Ngc 6357- the guts of the Crab

[richardo (Rich)]

Hi all,
getting further and further from good conditions as time
passes.
The Earth she's a changin'.


Any way,
this emission nebula is quite interesting with lots
of action happening.
With my fov, you won't see why it was nick named
'the Crab'.
I didn't bother with taking any red channel for the
compilation due to the weather deteriorating when
taking the colour. So it's a Lum/ Ha combine and Ha substituted for red with the green and blue channels for the rgb.
The moon was out when taking the blue channel so it is probably a little washed.

So a bit of artistic license here.
Overall though, it is an emission neb and the Ha/ red
wave length certainly dominates.
Here's a link to my front page....
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/

Thanks for taking a look.

All the best
Rich

[jase (Jason)]

Lovely work Rich. You've certainly acquired the essence of what this target is all about - deep reds, detailed twists and knots of nebulosity. All very pleasing. Well done.

[skeltz (Rob)]

Ah rico glad to see you have been out and about,the guts of the crab looks great,the reds remind me of rob gendlers style..good going

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

awesome image

[Matty P (Matt)]

Excellent image Rich, very well done.

[richardo (Rich)]

Thanks Jase, Rob, Seeker and Mat for taking a look,

Had fun with my computers out in the observatory.
Changed out the computer that controls my mounts motors and had to re-tune them to it.
Thought I'd miss the clearish night but just made it.

Ah yes, never a dull moment in my observatory...

Cheers
Rich

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by richardo

Ah yes, never a dull moment in my observatory...

Cheers
Rich

Ah well, at least you've got one

I think you need to move Rici, that weather in Streaky Bay sounds like Newcastles ie mostly crap.

Nice work none the less

The Helix on your site is pretty good BTW. Incidentaly, I nearly asked you for permission to enter this image in the DM awards:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...55503/original

It didn't make my final cut in the end but I recon we dun good on this one

Cheers

Mike

[bluescope]

I'd love to see this image Rich ... it sounds great but I still can't visit your site for some obscure reason. Each time I try IE just closes .... weird !

Maybe it's bloody Vista Home Premium's security crapp or something. Everyone esle seems to be having no problem. Maybe you can upload a small version of it to IIS so I can have a squiz.

[Dietmar]

hi Rich,

that one is terrific!
I like the kind of red in that nabula!
it is a bit of blood-red,...which touches my "surgical part" in my soul... (-:

[Garyh]

Nice Rich , very smooth and lovely colors.
A mosaic of this area would look Awesome!

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful image, Rich. Excellent detail.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Each time I try IE just closes .... weird !

Steve, get Firefox and ditch IE. IE is a waste of time.

[Tamtarn]

Great image Rich. Very smooth processing and the vibrant colour looks great.

[richardo (Rich)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ah well, at least you've got one

I think you need to move Rici, that weather in Streaky Bay sounds like Newcastles ie mostly crap.

Nice work none the less

The Helix on your site is pretty good BTW. Incidentaly, I nearly asked you for permission to enter this image in the DM awards:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...55503/original

It didn't make my final cut in the end but I recon we dun good on this one

Cheers

Mike

Hey Mike the man,
sorry mate, I know how you miss that ol' observatory of yours. Chin up.
I think the weather pattern is fickle everywhere.
I reckon if I moved inland to the pristine skies about 300kms north, Hughy (the rain god) would send me sh#t no doubt.

Should have asked about the image Mike, would have sent you the Tiff.
I reckon I remember you compiling this a while ago??
Looks good seeing our names along side Wolfgangs
I didn't put anything in the DM awards this year, so it would have been interesting!

Originally Posted by bluescope

I'd love to see this image Rich ... it sounds great but I still can't visit your site for some obscure reason. Each time I try IE just closes .... weird !

Maybe it's bloody Vista Home Premium's security crapp or something. Everyone esle seems to be having no problem. Maybe you can upload a small version of it to IIS so I can have a squiz.

Sorry to here of your probs Steve.
As mentioned, get rid of IE, nothing but a trouble magnet. I've used FireFox/ Mozilla for a few years now and have never had a drama with it.
I'll see what I can do with a small version for here, but it won't show the finer detail.

Originally Posted by Dietmar

hi Rich,

that one is terrific!
I like the kind of red in that nabula!
it is a bit of blood-red,...which touches my "surgical part" in my soul... (-:

Thanks Diets!!
Think you've been dabbling in peoples gizzards too long Diets.
Might be time to become a professional astro imager

Originally Posted by Garyh

Nice Rich , very smooth and lovely colors.
A mosaic of this area would look Awesome!

A mosaic Gaz, gol darn it son, it's hard enough getting a single pane let alone multiple....
You're a hard man Gary

Originally Posted by iceman

Beautiful image, Rich. Excellent detail.

Thanks heaps Mike.
Love the way Ha can make things look nice and dramatic!

Originally Posted by renormalised

Steve, get Firefox and ditch IE. IE is a waste of time.

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Great image Rich. Very smooth processing and the vibrant colour looks great.

Thanks for that Barb & Dave.
Didn't add any extinction factors, just straight out rgb ratio with my setup.
Was surprised how vibrant the Ha was, cause I only selected 8 subs to use for the red channel.


Thanks again all.
Nice to have one under the belt.
Has been an inconsistent run of late.

All the best
Rich