Thor's Helmet in BiColour

[alistairsam]

Hi,

Had a crack at thor's helmet last night with average seeing.
This is 2 hours of Ha and O3 mapped as LRGB-> O3.Ha.O3.O3

Ha - 6 x 10min
O3 - 6 x 10min

10inch F4, STF8300M, Baader 8nm Filters, NEQ6, Lodestar.
Processed in Startools.

I may have pushed the saturation a bit too much, but I can't make out the amount of stretching or colour on my laptop. so suggestions welcome.

Larger version here - http://www.astrobin.com/full/71085/0/

Cheers
Alistair

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Nice work Alistair, as you say maybe a little over saturated, but it still looks a good image.

[alpal]

Another good Thor's Helmet.
Makes me want to image this target.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Another good Thor's Helmet.
Makes me want to image this target.

Me too! Somehow this one has escaped me.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Very nice sharp detail Alistair. The colour mapping you've used is a good one. It gives quite a natural look. I've often used it as well.
Saturation looks OK to me, but I usually push it fairly hard myself
Geoff

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's come out pretty well Al and I don't think the saturation is too high at all, colour is good and detail not bad either

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Very nice, Alistair!

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Beautiful image Alistair! I like the saturation too, not overdone at all I think. Seems the 10" scope is working well!

[scagman (John)]

Really nice image Alistair.

Your stars look a bit too red to me. Otherwise great image.

Cheers