Monkey Head Nebula

topheart · #1 13-04-2020, 10:05 AM

I hope you are all well and safe.

NGC 2174 in Orion.

https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Nebula/i-qf4stGw/A

Some old data, but I have more recently taken a lot more , with narrow band, so I will process it soon.

Cheers,
Tim

gregbradley · #2 13-04-2020, 10:34 AM

Love it. Great image Tim. You are lucky you can image both southern and northern objects. Can you get M31 from your location?

Greg.

topheart · #3 13-04-2020, 10:58 AM

Thanks Greg,
M31 gets up to just over 30 degrees in altitude in August/September up here.....

multiweb (Marc) · #4 13-04-2020, 01:33 PM

Nice one Tim. Good details and beautiful colours.

Andy01 (Andy) · #5 14-04-2020, 11:26 AM

Nice Monkey Tim - well done!

Peter Ward · #6 14-04-2020, 05:36 PM

To quote Magda (aka Sharon).....Noooice, rooly rooly noooice

That's a yes from me

topheart · #7 17-04-2020, 10:28 AM

Thanks very much everyone who commented.
Cheers,
Tim

codemonkey (Lee) · #8 18-04-2020, 12:02 PM

Very nice, Tim. Lovely colour!

Phil Hart · #9 19-04-2020, 05:55 PM

That's very nice Tim.

How many hours in there? Bit of a tease telling us you have lots more data but only presenting the old stuff! Look forward to seeing what you've added.

cheers!
Phil

Placidus (Mike and Trish) · #10 19-04-2020, 09:41 PM

Not often imaged. Well done! Lots and lots of detail there, and the face of the monkey leaps out.

topheart · #11 20-04-2020, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Placidus

Not often imaged. Well done! Lots and lots of detail there, and the face of the monkey leaps out.

Thanks M + T !

topheart · #12 20-04-2020, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by philiphart

That's very nice Tim.

How many hours in there? Bit of a tease telling us you have lots more data but only presenting the old stuff! Look forward to seeing what you've added.

cheers!
Phil

Hi Phil,
Thanks. There's around 18 hours of RGB data there.
Sorry about the tease....I am trying to process the newer stuff now with Ha and O3, but I am having trouble calibrating the subs as the darks taken around the time are leaving black specks in the data....I will keep sorting it out.
Cheers,
Tim

topheart · #13 21-04-2020, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by codemonkey

Very nice, Tim. Lovely colour!

Thanks Lee!

topheart · #14 21-04-2020, 04:21 PM

I have now done a HaO3RGB version.

https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Nebula/i-5LfMgPv/A

Unfortunately, the colour has become a bit washed out now.I will keep working on this.

Cheers,
Tim

strongmanmike (Michael) · #15 14-05-2020, 01:33 AM

Well, you weren't monkeying around there were you Tim?

Nice job, look forward to seeing it with the added data.

Mike

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #16 14-05-2020, 02:40 PM

Awesome image Tim!

topheart · #17 15-05-2020, 09:11 AM

Thanks very much Marcus and Mike!
Cheers,
Tim

PeterSEllis (Peter) · #18 15-05-2020, 10:32 AM

A nice one for your collection Tim, its as good as it gets.