M16 the Pillars of Star Creation

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Hi.

Have been back through my data drives (about 12TB of the stuff) to find the best resolved Pillars data - this lot came from 2017. It was partially processed, so I had to recall as best I could what had been done and then finish it off.

Did not use any AI enhancements - what is here came directly from the subs, except for very small cloned regions filling in around stars.

Decided to scale up by 1.2 for posting, not because the scaled image is any sharper, but because the relationships between parts of the image seem to be easier to see at the slightly larger scale. Would really appreciate any thoughts on this.

Also tried to get as close as possible to the colours and brightness/contrast used in the original Hubble image, so maybe it looks a bit odd in other places?

Thanks for looking.
Cheers Ray

Full res image at https://astrob.in/full/3uakxs/C/?real=

[Retrograde (Pete)]

That's amazing Ray - so smooth and detailed.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Marvellous image Ray! Given the sharpness of the data and scale of the image, the minor upscaling was definitely a good idea. Colours are certainly hubblesque! Very nicely done!

[AdamJL]

Nope. That's flat out ridiculous. Ridiculously good.
Incredible work, Ray!

[AstroViking (Steve)]

Flaming heck.... that's brilliant.

[RyanJones]

One of my favorite objects Ray. Done beautifully. Well done

[Bassnut (Fred)]

This is so good, excellent composition (the astrobin version), masterful processing. A pleasure to view.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Ray,
Wow what an image, so clean with beautiful detail
Top shelf stuff !!
Gives me hope for my new 10” Carbon fibre

Cheers
Martin

[Kuz]

10 out 10 mate . What else can be said

[ChrisV (Chris)]

That is really something special!!

[gregbradley]

That's a stunner Ray, really impressive.

Greg.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by Retrograde

That's amazing Ray - so smooth and detailed.

Thanks Pete. Appreciate your comment.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Marvellous image Ray! Given the sharpness of the data and scale of the image, the minor upscaling was definitely a good idea. Colours are certainly hubblesque! Very nicely done!

Hello Marcus. Thank you very much.

Originally Posted by AdamJL

Nope. That's flat out ridiculous. Ridiculously good.
Incredible work, Ray!

Thanks Adam - very generous.

Originally Posted by AstroViking

Flaming heck.... that's brilliant.

Thanks Steve. Have a friend who uses that expression, so appreciate it.

Originally Posted by RyanJones

One of my favorite objects Ray. Done beautifully. Well done

Thanks Ryan. Glad you enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by Bassnut

This is so good, excellent composition (the astrobin version), masterful processing. A pleasure to view.

Thanks Fred. means a lot.

Originally Posted by Startrek

Ray,
Wow what an image, so clean with beautiful detail
Top shelf stuff !!
Gives me hope for my new 10” Carbon fibre

Cheers
Martin

Thanks Martin. Yep, you will enjoy your scope....especially when you get that rare night when the seeing is really good.

Originally Posted by Kuz

10 out 10 mate . What else can be said

Thanks Kuz. really generous of you.

Originally Posted by ChrisV

That is really something special!!

Thanks Chris. I enjoyed working with such good data.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a stunner Ray, really impressive.

Greg.

G'dday Greg. Really appreciate your comment.

Thanks everyone. Regards Ray

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Amazingly well done. Such a delight for the eye.

[Dave882 (David)]

Yeah, just echoing the others… that’s brilliant!! One of the very best. Well done!

[astroron (Ron)]

This made me recall the original Hubble image
released and shown on a 3 metre high screen at
the University of Queensland.
Everybody was blown away.
The feeling can be said of your image.
Blooming brilliant
Cheers

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Seriously nice work Ray

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Excellent pillars Ray, suuuuurely that was taken with a long focal length..?

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Hubblesque Ray
Superb data. As good as it gets.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

Amazingly well done. Such a delight for the eye.

Thanks very much Graham. Glad you enjoyed.

Originally Posted by Dave882

Yeah, just echoing the others… that’s brilliant!! One of the very best. Well done!

Thanks Dave. Really appreciate the comment.

Originally Posted by astroron

This made me recall the original Hubble image
released and shown on a 3 metre high screen at
the University of Queensland.
Everybody was blown away.
The feeling can be said of your image.
Blooming brilliant
Cheers

Thanks so much for the post Ron. I can only imagine what that experience was like at the Uni.

I guess I was hoping to recreate a tiny bit of that excitement by pushing the resolution in this image as far as it would go, so thanks for your very generous comment.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Seriously nice work Ray

Thank You Rodney.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Excellent pillars Ray, suuuuurely that was taken with a long focal length..?

Mike

Weeeelll yes. It was taken at 1m fl.

Thanks very much Folk. Cheers Ray

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Hubblesque Ray
Superb data. As good as it gets.

Thank you. very generous comment Marc. Cheers Ray