NGC 3603 in Carina.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,

Going through some old data and doing some repro's. I imaged NGC 3603 earlier in 2012, and wanted to see if I could improve on my earlier result.

I've supplied the repro and original for comparison, I'm improving that's for sure.
A revisit is in order, now I have cooling for the camera and can do longer subs.

Equipment.

Telescope 8" f/4 astrograph.
HEQ Pro 5 mount - orion mini guider.

Camera canon 1100D at ISO 800
15 x 5 minute subs - 9 darks - 9 flats - 9 bias.

Median stack in DSS, processed in Photoshop.

Cheers,

Justin.

[RickS (Rick)]

A big improvement. Well done, Justin!

[David Fitz-Henr]

Yep, definitely a big improvement! Much better colour balance and control, with some nice colour hues now evident in the nebula!

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Looks a lot better, Justin

[Forgey (Paula)]

Looks good Justin!

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

That's pretty good data on that faintish object Justin. For only a little over an hour, it looks great. Colour balance looks much better from the first.

Steve

[Sarge (Rod)]

Good job Justin, colour looks more natural.

Clear skies

Rod

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

You nailed the colours Justin - excellent repro!

Cheers, Marcus

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by RickS

A big improvement. Well done, Justin!

Thanks Rick!

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Yep, definitely a big improvement! Much better colour balance and control, with some nice colour hues now evident in the nebula!

Thanks David!

I'm happy with my progess in colour balance now, just have to sort a few things out with the stars and gradients.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Looks a lot better, Justin

Thanks Laurie!

Originally Posted by Forgey

Looks good Justin!

Thankss Paula!

Originally Posted by stevous67

That's pretty good data on that faintish object Justin. For only a little over an hour, it looks great. Colour balance looks much better from the first.

Steve

Thanks Steve!

Yes, I was surpised how it came out with the amount of data.

Originally Posted by Sarge

Good job Justin, colour looks more natural.

Clear skies

Rod

Thanks Rod!

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

You nailed the colours Justin - excellent repro!

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus!

Cheers,

Justin.

[Ross G]

Hi Justin,

Looks great.

Ross.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi Justin,

Looks great.

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Cheers,

Justin.

[Paul Haese]

Nice work Justin. The colouring on the reprocessed image is pretty nice. Star colours look great and the two nebula have that slightly different shade of red. That could be enhanced a little but not too much.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Hi Justin, I am assuming the first one (on the left) is the latest version..? if so, then yes excellent colouring It is a great nebula pairing for sure.

Mike

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice work Justin. The colouring on the reprocessed image is pretty nice. Star colours look great and the two nebula have that slightly different shade of red. That could be enhanced a little but not too much.

Thanks Paul!

I'm enjoying processing now and can't wait to get more images to work on. Still have a way to go on a few elements of processing, but I'm happy with my progess.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hi Justin, I am assuming the first one (on the left) is the latest version..? if so, then yes excellent colouring It is a great nebula pairing for sure.

Mike

Thanks Mike!

Yep one on the left, the one on the right was my first effort. Don't mind saying it was tricky for me to bring the nebula out of all the stars in this field.

Cheers,

Justin.