M17 - the Omega Neb

[pmrid (Peter)]

This is my first image since I fractured a couple of discs inmy back. it's been 9 weeks since I did that, so a longish drought. And I had to limit myself tonight to get this much - it's just 6 x 5 minutes of Ha, OIII and SII with an artificial Luminance (SHO] added for good measure.

The major significance of the image is that when I busted my back I was sorting out a WO FLT110 I had bought and fitted with a new Moonlite with SX wheel, OAG and Astronomic NB filters but with one thing and another I hadn't managed to get it all together in time to actually image anything. So this is both a return to the observatory for me and the first light for the FLT110.

The camera is an ATIK 4000 (same chip as SXVRH16).
I am quite surprised by the sharpness of the images and by the extent of OIII that it seems to have taken in.

Any comments welcome.

Peter

[allan gould]

Excellent come back Peter with a great detailed image. Going to Astrofest or is that pushing it?

[RickS (Rick)]

Good to see you imaging again, Peter! That's a pretty good first light.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Martin Pugh]

Welcome back Peter and you've rebounded with a very fine image. As you say the sharpness is really good, and a sure indication of great focus.

well done
Martin

[Ross G]

A very good photo Peter.

It is very sharp and has nice detail.

Good luck with the comeback.

Ross.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Nice work Peter, good to see you up and around. Hope your back is holding up

Geoff

[RickC (Richard)]

Very nice image Peter, look forward to more images from this setup

Richard

[multiweb (Marc)]

Top shot Peter. Really sharp. Great field too.

[RobF (Rob)]

Plenty of detail and nice gentle NB palette. Top stuff, and glad to see you having fun again Peter.

[scopemankit (Chris)]

very nice image!

[Tandum (Robin)]

Great detail in there pete. Pull back the Ha to reduce the green and let the other colours come through. Might need more S2 but don;t they all

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's a pretty good image...for a lame imager

Maybe a bit green but still looks ok...what is it about green that seems to turn us off ....another colour convention perhaps

Nice work

Mike

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That's a pretty good image...for a lame imager

Maybe a bit green but still looks ok...what is it about green that seems to turn us off ....another colour convention perhaps

Nice work

Mike

Thanks everyone. Tandem and Mike both comment on the green (Ha). I find I hard to balance color in NB. It's probably because I am instinctively trying to process it to a palette that seems "natural". But of course, it is anything but.

The eye wants to be able to see the world bough RGB glasses I guess.
Peter

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by pmrid

Thanks everyone. Tandem and Mike both comment on the green (Ha). I find I hard to balance color in NB. It's probably because I am instinctively trying to process it to a palette that seems "natural". But of course, it is anything but.

The eye wants to be able to see the world bough RGB glasses I guess.
Peter

Ha is dominant becasue...well, there's more of it, simple, so if you assign it to green you get a greeny image, problem is our eye doesn't seem to like a green image so we can take heaps more SII(red) and OIII(blue) to help them catch up a bit oooooor manupulate the result in PS your choice

Otherwise if more green images got released and our eye's got used to it then green it would become

Mike