M17 Horseshoe Nebula in Colour mapped narrowband

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Hi Guys

The weathers been good in Sydney lately, and about time.

M17 Horseshoe Nebula in Colour mapped narrowband
Ha:SII:Ha:OIII 140:50:140:50 min

Good data from relatively short (for NB) exposures.

http://fredsastro.googlepages.com/home

Enjoy
Fred

[duncan]

Another wonderful shot Fred. I always look forward to your posts.

Cheers,
Duncan

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

That's a ripper.

[sheeny (Al)]

Beautiful work Fred!

Al.

[glasseyes (John)]

Beautiful photos Fred.

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Awesome shot!

[Ric]

Hi Fred, your images are like works of art with such vivid colours.

Amazing stuff

[spearo (Frank)]

Very nice, amazing set up too looking at your website. Your pictures are truly like works of art as Ric said.
cheers
frank

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Thanks guys, glad you liked it.

Believe it or not, narrowband is easier to process in some ways because its so arbitrary and subjective. The "art" part is fun.

Cheers

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Fred, is a Modified Toucam capable of capturing images in similiar colours using a Narrow-band Filter?

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Hi Ken

Colour web cams have RGB filters right on the sensor, so it would be hard or impossible I think.

Some mono security video cams use IR illumination ,so would be sensitive to Ha (Jaycar does them too I think), I would imagine with a long exposure mod that would work well.

Cheers

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Ken

you might like to check Jim Thommes site..he has done a lot of amazing things with a modified webcam, using narrow band filters. Jim has moved on recently to a more advanced camera -an Artemis- but look at his archives for some examples of his work with a basic webcam and filters

http://jthommes.com/Astro/

Fred:

superb image-as we have learnt to expect from you

Narayan

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Thanks Narayan,

I am familiar with Jims site. He had a Toucam SC3.
I am only using an SC1.

I have never seen any Toucam shots on his site using a Narrow-band Filter.

I like his Artemis shots

[iceman (Mike)]

Another great shot, Fred! Lovely colours.

[Garyh]

Sure looks different in all that narrow band!!! very nice...nice gear too...drool...cheers

[atalas]

Great shot Fred!