HST Keyhole

[multiweb (Marc)]

I got a night and a half of Sii Friday 17th and Saturday 18th this month that wasn't flash hot but I painfully used it somehow to do a HST blend. I don't know when I'll be able to reshoot the red channel with the rain now but the colours aren't too shabby I reckon. No doubt more data will smooth the noise out and bring more details. I'll also be able to take care of those fairy floss stars. A bit green of course, but hey that's me.

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Enjoy

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Wow that's cool Marc.
Nothing wrong with a bit of Hubble-palette green is there?

[Atmos (Colin)]

Fantastic detail in there Marc, very well done! It looks very smooth as it is

[lazjen (Chris)]

Like a glossy mag shot. Are you going to have a go at the magenta stars sometime?

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Wow that's cool Marc.
Nothing wrong with a bit of Hubble-palette green is there?

Thanks Pete. Green on IIS. is evil.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Fantastic detail in there Marc, very well done! It looks very smooth as it is

Too kind mate. I need real smoothing not noise reduction.

Originally Posted by lazjen

Like a glossy mag shot. Are you going to have a go at the magenta stars sometime?

Ouch that hurts! I thought I did

[lazjen (Chris)]

hehe.

Always love trying to deal with those evil magenta stars.

[topheart]

Nice Keyhole Marc!
Cheers,
Tim

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Impressive fine detail, especially in the keyhole and the Fickle Finger. That star near the distal knuckle of the raised finger can easily burn out the finger, but here it is pinpoint.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by topheart

Nice Keyhole Marc!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Impressive fine detail, especially in the keyhole and the Fickle Finger. That star near the distal knuckle of the raised finger can easily burn out the finger, but here it is pinpoint.

Thanks Mike. I'm aching for some more data. It's going to be clear but surface wind is a problem. Maybe Sunday night looks better.

[Dennis]

Excellent capture Marc, the curtains and tendrils of nebulosity are sublime.

Huge image scale too!

Cheers

Dennis

[Paul Haese]

Beautiful detail Marc. So many cool things to see there. Some short subs to capture the homunculus would also be great too.

[LewisM]

Is that the CN-212?

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Excellent capture Marc, the curtains and tendrils of nebulosity are sublime.

Huge image scale too!

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks a lot Dennis.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Beautiful detail Marc. So many cool things to see there. Some short subs to capture the homunculus would also be great too.

Thanks Paul. No more imaging for me for a little while. My mount is in pieces and needs some serious pep talk.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Is that the CN-212?

Yes it is. At prime F12.4.

[kosborn (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

A bit green of course, but hey that's me.

Very nice - and I like the green. There are too many images where all the green gets nuked the only thing left is bright blue and bright orange. Leaving a little bit of green gives a much nicer and more subtle transition between colours (IMHO).

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

I think that you've pulled off that colour pallett well Marc. A subtle rendition of the HST blend and plenty of detail

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Wow, really beautiful image Marc, one of the best of the Keyhole I have seen

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by kosborn

Very nice - and I like the green. There are too many images where all the green gets nuked the only thing left is bright blue and bright orange. Leaving a little bit of green gives a much nicer and more subtle transition between colours (IMHO).

Thanks mate. Yeah I know what you mean by orange and blue. Not a fan either as all the colour variations get blended together and you can't see the difference anymore.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

I think that you've pulled off that colour pallett well Marc. A subtle rendition of the HST blend and plenty of detail

Thanks Rodney. Actually Ivo did a repro for me and he got so much more details.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Wow, really beautiful image Marc, one of the best of the Keyhole I have seen

Thanks Suavi.