Hi-Res Homunculus Nebula

[John Hothersall]

SPX350 F19.5+F30.6, Mintron12V6 (GStar-Ex), Astrodon filters.

Impressed with SkyVikings image of this supermassive star which erupted in 1843 and should have gone supernova but instead remained variable with a double cloud which we now see. Mass of this star is 100-150 solar masses and one of the largest mass stars in the galaxy known.

Used a TVx3 Barlow and then a 5xPowermate above roof and the 5xPowermate had issues with heat over roof but red turned out well with Ha. The TVx3 had no such isssues taken a night earlier.

F19.5 was 2000 x 0.24sec exposure for R and 1000 each for G B Ha.
F30.6 was 1000 x 0.32sec exposure for R G B and 350 x 2.56sec for Ha.

Stacked with Registax and processed in CS3.

Thanks, John.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

WOW awesome, brilliant image, thanks for sharing with us.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

f30?, insane, excellent nifty NF, very well done indeed.

[astroron (Ron)]

JOHN best amateur image of the Homunculus I have ever seen, just brilliant
Cheers

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

How cool is that.

[mill (Martin)]

That looks super,well done

[renormalised (Carl)]

Great shots, John

[Octane (Humayun)]

phw0ar, now that's extreme imaging.

Congratulations.

H

[h0ughy (David)]

congratulations on a fine result

[irwjager (Ivo)]

That's just plain awesome. Would love to see this one become IOTW!

[DavidU (Dave)]

A major result there John ! Kicking more goals.
Well done

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Nice work John

The long focal length helps with this object huh? bit like planetary imaging really and very seeing dependant.

There is a lot more ejecta and detail to be captured out in the darkness around the Homunculus but this an excellent mimick of the Hubble version, looks great

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Very nice images John. Heaps of detail, very cool colouring too.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

That is so awesome!!!!!

[tonybarry (Tony)]

Hello John,

That is one impressive result. I don't recognise the scope you used. What is its aperture? and is it a refractor or reflector or SCT?

Regards,
Tony Barry

[iceman (Mike)]

Now that's really great. Well done John!

[Lester]

Wonderful image John, thanks for the views.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Really well done. Top shelf!

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Such great work John with impressive details - and glad to hear my image can inspire others to try some extreme high res too.
It looks like you captured some of the fainter ejecta around the nebula as well, awesome. I've been wanting to redo my version of it and hopefully include these fainter areas as well. Your image is definitely inspiring so maybe I'll have another go soon
Thanks for sharing.

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Wow, that`s extreme, great work!

Cheers

Werner