ic5070 aka the Pelican

[Pierre]

Hello all,

here is a french north-east small suburbed Pelican .
8x10mn with 5nm Ha "magic" filter, using a '86 Epsilon 160+Audine Kaf 1603me for imaging and a fs60c for piggy-back guiding.

Pre and post-processing with Iris 5.52.

Dated 9-10-08.

Small size (201 Ko) : here

Full size (861 Ko) : here

I hope you enjoy it as i enjoy this first Ha imaging attempt

Clear skies.
Pierre.

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

absolutely terrible ! Pierre

i think you should go take the pictures again

well done mate - i like it

geoff

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow, that's quite stunning! Will you be adding RGB data?

[jase (Jason)]

Good control of the Ha contrast in this image. Could be a little more "punchy", but that's a personal preference. Some RGB would be nice, but I like it as is. Diffraction spikes and blooms...hmmm not on the top 10 fun things to deal with in processing - especially if the bloom removal algorithm performs a star rotation function to compensate. Thanks for sharing your efforts. Look forward to seeing more.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Pierre,

Beautiful work.

I do, however, agree with Jase, in that some contrast could really enhance the image.

Well done.

Regards,
Humayun

[Pierre]

Hi you all,

Originally Posted by jase

Good control of the Ha contrast in this image. Could be a little more "punchy", but that's a personal preference. Some RGB would be nice, but I like it as is. Diffraction spikes and blooms...hmmm not on the top 10 fun things to deal with in processing - especially if the bloom removal algorithm performs a star rotation function to compensate. Thanks for sharing your efforts. Look forward to seeing more.

Jase : thanks for comments... i am in search for a free and easy deblooming solution , MaximDL is quite expensive for this operation.
The rgb or narrowband pics should come with a new filter wheel.

Originally Posted by Octane

Pierre,

Beautiful work.

I do, however, agree with Jase, in that some contrast could really enhance the image.

Well done.

Regards,
Humayun

Humayun: thanks you also !

Originally Posted by iceman

Wow, that's quite stunning! Will you be adding RGB data?

Hi iceman, the rgb pics should come "nearly soon"... I.E. next year now, the nebula is down

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

absolutely terrible ! Pierre

i think you should go take the pictures again

well done mate - i like it

geoff

Geoff : thanks a lot, i take your advice in account

[multiweb (Marc)]

Tres bien

[atalas]

Hi Pierre

Love the detail and the contrast ! wonderful shot ....the blooming must of been a pain to deal with at the speed.

[Pierre]

Uh ! I am pleased to see that my pic is appreciated.

Thanks a lot !

Gonna show another one