NGC6334 Narrow Band

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

More playing with the QSI683 last night - with the moon near full I decided to try my first attempt at some narrow band imaging. I went for the cats paw again so I can play with some Ha blending using my previous LRGB data.

This image is 1.5 hrs of Ha, and 1 hr each of OIII and SII (all 10 min subs) mapped as SIII (R), Ha (G), OIII (B).

The Ha data was a lot stronger than the other two so I'll probably try to get some more OIII and SII tonight.

I'm quite pleased with it as my first NB image.

Comments welcome.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Reckon that's pretty awesome. This NB is a whole other ballgame, hey. How did you end up blending them?

[kepp]

I like this alot

[Dennis]

Hello, Peter

Well, that’s one of the larger “Cat’s Paws” images that I’ve seen – quite an impressive image scale. The detail in the top right “lobe” is quite tantalising – nice work Peter!

Cheers

Dennis

[RickS (Rick)]

A very nice image for your first NB, Peter!

[Ross G]

Great photo Peter.

Congratulations on your first NB image...I still don't have the courage!

Amazing detail.

Ross.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Well done, looks great for a first go at NB

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Reckon that's pretty awesome. This NB is a whole other ballgame, hey. How did you end up blending them?

Thanks Troy. It certainly needs long exposures - probably a couple of hours per filter. I blended SII/Ha/OIII as RGB using PS and then used levels/curves to even up the histograms.

Originally Posted by kepp

I like this alot

glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by Dennis

Hello, Peter

Well, that’s one of the larger “Cat’s Paws” images that I’ve seen – quite an impressive image scale. The detail in the top right “lobe” is quite tantalising – nice work Peter!

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks Dennis. That top right lobe has been the benchmark for me on this object - there is so much going on in that region. It is interesting to compare what is revealed in the NB vs LRGB image.

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Originally Posted by RickS

A very nice image for your first NB, Peter!

Thanks Rick. It is another steep learning curve.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great photo Peter.

Congratulations on your first NB image...I still don't have the courage!

Amazing detail.

Ross.

Cheers Ross. Just gotta get that guiding working well and the rest is easy!

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Well done, looks great for a first go at NB

Thanks Geoff.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

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Thanks Dennis. That top right lobe has been the benchmark for me on this object - there is so much going on in that region. It is interesting to compare what is revealed in the NB vs LRGB image.

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The top right lobe in the NB looks completely different to the top right lobe in the LRGB (they're mirrored)

[allan gould]

Great capture Peter. Is there something going on on the right hand side of the image? looks like some light creep or other (Moon?). But a really great first NB and very sharp and detailed.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well maybe not purrrfect pete ...but excellent for a first go at this dark art, wait and see what you come up with from now on...it's like Luna Park

Mike