The Large Magellanic Cloud in Ha and O111

gregbradley · #1 30-10-2013, 04:40 PM

I used a Pentax 67 300mm F4 lens for this one. I attached it to my FLI Proline camera and used the CDK17 as an autoguider!

Ha O111 bicolour 2 hours total.

Not an attempt at an APOD but it turned out allright though.

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...53146681/large

Greg.

Larryp (Laurie) · #2 30-10-2013, 04:54 PM

Nice one, Greg!

gregbradley · #3 30-10-2013, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Larryp

Nice one, Greg!

Thanks Larry. I was imaging with lenses at the time and thought I would try out this Pentax 67 300mm lens I had gotten some time ago but never used. So this is first light for it. It makes a cheap telescope!

Greg.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #4 30-10-2013, 05:24 PM

Looks alright to me Greg, it is such an awe inspiring object, hard to take a bad image of it anyway

This and particularly Johns latest version remind me so much of the Schmidt contact prints (ie 14" X 14" 1:1 copies) I found one night in the Oddie dome up at Stromlo back in the mid 80's

Mike

RickS (Rick) · #5 30-10-2013, 05:42 PM

Nice image, Greg. It's a busy FOV!

multiweb (Marc) · #6 30-10-2013, 06:24 PM

Very cool shot. How did you blend?

Bassnut (Fred) · #7 30-10-2013, 06:29 PM

Excellent Greg. Gaud, there's so many interesting blobs in there to image in NF.

IanP · #8 30-10-2013, 09:13 PM

Great shot and perfect processing!

Have you tried a script written in PixInsight called NBRGB (narrow band RGB)?

gregbradley · #9 30-10-2013, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looks alright to me Greg, it is such an awe inspiring object, hard to take a bad image of it anyway

This and particularly Johns latest version remind me so much of the Schmidt contact prints (ie 14" X 14" 1:1 copies) I found one night in the Oddie dome up at Stromlo back in the mid 80's

Mike

Thanks Mike. It amazed me how many tufts of Ha there are. John Gleasons recent shot is a fantastic reference for all those nebulas.

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Originally Posted by RickS

Nice image, Greg. It's a busy FOV!

It sure is. A lot going on.

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Very cool shot. How did you blend?

Ha red (O111 + Ha)/2 for green and O111 for blue.

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

Excellent Greg. Gaud, there's so many interesting blobs in there to image in NF.

There are some nice targets for your RCOS NB setup. Have a look at John Gleasons one. There is a nice nebula up at the right hand corner that is worth imaging. Also NGC1935 is another. I started imaging that in Ha quite some time ago and is an unfinished project.

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Originally Posted by IanP

Great shot and perfect processing!

Have you tried a script written in PixInsight called NBRGB (narrow band RGB)?

Thanks Ian. No I haven't. I have PI Version 1.7. I sent an email to PI about how to upgrade but it was ignored. The website is a bit of a mess and does not make it clear how you get the latest version. Very European that way.

Greg.

Rex · #10 30-10-2013, 10:10 PM

Beautiful Greg. Love the colours.

dvj (John) · #11 31-10-2013, 06:59 AM

Hmmmm, all in one shot! That's justs not right.

gregbradley · #12 31-10-2013, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rex

Beautiful Greg. Love the colours.

Thanks Rex.

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Originally Posted by dvj

Hmmmm, all in one shot! That's justs not right.

Yes the lazy man's mosaic tool - the Pentax 67 300mm F4 lens!

Greg.

broca (Steve Coates) · #13 31-10-2013, 12:37 PM

Nice use of the camera lens. Well done Greg!

IanP · #14 31-10-2013, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thanks Ian. No I haven't. I have PI Version 1.7. I sent an email to PI about how to upgrade but it was ignored. The website is a bit of a mess and does not make it clear how you get the latest version. Very European that way.
Greg.

This scrip is not part of the PixInsight core and should also work with V1.7.
You can download it from:
http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=3446.90
page7
zipname: NBRGBCombinationV1.5.zip

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #15 01-11-2013, 03:10 AM

It looks very nice to me Greg

Nice to see another image with the 300mm/PL16803, I kinda miss that lens for these wide fields

Clear skies
Marco

ourkind (Carlos) · #16 01-11-2013, 03:13 AM

Beautiful work Greg!

gregbradley · #17 01-11-2013, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by IanP

This scrip is not part of the PixInsight core and should also work with V1.7.
You can download it from:
http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=3446.90
page7
zipname: NBRGBCombinationV1.5.zip

Thanks Ian. I intend to upgrade to V1.8.

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Originally Posted by marco

It looks very nice to me Greg

Nice to see another image with the 300mm/PL16803, I kinda miss that lens for these wide fields

Clear skies
Marco

Its a good lens. This is the non ED lens version. It can get some nice widefields easily.

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Originally Posted by ourkind

Beautiful work Greg!

Thanks Carlos.

Greg.

Ross G · #18 01-11-2013, 11:15 PM

A beautiful, wide photo Greg.

Amazing detail!

Ross.

gregbradley · #19 02-11-2013, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful, wide photo Greg.

Amazing detail!

Ross.

The amount of Ha in the surrounds of the LMC is amazing.

Greg.

Paul Haese · #20 03-11-2013, 06:52 PM

Interesting look to this area. I don't mind the mustards. Is there some slight star elongation in the top right corner? In any event a great field of view of this entire region.