NGC2035, NGC2014 and NGC2020 in Narrowband

[alistairsam]

Hi,

I've been slowly hacking away at this as I find it very intriguing and intend to add a lot more hours but thought I'd post my early attempts, noisy one at that!

I love Fred (Bassnut)'s version of this and followed the same method, LRGB -> Ha:S2:Ha:O3.
This one however has only 1 hour of Ha. hope to add more once I have a few clear nights.
10inchF4, STF8300M, NEQ6, Lodestar, Baader 7nm Filters.
Processed in Startools.

Ha - 3 x 20min bin 1x1
S2,O3 - bin 2x2

Larger version - http://www.astrobin.com/full/70803/0/

Comments welcome.

Alistair

[dvj (John)]

Very nice. I like the green.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Can't wait to see the final result Alistair, but what you've done so far looks awesome

Jo

[gregbradley]

That's a great image Alistair. These LMC nebs are a great source of imaging targets.

Greg.

[scagman (John)]

Looking really good Alistair.

Cheers

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice colours, Alistair. I'm also looking forward to the next installment

[alistairsam]

Originally Posted by dvj

Very nice. I like the green.

Thanks John, the green makes it look electric and that's what I like about it.
Lots of Red missing which is S2.

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice colours, Alistair. I'm also looking forward to the next installment

Thanks Rick, Hope it stays clear for atleast 3 or 4 nights.

Originally Posted by scagman

Looking really good Alistair.

Cheers

Thanks John

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a great image Alistair. These LMC nebs are a great source of imaging targets.

Greg.

yes Greg, There are so many interesting nebulae. I've been snooping around using the microsoft world wide telescope and there are quite a few interesting shapes to image.

you should try a few targets with your 16803.

Originally Posted by nebulosity.

Can't wait to see the final result Alistair, but what you've done so far looks awesome

Jo

Thanks Jo. Hope to get a smoother result. Its a very rich but faint area

Cheers
Alistair

[Astro_Bot]

In my best Richie Benaud voice ...

Super shot, that one. That's gone all the way to the boundary for four.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looking good so far Al, it's that donnut ring that looks the coolest

Mike

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Thats looking great Alistair, and those colours are really nice. Lots of intriguing details, and it's good to see those LMC nebulae being imaged.

[alistairsam]

Thanks for the comments Astrobot, Mike, Rolf.

I presume this is the donut you're referring to Mike, kinda reminds me of ... Mike Wazowski!!

We have 4 clear nights coming up, so can't wait to add a few nights of S2 and O3 and see what comes up.

This would look cool from a dark site, but I have to make do with my LP backyard.

Cheers
Alistair

[Shiraz (Ray)]

very attractive image Alistair.