The Andromeda Galaxy from Beaver Lake -with 6hrs Ha - Page 2

Alchemy (Clive) · #21 27-08-2009, 08:09 PM

must be a beautiful sight being so high in the sky, i think we get the nebs down south and they get the galaxies up where you are.

nice image, be good to see the Ha added it will give it even more depth and interest

gregbradley · #22 27-08-2009, 08:45 PM

That's a great shot Martin.

I've always wanted to image that baby.

Greg.

RobF (Rob) · #23 27-08-2009, 08:54 PM

What a spectacle. Thanks so much for showing Martin.

GavYo (Gav) · #24 27-08-2009, 11:10 PM

Wow!

That picture is absolutely stunning.

dugnsuz (Doug) · #25 27-08-2009, 11:56 PM

Absolutely Beautiful Martin
Doug

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #26 28-08-2009, 12:27 AM

That's going to be a prize winner right there!

Awesome.

Cheers

Chris

MrB (Simon) · #27 28-08-2009, 12:56 AM

Absolutely amazing.
Great stuff Martin.

Hope you don't mind my using it for my desktop?

Jen · #28 28-08-2009, 01:02 AM

wow that picture is absolutely beautiful Martin
Not that i would expect anything less from you i love your work very nice

javier alves (Javier) · #29 28-08-2009, 02:23 AM

is really wonderfull,very nice,

Tamtarn · #30 28-08-2009, 07:47 AM

How great to be able to capture this superb galaxy Martin. That is a remarkable image

D & B

Martin Pugh · #31 28-08-2009, 09:53 AM

Hello everyone and thank you very much indeed.

As I say, I couldnt wait to get on to this, and it looks like my weather will allow me to get that Ha data, so watch this space for an update in a few days time.

I appreciate you all taking the time to post a comment.

cheers
Martin

lesbehrens (Les) · #32 28-08-2009, 05:08 PM

wow, thats is amazing. very nice.

Lester · #33 28-08-2009, 05:26 PM

Looking forward to the finished image, as this one is outstanding. Hard for me to emagine any improvement, so I will look and learn.

Thanks.

Hagar (Doug) · #34 28-08-2009, 07:32 PM

Lovely Galaxy Martin, I am jealous. M31 is way to low for me to attempt from my place.

Congratulations on the stamp issue as well.
Well deserved.

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #35 28-08-2009, 08:48 PM

Sweet!
I know it is cold in Canberra but what's the weather like in Beaver Lake - it sounds warm!

Martin Pugh · #36 31-08-2009, 01:54 PM

Hello everyone
my weather has co-operated and allowed me to add 6 hours of Ha.
This is the first time I have ever tried to combine pure Ha into a galaxy image. I tried a couple of techniques to isolate the Ha data and finally achieved it (I think) but there has to be a quicker way. I tried Chris Schur's approach, but could not get that to work at all.

So here is the link to the full frame image (2mb)

http://www.martinpughastrophotograph...BPlusHA-v4.jpg

and for a nice comparison methinks, here is a mouseover page.

http://www.martinpughastrophotograph..._Mouseover.htm

I have downsized the images to 1280x 880 for this comparison, so they should fit nicely on a monitor set at that resolution. Just center up the galaxy on your screen then hover your mouse over the image to load the enhanced version.

thanks as always

Martin

Lester · #37 31-08-2009, 02:05 PM

That mouseover hilights the nebula detail within the galaxy. Excellent image Martin.

Thanks.

Jen · #38 31-08-2009, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lester

That mouseover hilights the nebula detail within the galaxy. Excellent image Martin.

Thanks.

thats an awsome pic Martin very very nice thanks for sharing

multiweb (Marc) · #39 31-08-2009, 06:21 PM

That's quite a treat Martin. The added Ha data does really work for that picture. Top work as usual.

ChrisM · #40 31-08-2009, 09:54 PM

Martin - a splendid result. Impressive contrast.
Chris