NGC7822 in narrowband

[RickS (Rick)]

NGC7822 aka SH2-171 or, if you prefer Cederblad 214, is an emission nebula found at the border of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. The usual story of hot, new stars carving out pillars of dust and gas

Data was provided by Paddy Gilliland as a north vs south swap and processed by me in PixInsight. Approx 30 hours of SHO data captured with a Borg 125 scope and QSI683 camera and Astrodon 3nm filters.

My favourite crop: http://www.astrobin.com/full/252573/B/
Full field: http://www.astrobin.com/252573/0/

Hope you enjoy it. Feel free to point out any processing flaws

Cheers,
Rick.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Such a fascinating and dusty region! Fantastic field, particularly love the black voids

[h0ughy (David)]

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[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Super image Rick. Love the colours.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Colin & Houghy. The northerners have some good stuff too

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Reminiscent of the Dementers from Harry Potter, those black dust clouds are pretty amazing.
Very busy field though, the eye doesn't seem to have a central point of interest/focus to rest on.
I'm only on my iphone but here the colours and detail look amazing!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Super image Rick. Love the colours.

Thanks, Peter! I resisted the temptation to take out all the green and after a few days sitting on it I think it was a good choice.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Reminiscent of the Dementers from Harry Potter, those black dust clouds are pretty amazing.
Very busy field though, the eye doesn't seem to have a central point of interest/focus to rest on.
I'm only on my iphone but here the colours and detail look amazing!

Thanks, Andy. There is certainly a lot going on especially with all the dark nebulosity.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Reminiscent of the Dementers from Harry Potter, those black dust clouds are pretty amazing.
Very busy field though, the eye doesn't seem to have a central point of interest/focus to rest on.
I'm only on my iphone but here the colours and detail look amazing!

Edit: The widefield version on Astrobin looks great!
Would you condider rotating it 90* clockwise for balance?

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Edit: The widefield version on Astrobin looks great!
Would you condider rotating it 90* clockwise for balance?

I did rotate the crop and it does work well with the full FOV too, thanks Andy.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Gee nice one Rick, beautiful field with some lovely colour going on there and that network of inky black shapes is driving my, shall we saaaay..vivid, imagination wild..I see animals, people and aliens

Mike

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Beautiful image Rick, love the colour pallet.

Cheers Geoff

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Gee nice one Rick, beautiful field with some lovely colour going on there and that network of inky black shapes is driving my, shall we saaaay..vivid, imagination wild..I see animals, people and aliens

Thanks, Mike! How do you perform in a Rorschach test

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Beautiful image Rick, love the colour pallet.

Ta, Geoff!

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Ahhh! Nice.
Like multiple versions of the pillars of creation all wound together in a single image.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by RickS

... I resisted the temptation to take out all the green and after a few days sitting on it I think it was a good choice.

Yes it was! Excellent processing Rick - beautifully balanced and nuanced colour.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Ahhh! Nice.
Like multiple versions of the pillars of creation all wound together in a single image.

Thanks, Rodney. It's a very interesting and detail rich object.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Yes it was! Excellent processing Rick - beautifully balanced and nuanced colour.

Thanks, Marcus. I'm slowly learning not to hammer the colour into complete submission

[lazjen (Chris)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Feel free to point out any processing flaws

As if!

Great job, very good image.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by lazjen

As if!

Great job, very good image.

Thanks, Chris.

[Paul Haese]

Great image Rick. Love the colour, detail and smoothness.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Thanks, Mike! How do you perform in a Rorschach test

Let's say it would be a long test.....