NGC 346 -Repro added - Narrowband bi-colour

[LucasB (Lucas)]

Hi everyone,

First image I have posted in a while. It is of NGC 346 in the SMC which is quite small and dim at 8' x 5' and Mag 10.0. Thought I'd go with a sort of modified hubble palette.

Telescope: RC10 CF with 0.67x astrophysics reducer
Camera: Atik One 6.0
Mount: NEQ6 pro (belt mod)
Guiding: Atik OAG with QHY5L-ii
Frames: 9 x 1200s 7nm Baader Ha, 9 x 1200s 8.5nm Baader OIII
Date : 27-28/10/15 , full moon

Original
http://www.astrobin.com/full/223120/0/

Repro
http://www.astrobin.com/full/223120/B/?real=&mod=

C&C welcome
Thanks for looking,
Lucas

[Paul Haese]

The detail is impressive Lucas. Feathery wisps can be seen ever where.

[Flugel88 (Michael)]

Interesting target and looking pretty good for a full moon

[RickS (Rick)]

A nice transparent look to it, Lucas.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Thats looking great!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Unlike its big brother the LMC, there is not much wowyness on offer in the LMC but this is a lovely image of the best bit Lucas, restrained natural processing too, nice.

Mike

[Atmos (Colin)]

Quite a nice capture, I love the golden filaments Some great detail in there.

[gregbradley]

That's quite nice. You got some good detail there. You could try doing some decon on the red master to help with the registration there.

Greg.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Lovely job. Very sharp and detailed. Nicely processed.

[LucasB (Lucas)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

The detail is impressive Lucas. Feathery wisps can be seen ever where.

Thanks Paul. When I first stretched the data I was really happy with the detail in this target.

Originally Posted by Flugel88

Interesting target and looking pretty good for a full moon

Thanks Michael. I may add some extra data when I get a chance.

Originally Posted by RickS

A nice transparent look to it, Lucas.

Thanks Rick. I love it when a nebula has that gaseous look.

Originally Posted by Andy01

Thats looking great!

Thanks Andy!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Unlike its big brother the LMC, there is not much wowyness on offer in the LMC but this is a lovely image of the best bit Lucas, restrained natural processing too, nice.

Thank you Mike. I was inspired by your IC5332 shot when I saw the detail you achieved with your image scale. I am glad it has that natural look as that was what I was going for so grateful for the feedback.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Quite a nice capture, I love the golden filaments Some great detail in there.

Thanks Colin. I was very happy with that golden colour also. The mapping seemed to work well.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's quite nice. You got some good detail there. You could try doing some decon on the red master to help with the registration there.

Appreciate the feedback Greg. I did notice that the Ha data did have larger FWHMs than the OIII so I will have another go with a bit of decon.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Lovely job. Very sharp and detailed. Nicely processed.

Thanks Mike and Trish. I am glad you liked it.

[LucasB (Lucas)]

I have added a repro of this image with a little decon on the Ha data as Greg suggested and I thought I would up the OIII contribution just a tad.

Lucas

[RickS (Rick)]

A nice improvement, Lucas.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

gee thats different, excellent work!.

[LucasB (Lucas)]

Originally Posted by RickS

A nice improvement, Lucas.

Thanks Rick!

Originally Posted by Bassnut

gee thats different, excellent work!.

Thanks Fred! I am also becoming a big fan of narrow field work. The targets are a bit more unusual and results are rewarding.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Keep coming back to this one and thinking what a good result it is.