NGC 3576+3603 (stage 1 out of 3)

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Looking good Suavi (but what's new?)! Thanks for sharing the integration comparisons, that demonstrates really well how detail becomes more apparent with more subs, rather than just cleaning up existing detail.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Originally Posted by Flugel88

Wow its intersting to see how the detail builds up in your OIII.
Are you going to be going for a typical hubble palette blend?
The HA is looking very nice and detailed so far.

Glad you like the Ha image Michael.

As for the palette, honestly, I have no idea at this stage. Once I get enough data I usually experiment with different palettes including blending together 2 different RGB images (from narrowband data) in various ratios until I am happy with the final result. For example, this image resulted from blending a bicolour Ha-O3 version with a tri-colour one: http://www.astrobin.com/full/233037/G/

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Looking good Suavi (but what's new?)! Thanks for sharing the integration comparisons, that demonstrates really well how detail becomes more apparent with more subs, rather than just cleaning up existing detail.

Thanks Lee!

Yeah, through a bit of experimentation and by falling into many pitfalls I eventually discovered for myself what's really a common knowledge; a decent image starts with decent data

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Great image Suavi. Nice wide field and lots of crisp detail.
Geoff

[RickS (Rick)]

The Ha looks very impressive, Suavi! I may be in the minority, but I quite liked the original orientation

Cheers,
Rick.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Great image Suavi. Nice wide field and lots of crisp detail.
Geoff

Thank you Geoff. Hopefully colour version will turn out alright...

Originally Posted by RickS

The Ha looks very impressive, Suavi! I may be in the minority, but I quite liked the original orientation

Cheers,
Rick.

Thank you Rick. I may yet rotate it a few times before the final version in colour will crystallise But will need to get much more data first...

Last night managed to get a few more O3 frames...and did a quick check on how things are shaping up...definitely need more data. The screen shot shows 190 minutes vs 50 minutes vs 10 minutes of integration (for O3 filter).

Clear skies
Suavi

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

I really like seeing the differences in stacks thanks for posting that.