NGC 1760, aka the Angry Bee, in HaOiiiSiiRGB

[RickS (Rick)]

A complex of emission nebulae and the second-largest star forming region in the LMC.

Captured at Yass 11 Sep - 21 Dec, 2017 (Martin Pugh's obsy)

Scope: Astro-Physics RH305 @ f/3.8 = 1119mm FL
Mount: Paramount ME II
Camera: SBIG STXL-16200M
Filters: Astrodon
Image scale: 1.106 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 3x600s + 12x1200s R, 3x600s + 12x1200s G, 8x600s + 8x1200s B, 20x1800s Ha, 21x1800s Oiii, 18x1800s Sii (42.5 hours)
Processing: PixInsight 1.8.5

Placidus/Mike & Trish dubbed it the Angry Bee. In this colour palette with my trademark heavy saturation it looks positively apoplectic

Bigger version on Astrobin (updated): https://www.astrobin.com/full/327632/B/

Hope you like it, or at least that it provokes a reaction

Cheers,
Rick.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nice one Rick. You ought to try the NGC 1935 area. To me that looks like an angler fish.

Cheers

Steve

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nice one Rick. You ought to try the NGC 1935 area. To me that looks like an angler fish.

Thanks, Steve. I'll track down your image of NGC 1935 and check it out!

[Peter Ward]

The saturation is, well, Las Vegas neon....but hey...if you got it flaunt it.

A really fine image...as you’d expect from such a great optic/mount/camera plus location.

Nice one

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Nice work Rick, it is an amazing neb that one, I'm tinking it may be a touch orange?..but meah, still looks good mate I wanna shoot it one day too ...42.5hrs ..how much did that cost..?

Mike

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Superb depth there Rick. Capturing the SII has added much. Excellent result.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

The saturation is, well, Las Vegas neon....but hey...if you got it flaunt it.

A really fine image...as you’d expect from such a great optic/mount/camera plus location.

Nice one

Thanks, Peter!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Nice work Rick, it is an amazing neb that one, I'm tinking it may be a touch orange?..but meah, still looks good mate I wanna shoot it one day too ...42.5hrs ..how much did that cost..?

Ta Mike. The magenta/orange dichotomy is always a difficult one for me. I like to vacillate between the two

Martin is offering quite reasonable pricing for subscriptions. Some of my SRO colleagues are interested in his site for a shared Southern scope so this gives us an inexpensive way to try it out and get a feel for the weather and seeing. It's working out pretty well so far.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Superb depth there Rick. Capturing the SII has added much. Excellent result.

Thanks very much M&T! I was greatly impressed with your NB rendition of this puppy

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Ta Mike. The magenta/orange dichotomy is always a difficult one for me. I like to vacillate between the two

Ah colour, overrated... we should only see in B&W...oh and IR too

Martin is offering quite reasonable pricing for subscriptions. Some of my SRO colleagues are interested in his site for a shared Southern scope so this gives us an inexpensive way to try it out and get a feel for the weather and seeing. It's working out pretty well so far.

Great stuff, hope it works out well...so, how many scopes World wide will you have your fingers into then..? Be like your own optical SKA

Mike

[Fabiomax (Fabiomassimo)]

this is an exceptional job! so many hours means a huge job waiting for the nights and having to handle a huge amount of files. Wonderful!
Cheers,
Fabiomax

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great stuff, hope it works out well...so, how many scopes World wide will you have your fingers into then..? Be like your own optical SKA

Mike, my main remote scope is still our shared C300 at SRO, but I also get data from three scopes at Deep Sky West (Rokinon 135mm f/2, RCOS 14.5" and TEC 160) and, of course, Martin's RH305. I have a *lot* of data waiting to be processed

Originally Posted by Fabiomax

this is an exceptional job! so many hours means a huge job waiting for the nights and having to handle a huge amount of files. Wonderful!

Thanks, Fabiomax!

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Beaut image Rick. Really like the composition and colours.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice one Rick, there’s a lot of dynamic range in there and love the open cluster in the centre...surrounded by the fierce glow of the gas clouds

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Well, looks like the dark site of Martin's is a keeper! Nice pic too, yes a teensy bit too much sat but its a great look

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Beaut image Rick. Really like the composition and colours.

Thanks, Peter!

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Nice one Rick, there’s a lot of dynamic range in there and love the open cluster in the centre...surrounded by the fierce glow of the gas clouds

Ta, Dunk.

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Well, looks like the dark site of Martin's is a keeper! Nice pic too, yes a teensy bit too much sat but its a great look

Thanks, Simo. To misquote Roy & HG: too much saturation is barely enough

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Great image Rick, interesting object and you have captured some amazing structure

Geoff

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Great image Rick, interesting object and you have captured some amazing structure

Thanks, Geoff!

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Rick.
So sharp and detailed.
Love the colours!

Ross.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Aaaaaghh my eyes!
Lol - very punchy image Rick - there are some dark circles around the blue stars though?
Well composed and great detail in the O3 regions

[beren]

Very nice Rick.......mind boggling exposure times , wish I could concentrate on one subject like that, I'm like a seagull, image as many objects as I can in one night

[Paul Haese]

I really like the sharpness of your rendering Rick. Maybe just a little too much saturation for my tastes, but that is a pretty minor consideration. The palette is really nice; I think as a result I might actually go back and revisit my edition of this very same target I did last year.