Gourd mosaic in OIII - 20hrs

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by DJT

try this..

Got it! The head, the eye, and the nose are very convincing.

[alpal]

Lovely pic Mike & Trish -
keep going with more narrow band at other wavelengths on it - if you get time.

cheers
Allan

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Just magnificent!

Trev

[astronobob (Bob)]

My Goodness, These faint bubble are just getting betterra & Betterra around here, Lol
That fantastic Mike & Trish & a 4 panel mosaic _ wonderful !
Looked like a marshmallow to me, cooked beautifully on the open fire, or just stick it out in the 'heatwave sun, Lol !
Rgrds

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Lovely pic Mike & Trish -
keep going with more narrow band at other wavelengths on it - if you get time.

cheers
Allan

Thanks, Allan. We're going to have to do this.

Originally Posted by Regulus

Just magnificent!

Trev

Originally Posted by astronobob

My Goodness, These faint bubble are just getting betterra & Betterra around here, Lol
That fantastic Mike & Trish & a 4 panel mosaic _ wonderful !
Looked like a marshmallow to me, cooked beautifully on the open fire, or just stick it out in the 'heatwave sun, Lol !
Rgrds

Thanks, Bob. We're very partial to things that go bump in the night - snr's and wr's. Wonder what noise a nocturnal marshmallow makes as it hits the ground?

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

A marvellous vista M&T! Very impressive! What was the integration time per panel?

Sure, some decon artefacts are present but that does not detract from the overall impact of the image.

Cheers, Marcus

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Spectacular image M&T

Looking forward to the coloured version

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

A marvellous vista M&T! Very impressive! What was the integration time per panel?

Sure, some decon artefacts are present but that does not detract from the overall impact of the image.

Cheers, Marcus

Hi, Marcus!

Delighted that you like it. Each individual sub was one hour, roughly equally divided between the four quadrants (4 to 6 hrs each). We're wondering if the decon artifacts are in part because 4 hrs is not really enough. No maths here, but we've noticed in the past that the more photons you have, the more decon you can do without causing worms. That may be complete nonsense. But toward that end, we're doing another 4 hours tonight on the dolphin's nose. (late start due to early cloud). Seeing is about 2 to 2.5 sec arc.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Spectacular image M&T

Looking forward to the coloured version

Thanks heaps Suavi. I suspect from what little H-alpha we already have that we're going to have to do 2x2 binning for everything except OIII.

Cheers,
M

[APO_Team]

Nice shot guys
You're right saying that our pictures are not too different... And that's quite interesting too see the bubble on the bottom with more resolution...

I like this idea: "Location, Location, Aperture" peaople should more think about it sometimes

Congrats !!
Tom

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by APO_Team

Nice shot guys
You're right saying that our pictures are not too different... And that's quite interesting too see the bubble on the bottom with more resolution...

I like this idea: "Location, Location, Aperture" peaople should more think about it sometimes

Congrats !!
Tom

Many thanks, Tom and Team.

We should like to know more about the physics of the bubble at the bottom. It looks like a completely separate structure, rather than one of the hundreds of interconnected out-pouchings from the main WR nebula.