Fire Horse

[oska (John)]

While I _should_ be concentrating on my observatory build I can't help but play with the new toys (OO-oo shiny!). I seem to be on a lucky streak (hope this doesn't jinx it) whereby people have essentially "given" me some great toys. Today's "might as well be free" is an ASI1600MM (Thanks Steveo!) and a set of Antila LRGB-SHO (OK Bintel wont play the give John stuff game, but I still <3 them)

So todays "why make it easy on yourself" is an HaLRGB of a poorly framed (just testing) Ol' Horsey in the cane fields.

Eon 85
ASI1600MM + Antila LRGB + 3nm Ha
EQ6R
NINA & PI

30x60s R,G,B
180x30s L
28x300x Ha

LRGB on 3/11 - 74% moon
Ha 4/11 - 83% moon

Tips, tricks and criticism most welcome.
Thanks for looking.

[Crater101 (Warren)]

The colours really jump out at you, even as a thumbnail. Very vivid and eye-catching. My compliments!


(Never say you're on a lucky streak...in my experience, it attracts calamity)

[oska (John)]

Thanks Warren, yeah I know what you mean about calamity but I feel I must acknowledge the generosity of others who have been so kind.

[xelasnave]

I have been trying to post a comment but my internet is playing up...however this is now my fourth attempt and each time I look at your image the better it gets for me...a wonderful image that reflects the dedicated investment you have made onto astrophotography...you have done well and can be proud of your excellent result.
I do feel there is more detail to be extracted from the right side of your image but as to getting it out I am not sure.
Alex

[xelasnave]

Dup

[oska (John)]

Thank you most kindly Alex. I'm lucky to be able to focus on astro and I'm having so much fun doing it. I actually got (kinda) what I was after in the planning. Well almost, I'm confident can fix the back focus/tilt issue and the saturation is almost APOD worthy

[xelasnave]

But little more effort is required..I suspect you are spending time with your family and indulging other similar distractions that are only going to interfere with your progress ... But it is up to you if you can't focus entitely on the job.
Further I understand you now have at least one other set up and I can only wonder why you are limiting yourself
to only one rig ... there is no time to lose ... And why havent you completed your observatories?
Now get on with it.
So what other images do you have?
Alex

[Doogs38 (Alex)]

Lot's of lovely detail in there John; in the flaming curtain behind the singed horse and in the small nebula below too - very noice. Also - mono - that's noice too and congrats on the new toys. Alex

[oska (John)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

But little more effort is required..I suspect you are spending time with your family and indulging other similar distractions that are only going to interfere with your progress ... But it is up to you if you can't focus entitely on the job.
Further I understand you now have at least one other set up and I can only wonder why you are limiting yourself
to only one rig ... there is no time to lose ... And why havent you completed your observatories?
Now get on with it.
So what other images do you have?
Alex

I've got the favourite son home from galivanting around the globe so we can kill 2 birds there. If I had a more youthful constitution I would astro all night and build all day, but alas I must curtail my "youthful" exuberance or the obs will never get done. Besides I've got the the new G11 in the living room and it easily the best artwork in the house. I'm sure the dear wife will be glad to not to be pestered endlessly "Isn't it the most beautiful thing?", she might be getting jealous of all the adoration it gets , I know the dog is already.

Originally Posted by Doogs38

Lot's of lovely detail in there John; in the flaming curtain behind the singed horse and in the small nebula below too - very noice. Also - mono - that's noice too and congrats on the new toys. Alex

Cheers Alex, I must say I was thrilled with the detail that popped out after such little time, after ignoring the technical mistakes of course. I'll pretend I framed it to get the curtain in but it really was a matter of being too lazy to go fix it, just testing. When I added in the Ha it was already over saturated (for mine) but I managed to redo the stretch and mask the OMG RED! with Bill Blanshan's pixel math stuff and give that a sho/hoo "tweak" (BB again) to make it orange and then dial back the saturation. A dark structures enhance to sharpen the horsey. A quick ezStarReduction to de-emphasise the wonky stars a bit. Done.
I followed a few lukomatico tutorials as to how to do the LRGB and then used the NBRGB Combination script to bring in the Ha. Initial combination - no curves: