in that region, good effort

[bokglob (Darrell)]

Nice Peter. I think the colour is fine. Your imaging fairly low on the horizon, so maybe some extra blue Well done

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

wow thats so deep the stars are almost overwhelming the nebulosity

Thanks for the comment Dave. I've had a go at reducing the stars in the lastest version.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

It's such a shame that there are so many stars in that region. You could really crank it up otherwise.
Lovely work though.

Cheers JJJ - how does the new version look?

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

That's a nice image Peter, it's very hard to stretch that nebula with all the stars in that region, good effort

Cheers Geoff. It sure is busy in that part of the sky.

Originally Posted by bokglob

Nice Peter. I think the colour is fine. Your imaging fairly low on the horizon, so maybe some extra blue Well done

I agree Darrell - not used to imaging that low and the blue was difficult to bring out.

Here's the new version:
http://astrob.in/52499/B/

[Ross G]

Great capture Peter.

Ross.