IC2944 Hubble Plaette

[pluto (Hugh)]

Finally some clear skies in Sydney this week!
Anyway here's a bit under 13 hours of the Running Chicken from urban Sydney.

SII = 13 x 30 minutes
Ha = 8 x 20 minutes
OIII = 7 x 30 minutes

Takahashi TSA120 | EQ6 | SBIG STT8300 + FW8G + AO-8T
Astrodon 3nm SII, 5nm Ha, 3nm OIII
CCDSoft + PixInsight + Photoshop CC + Lightroom

Bigger version here:
https://hughsblog.wordpress.com/2015...ubble-palette/

Critiques welcomed

[Rex]

Nice detail Hugh! A great job of highlighting the little globs too.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Very sharp and very deep. No missing features.

[gregbradley]

Very nice Hugh. Lots of sharp details there.

Send me a PM and I can give you a few processing tips. I downloaded the image and did a few tweaks and it came up even nicer.

Greg.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by Rex

Nice detail Hugh! A great job of highlighting the little globs too.

Cheers Rex

Originally Posted by Placidus

Very sharp and very deep. No missing features.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Very nice Hugh. Lots of sharp details there.

Send me a PM and I can give you a few processing tips. I downloaded the image and did a few tweaks and it came up even nicer.

Greg.

Cool, I'll drop you a PM now. Definitely still a beginner at PI

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks good, Hugh. Will be interesting to see it after some tweaks from Greg.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very Nice Hugh! Excellent detail!

Yes its been a very clear week in Sydney, would be awesome if it continued through next week to new moon.

Cheers Rod

[dylan_odonnell (Dylan)]

So good Hugh! I love the little dark flecks in this target.

d

[jase (Jason)]

Narrowband so suits this target. You've done well to show the different emission lines Hugh. I'd like to see the magenta stars toned down a little. A selection on highlights, then dropping the saturation may do the trick. Keep them coming.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by dylan_odonnell

So good Hugh! I love the little dark flecks in this target.

d

Thanks Dylan

Originally Posted by jase

Narrowband so suits this target. You've done well to show the different emission lines Hugh. I'd like to see the magenta stars toned down a little. A selection on highlights, then dropping the saturation may do the trick. Keep them coming.

Thanks Jase, I appreciate the feedback
Greg had similar feedback and also passed on some tips so I'll see what I can do when it comes to repro time!

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

great work Hugh, some lovely detail hidden in there.

Cheers

Russ

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Lovely image Hugh, yeah the old magenta star issue always keeps coming up

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

A beautiful image and lots of colour, well done Hugh.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

great work Hugh, some lovely detail hidden in there.

Cheers

Russ

Thanks Russ

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Lovely image Hugh, yeah the old magenta star issue always keeps coming up

Cheers, yeah it's all about balance I think, I like a bit of magenta but it probably needs to be tighter rather than the spread out magenta halo I've got in this image.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

A beautiful image and lots of colour, well done Hugh.

Thanks!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Overall a pretty good image Hugh with all the goodies expected in this bit of the neb In one respect I love the stars then in another they seem to dominate the image..? Not sure why, maybe they have desaturated magenta, so now white, halos and this is making them a tad bigger or puffier, not sure..? Still, I like it

Mike

[Ross G]

A very good photo Hugh.

Sharp and very detailed.

Ross.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Overall a pretty good image Hugh with all the goodies expected in this bit of the neb In one respect I love the stars then in another they seem to dominate the image..? Not sure why, maybe they have desaturated magenta, so now white, halos and this is making them a tad bigger or puffier, not sure..? Still, I like it

Mike

Thanks Mike.
The stars in this one definitely haven't turned out as well as my previous NB images so I'll be focusing on them when I have time for a repro. I might even get some better SII data as I think the focus may have been a touch out that night and the seeing wasn't great either.

Originally Posted by Ross G

A very good photo Hugh.

Sharp and very detailed.

Ross.

Cheers Ross

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by pluto

Thanks Mike.
The stars in this one definitely haven't turned out as well as my previous NB images so I'll be focusing on them when I have time for a repro.

Well I hope you do!