Cats Paw Nebula

gregbradley · #1 09-07-2008, 07:40 PM

Another one from the weekend.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/ima...69203/original

Greg.

iceman (Mike) · #2 09-07-2008, 07:55 PM

Lovely colours, Greg. How long were the exposures?

It looks a little noisy.

Looks like you've been busy with that new camera.

gregbradley · #3 09-07-2008, 08:02 PM

Hi Mike,

Yes it was short, clouds again.

Next time I will be doing longer exposures for sure.

Greg.

rogerg (Roger) · #4 10-07-2008, 06:16 PM

Nice wide field, and nice colour variation between the stars and the nebula. I don't remember seeing a view of this object at this kind of FOV.

It would be nice if the stars weren't so dominant over the nebula, not sure what has made me feel they are more so than other images. Perhaps the contrast/sharpness or something.

gregbradley · #5 10-07-2008, 06:37 PM

Thanks Roger.

I did accentuate the stars a little, merely personal preference. I agree sometimes pulling back the stars can highlight a nebula and I have also tended to process towards that in the past.

I must be going through a "stars" phase!

Greg.

rogerg (Roger) · #6 10-07-2008, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thanks Roger.

I did accentuate the stars a little, merely personal preference. I agree sometimes pulling back the stars can highlight a nebula and I have also tended to process towards that in the past.

I must be going through a "stars" phase!

Greg.

Ahh, fair enough

It's good to have those phases