Another chicken
But I think my first time imaging it. 2nd NB image. Had such drama with this one. It turns out my NB filter set from Antlia contained a blue filter instead of an OIII one. It took me a couple of days to figure it out, and with this weather we're having, that's a lot of lost time!
Anyway, SHO image presented here. Tried layering in RGB stars as I took RGB subs, but I'm not good at that. Something to learn going forward.
268M + Esprit 120. Seeing was terrible, but hey, clear skies!
OIII: 240 seconds x 42
Ha: 240 seconds x 40
SII: 240 seconds x 27 (didn't realise I hadn't hit 40!)
Gain 56, offset 26, High Gain readout mode.
Larger version here, go have a walkaround and tell me what you think!
Adam,
My goodness only your second Mono NB image , what a cracker !!!
Love the Bok globules just suspended there amongst interstellar space
Mind boggling detail and resolution too, such a clean image
Well done indeed !!!
Any chance of your integration details ?
Thanks for your kind words! That's lovely encouragement to keep going.
I'm like you; the black globs of this nebula are fantastic. Would love to see a nice close up of this region one day (are you game? )
Sorry about lack of integration details. I've updated the post now to show this
Beautiful detail Adam. I’m just not sure about the colour. I wonder if it might look more attractive if you move the tint away from so green ? Just a thought.
Thanks for your comments. You mention something I spent a while considering. When doing the standard LRGB combo, SHO comes through green and that's it's more traditional colour. I actually removed about 80% of the green. When you take too much out, it becomes bi-colour.
That said, I probably will revisit it and do another combination with a different palette, just to see what it's like
Thanks for your comments. You mention something I spent a while considering. When doing the standard LRGB combo, SHO comes through green and that's it's more traditional colour. I actually removed about 80% of the green. When you take too much out, it becomes bi-colour.
That said, I probably will revisit it and do another combination with a different palette, just to see what it's like
Thanks again!
That's a great image. Personally, I like the green in it. The trend these days (and certainly on Astrobin) seems to be a bi-colour orange/blue whereas a gradation from blue/teal to gold/red through a hint of green gives a better sense of the three ionised elements that are being imaged. I think most people think of the Hubble Pillars of Creation image as the prime example of the Hubble palette and it certainly wasn't a binary image (see attached). That is just my opinion though (I'm hoping to start a conversation, not a flame war ).
Ah thanks Mike! Glad you clicked the link to have a look
Always, can't really appreciate the quality and beauty of an astro image at a small image size, and as they say, all images look good on yer phone screen
This is a great pic !. well done, bodes well for more NB. You have the nack for NB colour mapping early grasshopper .
Ha, thanks Fred. I can't claim credit for that, that's just a simple LRGB combination in PI, and then a little SNR.
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Excellent image the colours are wonderful
Thanks for the comment, Nik!
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Originally Posted by kosborn
That's a great image. Personally, I like the green in it. The trend these days (and certainly on Astrobin) seems to be a bi-colour orange/blue whereas a gradation from blue/teal to gold/red through a hint of green gives a better sense of the three ionised elements that are being imaged. I think most people think of the Hubble Pillars of Creation image as the prime example of the Hubble palette and it certainly wasn't a binary image (see attached). That is just my opinion though (I'm hoping to start a conversation, not a flame war ).
Kevin
Cheers, Kevin. Yes I do notice that many SHO images turn out bi-colour. They still look great though! I just wanted to try out something not as common with this image. I know many aren't keen on green, but that's okay We all like what we like.
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Always, can't really appreciate the quality and beauty of an astro image at a small image size, and as they say, all images look good on yer phone screen
Mike
Ha, too true. Small images can hide a multitude of sins
Superb image Adam. So much interesting detail. I’d love to learn your star reduction technique one day.
Hi Stéphane,
Thanks for the comment!
To be honest, I just use the EZ Star Reduction option in PixInsight. The EZ Suite is a set of scripts developed by "DarkArchon" and for the most part, covers at least 50% of my workflow. It's a fantastic and easy set of scripts to use:
Thanks Adam. I did notice the EZ scripts in Pixinsight. Can't say I have yet used any except the live stack which I use mainly for fun during imaging. Thanks for the link.
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