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29-07-2011, 05:34 PM
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The floating Lagoon - AG12
Here is Last nights effort - especially for Marc
Taken under severe light pollution too
I was very surprised to be able to extract the faint blue curtain that envelopes the main nebula and the section below the nebula looks distinctly like a falling curtain or sheets of a water fall in front of the background stars - cool
This is an LHaRGB and processed to look as natural as possible
This scope is a light sucker...I can only imagine what it will do under dark skies
No crops this time just two versions:
Large version
Small version
100% resolution crop
Oh and here is Homer Simpson in the Lagoon
Cheers
Mike
Last edited by strongmanmike; 30-07-2011 at 09:56 AM.
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29-07-2011, 05:44 PM
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Whoa! Lovely vista and very natural colours.
Cheers,
Alex
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29-07-2011, 05:58 PM
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Very nice, Mike
I actually like the smaller version, the image appears brighter than the large version.
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29-07-2011, 06:06 PM
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What you can do with good equipment! Is that Ha as luminance. Usually Lagoons look too red. I like this rendition. The detail is life like. Amazing!
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29-07-2011, 06:16 PM
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Very nice image Mike, you must love that scope.
The colours are great and I really like how it has such a soft look while still brimming with details.
Even the little Hourglass is showing some features, that's not often seen in M8 images I think. Any chance of a high res crop of the Hourglass?
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29-07-2011, 06:16 PM
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That glow is magic.
Beautiful work.
H
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29-07-2011, 06:20 PM
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Good one Mike. You must be happy with that.
Super processing to retain that natural look.
Greg.
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29-07-2011, 06:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alexch
Whoa! Lovely vista and very natural colours.
Cheers,
Alex
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Yes the subject of my image here is a little more obscure than what you went for on that Tasco at a Palma but I like a challenge
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Originally Posted by renormalised
Very nice, Mike
I actually like the smaller version, the image appears brighter than the large version.
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See what you mean Carl but of course you can just shrink the large version in your browser to fit on your screen, this gives the best view
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Originally Posted by rcheshire
What you can do with good equipment! Is that Ha as luminance. Usually Lagoons look too red. I like this rendition. The detail is life like. Amazing!
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Cheers Rowland, yes nice gear is good to use but there are a whole gammut of processes and tribulations involved with using this large out in the open portable rig, it is no easy task getting to this final image
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Originally Posted by SkyViking
Very nice image Mike, you must love that scope.
The colours are great and I really like how it has such a soft look while still brimming with details.
Even the little Hourglass is showing some features, that's not often seen in M8 images I think. Any chance of a high res crop of the Hourglass? 
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Thanks Rolf... I tried to respect the light
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Originally Posted by Octane
That glow is magic.
Beautiful work.
H
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Ditto what I said to Rolf Humayun
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Good one Mike. You must be happy with that.
Super processing to retain that natural look.
Greg.
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Thanks Greg, all the effort is worth the result
Mike
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29-07-2011, 07:46 PM
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Noice!...  Amazing amount of details in the core's whispy bits and you've captured that blueish outer veil quite nicely. I've only got it under dark skies so quite an achievement under LP. Well done.
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29-07-2011, 07:54 PM
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Wow great result, how long were the subs?
Clear skies Ken.
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29-07-2011, 07:55 PM
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That is really natural looking and detailed.
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29-07-2011, 09:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SkyViking
Any chance of a high res crop of the Hourglass? 
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HI Rolf, I just posted a 100% resolution crop
The seeing as usual was pretty ordinary (I'm sick of it actually) but a bit of decon and mild sharpening shows a bit.
Mike
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29-07-2011, 09:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
Noice!...  Amazing amount of details in the core's whispy bits and you've captured that blueish outer veil quite nicely. I've only got it under dark skies so quite an achievement under LP. Well done. 
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Well if you didn't like it nobody would
Just posted a 100% res crop to show the inner details
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Originally Posted by Ken
Wow great result, how long were the subs?
Clear skies Ken.
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Thanks Ken, I used 5min subs on this one.
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Originally Posted by p1taylor
That is really natural looking and detailed.
peter
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Thanks Peter, that was my intention on this one, after doing mostly narrowband from my light polluted site I though I'd have a crack on a moonless night
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29-07-2011, 09:42 PM
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Getting that blue veil with light pollution is bragging, when dark skies finally make themselves available the contrast and depth could be staggering. Detail is vgood at 1.6"/pix it looks HiRes.
John.
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29-07-2011, 09:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Hothersall
Getting that blue veil with light pollution is bragging, when dark skies finally make themselves available the contrast and depth could be staggering. Detail is vgood at 1.6"/pix it looks HiRes.
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Cheers John, I just posted a 100% res crop.
Dark skies will be good for sure and hopefully some good seeing
Mike
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29-07-2011, 09:59 PM
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That really is something Mike. Natural, Colour everywhere, I love it.
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29-07-2011, 09:59 PM
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Yes amazing detail but perhaps a bit too blue in the central area but may be caused by that outer blue veil which you have to bring out because its so unusually strong.
John.
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29-07-2011, 10:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by desler
That really is something Mike. Natural, Colour everywhere, I love it.
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Cheers Darren, I am glad you think so, as after a number of narrowband images recently that was my brief on this one
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Originally Posted by John Hothersall
Yes amazing detail but perhaps a bit too blue in the central area but may be caused by that outer blue veil which you have to bring out because its so unusually strong.
John.
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My understanding is that this curtain of reflection nebulosity actually passes across the face of M8, so the central areas are indeed afected by this blue-ening  .
Mike
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29-07-2011, 10:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strongmanmike
".. so the central areas are indeed afected by this blue-ening  .
Mike
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Nah. Not convinced. To blue.. But 'purdy just the same
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29-07-2011, 10:49 PM
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Sweet !
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