Can you see Gabriela? (in Mapped Colour)

Brad Moore · #1 24-03-2006, 04:45 PM

Hello fellow IceinSpacers,

Here is my latest image of NGC 3324 - Gabriela Mistral Nebula. Can you make out her profile?

This one had a real short exposure time of 36 hours

and is by far the most difficult image I've ever processed to date, mainly due to the poor S/N in the OIII and SII channels.

http://www.southern-astro.com.au/gallery.php?PhotoID=16

Enjoy!

Brad Moore

davidpretorius · #2 24-03-2006, 05:00 PM

wow 36 hours!!!

easy to make out, but i am still reeling after thinking about how long you have to expose yourself for!!! and the camera too!

well done!

astroron (Ron) · #3 24-03-2006, 05:25 PM

Quite a beautifull image.in the realms: of the professionals, 36 hours is amazing.

Miaplacidus (Brian) · #4 24-03-2006, 06:53 PM

Fantastic images. 36 hours! (What's your diagnosis, Brad?

)

Thanks for posting them,

Brian.

h0ughy (David) · #5 24-03-2006, 08:05 PM

what the others said Brad, truely inspirational and awesome!!!! and yes if you cant see the image you need to see a shrink!

Striker (Tony) · #6 24-03-2006, 08:19 PM

Brad cant see anything mate...to be honest all I can see is loads and loads of spectacular detail.

Why stop at 36 hours....go for 12 months next time.

Time to give up I think....lol

Raydar (Ray Palmer) · #7 24-03-2006, 08:27 PM

Great shot mate.

How many hours per night did you expose for?

fringe_dweller · #8 24-03-2006, 09:26 PM

LOL yer i after I

ed it I could

http://www.astrosurf.com/antilhue/NGC%203324.htm
Awesome! your makin the dslr people ill mate! reminds me why I stick to the widefields

actually I would of named it after alfred hitchcocks profile if it was me

Brad Moore · #9 24-03-2006, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Striker

Brad cant see anything mate...to be honest all I can see is loads and loads of spectacular detail.

Why stop at 36 hours....go for 12 months next time.

Time to give up I think....lol

Trust me, I have method to my madness!

Here is what 12 hours looks like, as you can see mapped colour images are not very forgiving.

Cheers,
Brad

Brad Moore · #10 24-03-2006, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raydar

Great shot mate.

How many hours per night did you expose for?

Approx 5 nights.

Cheers,
Brad

Brad Moore · #11 24-03-2006, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

LOL yer i after I

ed it I could

http://www.astrosurf.com/antilhue/NGC%203324.htm
Awesome! your makin the dslr people ill mate! reminds me why I stick to the widefields

actually I would of named it after alfred hitchcocks profile if it was me

Hi Fringe Dweller,

Thanks.

It's a bit unfair compairing a mono, narrowband, 16bit astro camera to a single shot colour 12 bit camera.

I know because I have both. I love my DSLR just as much as my SBIG.

My wife like renaming all my images.

Cheers,
Brad

PhotonCollector (Paul) · #12 24-03-2006, 11:08 PM

That is an awesome image, I had never really taken notice of NGC 3324 previously. What made you decide to choose that object ?

Interesting colors. Did you say the Hubble palette ?

Paul

PhotonCollector (Paul) · #13 24-03-2006, 11:17 PM

Correction, I do know which nebula that is now. Here's a Film image I did back in 1997, then scanned from the print (fingerprints included).

Paul

Brad Moore · #14 24-03-2006, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhotonCollector

That is an awesome image, I had never really taken notice of NGC 3324 previously. What made you decide to choose that object ?

Interesting colors. Did you say the Hubble palette ?

Paul

Thanks Paul,

Only because it was in the right position in the night sky. Plus it's never really been imaged all that well.

Hubble is SII:Ha:OIII mine is OIII:Ha:SII. Hubble gives the profile a nice flesh colour.

Cheers,
Brad

Brad Moore · #15 24-03-2006, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhotonCollector

Correction, I do know which nebula that is now. Here's a Film image I did back in 1997, then scanned from the print (fingerprints included).

Paul

WOW, 1997 fine effort. What is that big cluster?

Cheers,
Brad

PhotonCollector (Paul) · #16 24-03-2006, 11:41 PM

The cluster is NGC 3293. Both the cluster and the nebula you imaged can been seen in the bottom right of the image I attached. Again this is an image scanned from a print in 1996!

There's a higher res. version here. http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc3372a.html

regards, Paul

gaa_ian (Ian) · #17 25-03-2006, 12:47 AM

Absolutly stunning Brad !
Who would of thought it is a part of the Eta Carina region

EzyStyles (Eric) · #18 25-03-2006, 03:26 AM

You have hubble in your backyard. That is a stunning pic Brad

Octane (Humayun) · #19 25-03-2006, 03:54 AM

Brad,

I am speechless.

What an incredible capture.

I am floored by the amount of time and effort you put into creating these masterpieces.

One day, I'd like to own equipment of the calibre you own! Throw in some skill, too.

Congratulations.

Regards,
Humayun

Raydar (Ray Palmer) · #20 25-03-2006, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Moore

Trust me, I have method to my madness!

Here is what 12 hours looks like, as you can see mapped colour images are not very forgiving.

Cheers,
Brad

Just trying to keep up with the terminology here.

Does "mapped colour image" basically mean a colour image taken with line filters?