A Ruptured Cometary Globule, wide field

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Here is another image I took over the last weeks. It is a popular area in Puppis, home of the ruptured cometary globule CG4.

HaLRGB for a total of about 14 hours, mostly in Ha. Interesting to note the interaction between the Ha emission and the dust present in the field, pretty nice to me. The link:

http://www.glitteringlights.com/Imag...fwhd&lb=1&s=X3

From the page it is also possible to see a close up of CG4 I took a couple years ago using a rented RC.

Comments as always are welcome

Clear skies
Marco

[atalas]

Very nice,well done Marco.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very deep field and gorgeous colors. Nice one.

[Ross G]

Great photo Marco,

Lots of nice detail and so much gas.


Ross.

[alpal]

Hi Marco,
That's a top photo.
I didn't know about this target.

I found another pic here:
http://tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00006a.htm

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yeh CG4 is a great target and it lends itself well to wide field, a close up of the giant worm eating the galaxy is always worth showcasing too

Very nice work Marco Polo

Mike

[gregbradley]

Very nicely done Marco with your trademark look.

Great framing which is hard with this object as its so faint, to get that open cluster in down the bottom.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Bellissimo

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

A wonderful image Marco ... especially the hi res "original" version! Very nicely done!

I love the combination of colours in this object. Quite unusual IMO.

Cheers, Marcus

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Simply fantastic!!!

[Paul Haese]

Very nicely processed, with lots of lovely smokey grey cloud showing through. Great detail in the cometary globule and the colouring is pretty nice.

Only thing I can see is the rather liberal use of the minimum filter. The cluster is showing signs of the filter use. It is only slight, but a little distracting.

That said, the detail and scale of the image is great.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Very nicely processed, with lots of lovely smokey grey cloud showing through. Great detail in the cometary globule and the colouring is pretty nice.

Only thing I can see is the rather liberal use of the minimum filter. The cluster is showing signs of the filter use. It is only slight, but a little distracting.

That said, the detail and scale of the image is great.

Thanks Paul, in fact I applied a bit of minimum and you are right about the slight artifacts in the cluster, there are some tiny stars there that perhaps suffer the processing I take your point and will see to reprocess the luminance in case and reduce the "distracting" effect

Originally Posted by prokyon

Simply fantastic!!!

Thanks Prokyon

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

A wonderful image Marco ... especially the hi res "original" version! Very nicely done!

I love the combination of colours in this object. Quite unusual IMO.

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus, the Ha to me add a nice balance to the area returning the kind of glowing effect of the gasses there. I was a bit surprised though that with almost 7 hours of exposure in that filter there was not really so much signal in this band..

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Bellissimo

Thanks Peter!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Very nicely done Marco with your trademark look.

Great framing which is hard with this object as its so faint, to get that open cluster in down the bottom.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, a bit tight perhaps, unfortunately due to some problems of frame rotation between the filters (the camera head moved between sessions without me realizing it) I had to crop the fram of about 15%, pity, that would have left some more "air" around..

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yeh CG4 is a great target and it lends itself well to wide field, a close up of the giant worm eating the galaxy is always worth showcasing too

Very nice work Marco Polo

Mike

Thanks master Mike

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Marco,
That's a top photo.
I didn't know about this target.

I found another pic here:
http://tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00006a.htm

Thanks Alpal, I knew about this image of Tom and I find it very well done!

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great photo Marco,
Lots of nice detail and so much gas.
Ross.

Thanks Ross

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very deep field and gorgeous colors. Nice one.

Thanks Marc, you should try it with one of your lenses for a real wide field view

Originally Posted by atalas

Very nice,well done Marco.

You always very Kind Louie,

Clear skies
Marco

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by marco

Thanks master Mike

Clear skies
Marco

Use the force....

[iceman (Mike)]

Stunning image Marco, wow!

[Peter.M]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Use the force....

I see your processing skills are being put to the test here Mike.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Stunning image Marco, wow!

Thanks Mike

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Use the force....

Hahahaha, thanks Mike for the funny image, you made me laugh for a while

Keep it up with the force than!

Clear skies
Marco

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Marco...this is a fantastic image !!!

Ciao,
Leo

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Marco...this is a fantastic image !!!

Ciao,
Leo

Thanks Leo!
Ciao
Marco