LMC 2014 2020 L-Ultimate

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Also NGC 1955 and others

The Large Magellanic cloud is full of exotic nebulae and Bok Globules
I managed 2 nights imaging this area, an offshoot of the Tarantula Nebula
8.5 hours in total all 600 seconds each
Optolong L-ultimate filter (no halos)
Ha luminance extracted using Astropixel Processor and RGB using Astropixel processor
Processed in Photoshop
TS-Optics 130 APO
riccardi 0.75 reducer
ZWO asiair
ZWO 294MC pro
Skywatcher NeQ6 mount
Large version here

[Kuz]

Nik truly a beautiful capture .mate

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's very good Nik, what a menagerie of nebulae it is, lots of cool details and interesting colour palette too, nice work

Mike

[Phillip_Kidd (Phillip)]

Brilliant image Nik. So much fine detail. Well done!

[Startrek (Martin)]

Nik,
Looks black clipped ( only joking !!! )
Excellent image , some really good detail exposed
Nicely processed too
That filter is a winner !!
Well done you must be very pleased
Martin

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Thanks everyone
The beauty of the filter is no halos so one less processing step to worry about.
Also the moon was half full and high in the sky from most of the night when it was very warm last weekend. So very happy how it turned out.

[Kuz]

Unhappy they don't come in 1.25 inch size . Cant fit the 2 inch in my current filter wheels

[RyanJones]

Hi Nik,

What I’ve often admired in your images is how natural they look. This one is no exception. On my screen I had to warm it up slightly as it had a touch too much blue tinge but as far as detail and structure goes I really like it. Nice work again
.

Cheers

Ryan

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Hi Ryan
On my screen the black is neutral, if anything I thought it was slightly and I mean a minuscule magenta. This on my Mac Cinema display.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Originally Posted by Kuz

Unhappy they don't come in 1.25 inch size . Cant fit the 2 inch in my current filter wheels

ZWO make a 1.25 adapter you could try

[Kuz]

Thanks nik . Sure to check it out. More money . Diffently will be pointing the esprit 120 at this .

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Originally Posted by Kuz

Thanks nik . Sure to check it out. More money . Diffently will be pointing the esprit 120 at this .

Sorry mate i misread your question
Im tired

[Dave882 (David)]

That’s stunning mate. Especially in the big version there’s just so much to take in! The contrast and definition is beautiful - that filter really looks like a great asset for osc imaging.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Thanks Dave, first and only outing so far as Melbourne is back to Melbourne.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

That's an excellent image Nik! very nicely done!