The Red Knight

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by cybereye

Mike,

I look at this image and think "The Godfather". I wonder why...?

Fantastic image of something that has eluded me for a very long time.

Cheers,
Mario

Originally Posted by marco

Nice resolution here Mike I would actually call it the pinky knight Not sure if I like the flossy color, I suppose this one got your tender side coming out during processing

Clear skies
Marco

He he, ah yes, well, it wasn't delivered to my observatory by a dog food company as Mr Coppola claimed

Blood is a much deeper red, this gas is a lovely Magenta (Ha+Hb) = ..?..flossy pink ...that's my take on it anyway I've come up with it before (to the ire of some )...so I guess I'll come up with it again

Originally Posted by E_ri_k

Very nice

Originally Posted by broca

Excellent work Mike but I thought you only imaged galaxies??

Cheers guys and I'll probably..may? do a agalaxy again next buuut then again...I do love the magenta pinks out there in the nebulae fields

[DJT (David)]

And for the next runner, the colour! I like the pink. There is a reference in Wikipedia which refers to the area being"red/pink" so if it says it in Wikipedia, it must be true.

Great image.

[Ross G]

A beautiful Horse Head photo Mike.

So sharp and detailed.

Great colour.

I love the composition of the full frame.

Ross.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by DJT

And for the next runner, the colour! I like the pink. There is a reference in Wikipedia which refers to the area being"red/pink" so if it says it in Wikipedia, it must be true.

Great image.

A quick google of horshead images shows as many red versions as magenta versions and yes magenta/pink versions across the board (Pink CFHT image attached)...so in the end I think it comes down to what your eye perceives from the examples it has in its mind, what you like or prefer purely from a personal perspective or where your particular data set takes you during processing...which is all good to me

Having said all that...in this case if I had collected some Lum and more colour I could perhaps have added some more variations to the pink/magenta and brought out more of the brownish dust...maybe next time...after a few more galaxies

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful Horse Head photo Mike.

So sharp and detailed.

Great colour.

I love the composition of the full frame.

Ross.

glad you liked the colour Ross...you girl baby you

Cheers Mike

[DJT (David)]

Checked out the CFHT site and the HH poster art, I see what you mean about the brown dust. If I ever try a HH with the ccd will bear that in mind.

Cheers

[tornado33]

I remember seeing an old S&T article of the Horsehead, shot with the AAT I think showing faint background galaxies shining through the hydrogen just above the Horsehead, and lo and behold they are visible in Mike's image. Have a careful look at some of the faint stars, they are not pointlike but slightly diffuse. Incredible that just 12 inches of aperature can now record these when coupled to modern electronic imagers and operated by people who know their stuff Well done!

[David Fitz-Henr]

That's a nice image Mike showing good detail; nothing wrong with the pink colour either - good to see a bloke in tune with his feminine side You make some good points too regarding noise, etc - it's no good stacking masses of light frames if you reintroduce lots of noise via insufficient dark / flat frames!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by DJT

Checked out the CFHT site and the HH poster art, I see what you mean about the brown dust. If I ever try a HH with the ccd will bear that in mind.

Cheers

Yes, can't reveal dust very well using Ha as Lum

Originally Posted by tornado33

I remember seeing an old S&T article of the Horsehead, shot with the AAT I think showing faint background galaxies shining through the hydrogen just above the Horsehead, and lo and behold they are visible in Mike's image. Have a careful look at some of the faint stars, they are not pointlike but slightly diffuse. Incredible that just 12 inches of aperature can now record these when coupled to modern electronic imagers and operated by people who know their stuff Well done!

Cheers Scott, yes very faint very distant galaxies shinning through foreground objects is pretty cool to capture, not sure if you saw my recent NGC 1300...picked up some bloody remote buggers in there

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

That's a nice image Mike showing good detail; nothing wrong with the pink colour either - good to see a bloke in tune with his feminine side You make some good points too regarding noise, etc - it's no good stacking masses of light frames if you reintroduce lots of noise via insufficient dark / flat frames!

Cheers David...not sure on the fuss over the pink really..that's actually, more or less, what colour it is ...although I do indeed have great tune with my feminine side too of course