Magneficent Seven in the SMC

[Addos (Adam)]

NGC 267 and friends nestled in the northern region of the SMC. Lots of little treasures in the magellanic clouds!

HaHOORGB effort with around 33.5 hrs nb and 2 hrs rgb.

Higher res: https://www.astrobin.com/wdheix/

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow Adam, a veritable petry dish of SMC bacterial growth! ...very cool, look at all those stellar bubbles! Great effort

Mike

[Startrek (Martin)]

Adam,
Spectacular image rarely seen
Well done for effort alone
Glad you’re getting some sky time ( I’ve been at my Bortle 3 Site ( Dome ) for nearly 2 weeks and managed only 2 half nights plus cloud and showers for the next 5 days , bugger )
Cheers
Martin

[joshman (Josh)]

absolutely phenomenal. I never knew the SMC was this busy!

[gregbradley]

That's a terrific image Adam. Really well processed as well.

Greg.

[Addos (Adam)]

Thanks Mike!! I like the bacteria visualisation, very nice!


Thanks Martin! Indeed, a rare week of clear skies was a blessing and at this time of year and moon cycle there really wasnt anything other than the magellanic clouds to point the scope at - worked out alright! Best wishes for clear skies in your dark site, the BOMs crystal ball says this might be one of the better years for us on the east coast!


Thanks Josh! Indeed they are mate, and if you've got something faster than f7 there's alot more interesting stuff hiding in the wings


Thank you Greg!

[Dave882 (David)]

Amazing shot mate. Love how deep you’ve gone but still got that delicate detail. Great work!!

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Looks good Adam!
Maybe a touch dominant in Ha compared to this one?
https://www.astrobin.com/82hhxv/?q=
Cool choice of target & well framed.

[Addos (Adam)]

Thanks Mr Dave!! Somewhat deep... but a nice big reflector wouldve done this region even more justice I suspect!

Thanks Andy! Ahh gracias for the framing comment! I've finally embraced the less is more mantra and chopped out the parts of the NGC 292 region I got in the frame to focus on just this group.

I can see where you're coming from with the Ha dominance. The lots of blue in the star layer, which when re-blended with the narrowband muted alot of the fainter Ha and led me to a balancing act that I may not have gotten quite right. I think I told myself that because I could see black space regions in the very top left and right of the frame that I'd not pushed it too far Duly noted, thanks for the suggestion!

[matlud (Mathew)]

Really well done Adam!

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

That’s such good detail! And that comparison shot on AB, yours is even more impressive when that setup must be around $200,000?? Well done, esp with all those hours.

[Stephane]

Wow Adam, this is as good as it gets. Perfectly acquired and processed in my opinion. A real pleasure to look at. Great job!