The outer shell of NGC 6164/6165 is really dim

[RickS (Rick)]

I'm up to 32 hours of OIII on this sucker and getting some nice detail but it's still really noisy at 1:1...

[troypiggo (Troy)]

So fluffy. That's going to be a cracker. WHen you hit 100hrs. :-P

[Dennis]

The interwoven festoons of nebulosity really give this a 3D look. Excellent work Rick, you’re obviously blessed with copious amounts of imaging stamina in your DNA!

Cheers

Dennis

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

So fluffy. That's going to be a cracker. WHen you hit 100hrs. :-P

Assuming I get to 100 hours the sad fact is that is that the SNR will be no more than 1.7677 times better. Thanks anyway, Troy

Originally Posted by Dennis

The interwoven festoons of nebulosity really give this a 3D look. Excellent work Rick, you’re obviously blessed with copious amounts of imaging stamina in your DNA!

Thanks, Dennis. I think I'm just too stubborn to know when to stop

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Wow that's truly impressive Rick!!

So much detail in the outer shell, never seen this before.

Cheers,

Justin.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Ain't nobody got time for that!

Very impressive Rick - how you manage these mega data sessions from your limited view of the sky amazes me!

DT

[Shiraz (Ray)]

cracking good image Rick.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Wow that's truly impressive Rick!!

So much detail in the outer shell, never seen this before.

Thanks, Justin.

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Ain't nobody got time for that!

Very impressive Rick - how you manage these mega data sessions from your limited view of the sky amazes me!

Just takes lots of nights and ACP, thanks David

Originally Posted by Shiraz

cracking good image Rick.

Thanks, Ray.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Looking good Rick! That's an extremely nice image.

Cheers

Steve

[dvj (John)]

Exceptional image, noise or not.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Wow that looks gorgeous! Some exceptional detail in those faint lobes. Excellent work Rick.
Any chance of a full narrowband colour image? With proper RGB stars of course.... At 32 hours per channel it'll be a quicky

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Steve, John & Rolf!

I have some Ha and RGB for stars already. No SII yet - I have a feeling it will take a lot of hours on that filter.

Cheers,
Rick.

[PRejto (Peter)]

I really look forward to the finished (if ever!) product. What you have already is amazing!

Peter

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

I knew something cool was coming Ricki, I knew it

32hrs on one filter ...Wowzers!...soooo, you recon long exposures work ..gotta get me this APC thingy (and dome rotation )

Like everyone else now, I await the finished product with much excitement

Mike

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Lovely detail in the outer cloud, those hours have really produced a beautiful image, well worth the effort.

Geoff

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Peter & Geoff.

Mike: I'll have to do 64 hours on the SII now. See you next year

Cheers,
Rick.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

wow, most impressive, serious exposure time paid off big time.

[atalas]

Awesome Rick!

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Fred & Louie.

[FranckiM06]

Beautiful image but what about your setup; camera, scope (refractor or reflector) and guiding or unguiding + mount !!! I think that I remember there is possibility to write the setup used in the signature.
Franck