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Originally Posted by Ric
Hi Rich, that is a wonderful image in my books. You have picked up some nice fine detail within the nebula and the colours look great.
Hope your weather conditions improve for you to collect more data.
Cheers
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Hey there Ric,
thanks for the nice comments
I was happy with the data the red channel picked up which I guess is more in the Ha band wave length.... but still am hoping to actually get some Ha to put this baby to rest for at least another year.
My astro mate Rob (aka rpsastronomy) and I are actually drinking the evening into clear skies, which has worked many times in the past... still the coastal swell is up and it's onshore winds that amount to crap....
Cheers
for that
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Nice work Rich, this is really good.
You are clearly in similar weather conditions to me by the sounds of it. I never truly understood your rantings in the past when I lived in Canberra, I believed you but just didn't appreciate the hardships you were going through..I do now though! 
I like your choice of colour balance on this Helix although it appears just slightly green on my moniter (have I said thisto you before..?  ) and it is interesting to compare this rendition to the one I did with our combined data.
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...55503/original
Mines more blue/red (probably not all that natural really but I seem to be drawn to that colour sceem for some inane reason?  ). The addition of Ha clearly brings out more detail in the nebulosity though huh?
I admire your tenasity and I am with you in spirit when ever you are struggling with the blasted coastal elements now
By the way, when I was at your site looking at the Helix I noticed the NGC 6744 image - it's a beauty mate! Yeh every image just about could do with more data but I like your colour balance on this one, nice work again!
Yours in conditions missery
Mike |
Good on ya Mike,
I too like your attitude of making the best of things when it's really pretty average conditions
As my astro buddy in the seat beside me, with beer in hand... pre curser to his Wild Turkey's.... Rob aka(rpsastronomy) has pointed out, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going"
I did and still do complain about some of these conditions near and almost on the coast... and your conditions are very similar because you get some good surf in Newie as we get here in Streaky Bay...
As for the Helix, it's always been a bone of contention colour wise.... some have it blue (generally with the old Kodak chips), and with the Sony chips(more green)... but I seem to find that other objects look pretty good with my rgb weights as I have it... just this begger... I'd like it perhaps a bit more blue, but I'm going with what I have...
Thanks a heap for your comments on my Ngc 6744, I did like the way it turned out too.... perhaps a little on the crunchy side, but as you and I like it that way, I didn't intervene with noise reduction.
Chin up old chap, your in good company with others on the coast....
It's good to see some comparisons of what it's really like in the higher climes compared to us at sea level.
Going up that extra few hundred feet certainly will illuminate the coastal crap that seems to plague us beach dwellers.
Still as Rob said,.... aaaahhhh, he can't remember... you know why, he's started on the Wild Turkey's....
Good on ya Mike, have always enjoyed imaging with you even though we are living half a continent apart...
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Originally Posted by Dr Nick
Wow! Nice pic! I love the helix! |
Thanks Nick...
One of my favourites too, although a hard object to do real justice to.
Cheers guys....
Gonna suck a few more tubes...
Hope your having a good one too..
All the best
Rich
oh, and Rob of corse
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