I am as some of you may remember working on a narrow band and broad band image of the objects of NGC6188 and NGC 6164. I have now added a lot more data but have arrived at what I think is acceptable until I add more data. Doing this type of image requires a lot of time. So far nearly 5 hours but the processing is tripled.
For those interested I think if I add 2 more images in the RGB each. 4 or so more in the Ha. Around double for the SII and triple for the OII. That later two are still very noisey and will need hours more data.
For the title information, I remember the image of God touching the hand of Adam in his creation. I wonder if Michael Angelo had an epiphany or if I am looking at shapes in the image. Look for the touching hands.
I like this colour scheme. Although the lower part of the image is very dark. I will try to aim for grey there when I finally have all the data. I think the image is now good enough, but for completeness I want to get the data as above.
Feel free to comment.
Last edited by Paul Haese; 10-07-2012 at 09:58 AM.
Its funny you make the reference to Michelangelo - I've been sucking down data in this area recently (inspired by the stunner Martin put up a couple of months ago), and looking at the Ha data the other night was thinking exactly the same thing
Shaping up nicely Paul. I like the colours. I think you need a bit of imagination to see the Michelangelo fresco though. I can more easily imagine Mike S's fighting dragons in there - the one on the right definitely has legs. The portrait orientation maybe makes the top bit seem a bit squeezy but I understand that you needed to do it this way to fit in NGC 6164 comfortably.
That's looking very good Paul, and a great choice of colours too! Like others have said maybe shifting the FOV slight up to include the area around the NGC6193 cluster would balance things nicely, but I understand you wanted to include NGC6164 which has also come up beautifully.
I tend to agree with Mike, the framing is a little unbalanced, as there is much structure hidden from view in your north-south framing...but hey, it's a fantastic area of the night sky that you've captured well.
This is partly how I came to think about this. I was doing a search of images and saw a transitional image from this video and though yeah it does look like that.
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Originally Posted by DavidU
Very good indeed Paul ! How did the meridian flip go?
David, I did not end up doing that for this image. I have been imaging to the meridian and then going onto another object. I currently have three images on the go but this one is at a stage of presentation.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
The view is just begging to be shifted up a tad but it is looking good none the less Paul ..the level of residual noise wouldn't really bother me
Mike
Yes I do see what everyone is on about. I spent nearly 20 minutes trying to find the right center point and in the end this was a compromise.
re the noise, I guess I have been spoiled by Chris's recent shot of 13 hours and of course yours. I think I just need that little bit more data to put it to bed.
You will note I have tried to respect the light here too.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
I tend to agree with Mike, the framing is a little unbalanced, as there is much structure hidden from view in your north-south framing...but hey, it's a fantastic area of the night sky that you've captured well.
It seems to be a consensus on this and I can see everyone's point. I struggled with the framing in my planning too. The small emission nebula is not well shown in the sky6 and my sensor only covers about 1.89" per pixel. Perhaps it needs a mosaic or maybe I need a bigger sensor. Mosaic might be easier.
but it is looking good none the less Paul ..the level of residual noise wouldn't really bother me 
