The Tarantula Nebula TEC180

[gregbradley]

I took this image about a month ago at my dark site.
Its a southern classic object and lots of interesting things in this
area.

TEC180FL, FLI Proline16803, Baader filters, Astrodon 5nm Ha.
Tak NJP mount.

HaLRGB 50 40 40 30 40

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/123480754/large

Greg.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Excellent shot there, Greg. Plenty of detail in the neb's structure and nice colour

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Nice one!

[TrevorW]

Tight stars plenty of detail very bright colours

[Lester]

Thanks for the view Greg. All the best.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great details in that shot. Superb field too. Bit too red to my taste. There's a lot of blues, greens and yellows in the tarantula. Ha Lum tends to level all this during blends. Top shot nonetheless.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Excellent shot there, Greg. Plenty of detail in the neb's structure and nice colour

Thanks for that.

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Nice one!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Tight stars plenty of detail very bright colours

It has plenty of colour thats for sure.

Originally Posted by Lester

Thanks for the view Greg. All the best.

I am glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Great details in that shot. Superb field too. Bit too red to my taste. There's a lot of blues, greens and yellows in the tarantula. Ha Lum tends to level all this during blends. Top shot nonetheless.

I did another version as well but this one I preferred. There is a ton of Ha in this region and that is red. It could be presented in more of an LRGB to get those other hues you mention but even with straight LRGB this one wanted to come out red. The Baader filters do have a strong red response more so than other filters. I am not always a fan of Ha as luminosity as it often detracts from the image rather than adding. In this one I think there is a small amount of Ha as luminosity but it quickly washes out colour and gives the dreaded salmon colour easily as well. You also lose your stars brightness and colour. It can be quite costly.

Greg.