Now THAT'S what a geuine wavelength ordered emission line filtered image should look like great delineation between the wavelengths and looks awesome too
I agree, should be on a wall in some form, for sure
Mike
PS, although I looked haaaard, couldn't convince myself of any wavelet/decon worms
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Wow! The OIII looks like electric sparks going up a Jacob's Ladder - an entirely separate beastie to the H-alpha. Makes me think of sparks coming from the Emperor's fingers - "Only now, at the end, do you understand the true power ...". I had no idea. Rushed off to look at other similar images. There is an ESO shot that shows the same thing. The perfect supernova remnant. Brilliant!
I can see the bat very clearly. Face, eyes, wings, back legs, everything.
Now THAT'S what a geuine wavelength ordered emission line filtered image should look like great delineation between the wavelengths and looks awesome too
I agree, should be on a wall in some form, for sure
Mike
PS, although I looked haaaard, couldn't convince myself of any wavelet/decon worms
Thanks, Mike! There is a little decon but I'm very careful with it these days
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Beautiful work Rick. I agree with Greg and Mike - this composition would look great on metal and with a subtle light illuminating it at night
I think you are pushing the limits with this image scale too!
Thanks, Suavi! It's not as sharp as I'd like, that's for sure. DSW seeing isn't up to SRO standards and I didn't have enough data to be too picky. Still, the bright colours distract from a multitude of small sins
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Wow! The OIII looks like electric sparks going up a Jacob's Ladder - an entirely separate beastie to the H-alpha. Makes me think of sparks coming from the Emperor's fingers - "Only now, at the end, do you understand the true power ...". I had no idea. Rushed off to look at other similar images. There is an ESO shot that shows the same thing. The perfect supernova remnant. Brilliant!
I can see the bat very clearly. Face, eyes, wings, back legs, everything.
Thanks very much, M&T! The real impact of the image is all supplied by nature and has little to do with my processing.
Thanks, Suavi! It's not as sharp as I'd like, that's for sure. DSW seeing isn't up to SRO standards and I didn't have enough data to be too picky. Still, the bright colours distract from a multitude of small sins
I am sure you have a trick or two up your sleeve Rick and can perform some Pixinsight Magic to get the data exactly where you want it to be
Great image, my first impression is that is looks a lot like a Scottish Terrier. Other people will obviously see some other likeness, bit like looking at clouds.
Thanks, Fred! It looks like I was channelling Andy, but it's not tweaked a huge amount from a straight SHO combine
Well Obi-wan, this padawan is flattered by your comment but as always, you (and Fred) are the undisputed masters of this genre.
I love the UV 80's nightclub feel that this image evokes. Probably showing my age there but your electric colour palatte is quite unique on the veil imo.
I tried the veil last month from Nhill and managed just 1hr at 10 degrees over 2 nights so your investment in the USA location rig has certainly paid off in spades here.
I think you'll give JP Metsavainio a run for his money on this one as he too recently posted his version HERE
Yours however has gone to another level and deserves to be printed BIG!
Two teams, Mike The RCOS 14.5"/SBIG STX16803 and Rokinon 135mm/QSI683.
I'm not sure I need that much data but it'll be good processing practice if I ever find enough spare time.
Cheers,
Rick.
I'd love to see some results from that rig. How is the Rokinon? I hear good reports about it as a portrait lens but astro is demanding on a lens. No chromatic aberration and coma?
135mm on the micro 4/3rds size 8300 sensor would give a 2.0X crop factor so it wold be 270m full frame equivalent which is a quite useful focal length. That would take in the whole LMC in a single shot I think? Or most of it. F2 would be handy if F2 is free of coma and chromatic aberration. Rokinon/Samyang make some good lenses the issue mainly being trying to get a good copy.
great delineation between the wavelengths and looks awesome too 
The RCOS 14.5"/SBIG STX16803 and Rokinon 135mm/QSI683.
