A Cosmic Soap Bubble (Updated with more data and reprocessed)

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

One of the most beautiful images I've ever seen.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Excellent!, even better.

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

I thought first attempt was stunning, the new image is sensational!

Greg's right, this should be the Porpoise Nebula, though maybe the Soap Bubble works better for short exposures? Either way, the detail you've picked up is amazing. I can only wonder at the forces that shaped the swirls in the nebulosity.

[Paul Haese]

Yes I like the last version myself. Great detail and off the beaten track a little.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looks good Andy, really looks like it is floating in space too

Well done

Mike

[gregbradley]

Nice improvement there. The background seems more neutral now and better contrast with the object.

Greg.

[sjastro]

Very nice image Andy.

I'm currently in the process of imaging this one.

Steven

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

One of the most beautiful images I've ever seen.

Thanks very much Mike - that's high praise indeed coming from you sir

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Excellent!, even better.

Thanks Fred, c'mon now it's your turn to do this one

Originally Posted by LightningNZ

I thought first attempt was stunning, the new image is sensational!

Greg's right, this should be the Porpoise Nebula, though maybe the Soap Bubble works better for short exposures? Either way, the detail you've picked up is amazing. I can only wonder at the forces that shaped the swirls in the nebulosity.

Wow, thankyou LightningNZ - maybe all these hours on this have been worthwhile after all - cheers mate

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Yes I like the last version myself. Great detail and off the beaten track a little.

Cheers PAul, thanks for thanking the time to comment, I appreciate your feedback

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looks good Andy, really looks like it is floating in space too

Well done

Mike

Thanks heaps Mike, appreciate the feedback too - cheers

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Nice improvement there. The background seems more neutral now and better contrast with the object.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, I spent ages processing this beast, I think it was your suggestion to go Binx2 on the O3 so thanks for that tip too - seems to have helped a lot.

Originally Posted by sjastro

Very nice image Andy.

I'm currently in the process of imaging this one.

Steven

Thanks Steve, looking forward to seeing your result! One tip - when you think you have enough data, do yourself a favour and go get even more - this sucker is Dim with a capital "D".

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Wonderful ..

All the best,
Leo

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Wonderful ..

All the best,
Leo

Thanks Leo

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Sh 2-308 Reprocessed 3/3/15 Crazy I know

High Res here - http://www.astrobin.com/156099/D/

I sacrificed some detail for smoothness and redid this from scratch (again).
Hopefully it will now print well

Still tempted to reshoot the stars with even shorter exposures as these ones are a bit oversaturated with my F5.6 rig and the KAF 8300 CCD at 2 mins.

Cheers

Andy