Running Chicken & friends, mosaic.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #1 18-01-2014, 09:30 AM

Hi,

I was going through some data from 2013 and realised I had enough to do a mosaic of IC 2948, IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula, Gum 39 & Gum 41.

There is three panels, and quite a few wedges of sky I had to blend in,
Anyway, here's the final result.

8” F/4 astrograph , baader type coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D.
Panels stacked in Deep Sky Stacker.
Panels stitched in Microsoft ICE.
Processed in Photoshop 7.

Cheers,

Justin.

dvj (John) · #2 18-01-2014, 10:00 AM

I'm shocked at the amount of red you got with an unmodded DSLR. Well done.

j

Larryp (Laurie) · #3 18-01-2014, 10:18 AM

Excellent result, Justin

gregbradley · #4 18-01-2014, 11:31 AM

A fabulous image Justin.

Greg.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #5 18-01-2014, 12:50 PM

Nice mosaic Justin, the chicken is one of my favourites.

I still think that 1100D is odd. Unless the cooling makes it more red sensitive...? My Pentax K-x loses red sensitivity in the heat.

nebulosity. (Jo) · #6 18-01-2014, 03:37 PM

Thats awesome Justin

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #7 18-01-2014, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dvj

I'm shocked at the amount of red you got with an unmodded DSLR. Well done.

j

Thanks John!

All done in photo shop.

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Originally Posted by Larryp

Excellent result, Justin

Thanks Laurie!

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

A fabulous image Justin.

Greg.

Thanks Greg!

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Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Nice mosaic Justin, the chicken is one of my favourites.

I still think that 1100D is odd. Unless the cooling makes it more red sensitive...? My Pentax K-x loses red sensitivity in the heat.

Thanks Kevin!

I've got two 1100D's and the both perform the same, it's all down to hard graft in PS.

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Originally Posted by nebulosity.

Thats awesome Justin

Thanks Jo!

Cheers,

Justin.

RickS (Rick) · #8 18-01-2014, 08:24 PM

Great mosaic, Justin. Heaps of Ha and some nice colours.

David Fitz-Henr · #9 18-01-2014, 10:55 PM

Nice mosaic Justin; as usual you've brought out some good colours there

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #10 19-01-2014, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by RickS

Great mosaic, Justin. Heaps of Ha and some nice colours.

Thanks Rick!

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Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Nice mosaic Justin; as usual you've brought out some good colours there

Thanks David!

Cheers,

Justin.

Ross G · #11 20-01-2014, 12:50 PM

Great looking photo with nice colour Justin.

You're getting very good with mosaics.

Ross.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #12 20-01-2014, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ross G

Great looking photo with nice colour Justin.

You're getting very good with mosaics.

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Take a little more time but worth it!

Cheers,

Justin.

Nicola (Nicola) · #13 20-01-2014, 10:51 PM

I love this object, very good colors!

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #14 21-01-2014, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicola

I love this object, very good colors!

Thanks Nicola!

Cheers,

Justin.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #15 21-01-2014, 09:48 PM

Great job Justin and beautiful pink-magentas...just the way I like'em

Mike

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #16 22-01-2014, 02:47 AM

Unmodded DSLR?

Great shot and processing

Cheers
Marco

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #17 22-01-2014, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great job Justin and beautiful pink-magentas...just the way I like'em

Mike

Thanks Mike!

Yep, all to taste.
I know most like more red, but this seems to make the nebulae very flat, when I try to do this.

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Originally Posted by marco

Unmodded DSLR?

Great shot and processing

Cheers
Marco

Thanks Marco!

I'm still using the unmodded 1100D, dark skies help but it's mostly plugging away in photo shop.

Cheers,

Justin.