another narrowband SHO swan

[alocky (Andrew lockwood)]

After seeing Marcus's excellent set of images from early in the week I thought I'd put up a very different looking SHO from my own setup.
This is the first multi-night integration from my new observatory in suburban Perth. All up there's 15 hours through the Ha, S2 and O3 5nm Astrodon filters. Subs were 10 and 15 minutes long.
Processing in pixinsight, using Rick's colourmask script to knock the magenta halos down a bit.
Scope - a trusty 10" f4.5 Starfinder awaiting replacement.
Mount - ASA DDM85
Camera QSI683
full resolution here:
http://www.astrobin.com/254134/B/
All comments welcome, what I've noticed is there seems to be many ways to skin this particular swan! I also wonder if my O3 and S2 filters are in the wrong positions in the filterwheel...
regards,
Andrew.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

You've got a really nice dataset there Andrew! However, you have indeed swapped SII and OIII. This is an OHS palette, not the SHO palette. Not my cup of tea colour-wise but others may like it. I checked by swapping SII and OIII channels in my image.

Cheers, Marcus

PS: here's what it looks like if I swap the channels in your image.

[alocky (Andrew lockwood)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

You've got a really nice dataset there Andrew! However, you have indeed swapped SII and OIII. This is an OHS palette, not the SHO palette. Not my cup of tea colour-wise but others may like it. I checked by swapping SII and OIII channels in my image.

Cheers, Marcus

PS: here's what it looks like if I swap the channels in your image.

Thanks Marcus! I've swapped them over and had another go. I really like your combination of O3 and Ha, so I might have a go at that as well.
here's the higher res of SHO.
http://www.astrobin.com/254134/C/

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by alocky

Thanks Marcus! I've swapped them over and had another go. I really like your combination of O3 and Ha, so I might have a go at that as well.
here's the higher res of SHO.
http://www.astrobin.com/254134/C/

Now your talking Andrew! I leaned towards the gold and turquoise motif with mine with moderate success - there's not a lot of turquoise to be had.

[gregbradley]

Looking very nice there Andrew. I like the framing you've chosen.

Greg.

[alocky (Andrew lockwood)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Looking very nice there Andrew. I like the framing you've chosen.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, I'd like to say it was a conscious choice, but I typed in the coordinates and that was the framing of the first test image. I liked the look of it and let the sequence go. It was the first real test of the automation, mount and the new dome, and its probably the best image I'll take for a long time :-)
Cheers,
Andrew.

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work, Andrew!