IC2948 / IC 2944 (Running Chicken), Gum 39 & Gum 41

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

One of the more striking images I've seen of the Running Chicken (IC 2948 / IC 2944) is Ken Crawfords NB image here. While I can't get the resolution of Ken's image, I was pleasantly surprised about how it turned out in LHaRGB. There's a lot to see in this patch of sky!! As well as the beautiful pink hues associated with HII emission, note the faint reflection neb to the right and of course Thackeray's globules (Bok globules discovered in this neb by David Thackeray).

I used F5.5 again (FL 825mm) so I could include the smaller Gum 39 & Gum 41 nebs in the FOV. Total exposure 10.25 hrs.

Small:
http://upload.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/122872808/large

Large:
http://upload.pbase.com/gailmarc/ima...72808/original

Don't forget, when you look at the large full res ("Original") version be sure to use <cntrl -> to zoom out so you can fit the whole image on the screen and <cntrl +> to zoom back in.

Cheers, Marcus

[multiweb (Marc)]

Truly superb work Marcus. I particularly like how you've managed to keep the blue hues in your processing. The details in the bok globules are outstanding.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Leaves my paltry effort for dust!

That is magnificent.

H

[suma126 (Shane)]

thats awesome .

[Garyh]

Beautiful Marcus! just Beautiful..
Full size is definitely worth a close look!

[troypiggo (Troy)]

That's fantastic! (Next on my list of targets)

[Paul Haese]

Awesome shot, heaps of detail and very finely processed. Colouring is quite nice too. Certainly one of the better images of this object I have seen.

[h0ughy (David)]

so i see you took full advantage of the recent clear nights - WOW what a shot

[TheDecepticon]

That is the best shot Ive seen of this area in colour. The blandness it suffers in a lot of images really drags it down, but this is great! Lots of detail and natural looking colours. Top stuff

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Truly superb work Marcus. I particularly like how you've managed to keep the blue hues in your processing. The details in the bok globules are outstanding.

Yes, I often see it rendered mostly red but when I did the initial RGB combine it was obvious that there was plenty of blue. Glad you liked in Marc!

Originally Posted by Octane

Leaves my paltry effort for dust!

That is magnificent.

H

Thanks Humayun! But I liked your rendition ... nice colours ... just not as deep as this one. Anyway, we both produced "poultry" efforts.

Originally Posted by suma126

thats awesome .

Thanks Shane!

Originally Posted by Garyh

Beautiful Marcus! just Beautiful..
Full size is definitely worth a close look!

Thanks Gary!! Yes, I like to post full res - otherwise what's the point of having an 11 MPix camera

Originally Posted by troypiggo

That's fantastic! (Next on my list of targets)

Thanks Troy. Go for it! - look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Awesome shot, heaps of detail and very finely processed. Colouring is quite nice too. Certainly one of the better images of this object I have seen.

Hey thanks a lot Paul - glad you think that. There were suprisingly few examples to use as a reference too, so in a sense I was on my own.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

so i see you took full advantage of the recent clear nights - WOW what a shot

Absolutely!! Seeing was 2 arcsecs or better too . Probably should have imaged something at F11.7 Thanks mate!

Originally Posted by TheDecepticon

That is the best shot Ive seen of this area in colour. The blandness it suffers in a lot of images really drags it down, but this is great! Lots of detail and natural looking colours. Top stuff

Thanks for that - yeah, I like to make the colours jump out. Not sure why other renditions don't (other than NB stuff).

[Peter Ward]

Nice one.

[TrevorW]

Scope+camera+good seeing+total hrs+good processing= one fine image

Go to top of the class 9/10

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Nice one.

Thanks Peter.

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Scope+camera+good seeing+total hrs+good processing= one fine image

Go to top of the class 9/10

What??!! Where did I lose the point??

[TrevorW]

Didn't want you to get a swelled head !!!!

[zipdrive (Dave)]

Awsome FOV, beautifully captured!!

[AlexN]

Fantastic shot Marcus.. beautifully defined detail, razor sharp, great colours..

A real winner.

[gregbradley]

Wonderful image Marcus. It did come out extremely well. It tends to be a bland object so I didn't expect much but yours is vibrant and interesting and wonderful hues and details.

Greg.

[DavidU (Dave)]

A very impressive effort Marcus.
cheers !

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Really nice!!

Tom

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Didn't want you to get a swelled head !!!!

That's OK Trevor. I'm still not 400% happy with my stars yet anyway so I'd probably only give it an 8/10 myself!

Originally Posted by zipdrive

Awsome FOV, beautifully captured!!

Thanks Dave!

Originally Posted by AlexN

Fantastic shot Marcus.. beautifully defined detail, razor sharp, great colours..

A real winner.

Cheers Alex! But I feel a Sidonio coming on to tidy up the stars.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Wonderful image Marcus. It did come out extremely well. It tends to be a bland object so I didn't expect much but yours is vibrant and interesting and wonderful hues and details.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. I don't think you've imaged this one yet have you? Give it a go!

Originally Posted by DavidU

A very impressive effort Marcus.
cheers !

Thanks Dave

Originally Posted by Tom Davis

Really nice!!

Tom

Thanks a lot Tom.