NGC6888/Crescent nebula and Soap Bubble

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks Ross, David, Rex, Lewis, Fred & Steve!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow! excellent work Ricki a magestic field that and I think (for a southerner ) you have done a great job on for sure...as for the orange? huh? looks good to me

Great work

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Mike.

BTW, Sakib Rasool pointed out to me that I also captured the nebulosity around the hypergiant luminous blue variable star P Cygni that is discussed in this paper: http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf.../aa6039-06.pdf

P Cygni has a brightness of 4.8 now but at the end of the 16th century it was unknown until it suddenly brightened to mag 3. The paper mentioned above suggests that the filamentary nebulosity and giant lobes around the star were created by its earlier shenanigans.

Interesting that the results from 9 hours on a 106mm scope compare well to 40 minutes on their 1.3m Ritchey-Cretien

The attached crop shows the Soap Bubble clearly on the right and the knot of nebulosity around P Cygni (the brightest star) on the left.

[gregbradley]

That's a fabulous image Rick. Really outstanding. The only way that could be improved would be if it were done on an AP140!

Greg.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Fantastic, Rick!

Really nice image for test data. Love the bubble, fascinating object!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a fabulous image Rick. Really outstanding. The only way that could be improved would be if it were done on an AP140!

Greg.

Thanks, Greg I finally got around to documenting the camera problem last night and emailed Andor. I got a RMA number this morning. Hopefully, the turnaround on the camera repair won't be long.

Originally Posted by Rod771

Fantastic, Rick!

Really nice image for test data. Love the bubble, fascinating object!

Thanks, Rod!

[Meru (Michael)]

Stunning image Rick! Looking forward to more

[RickS (Rick)]

Ta, Meru! I have quite a few "old" images still to process and two new remote scopes about to come online. Perhaps I should retire and process full time

[MGTechDVP (Mariusz)]

The detail you captured is awesome... I don't mind the magenta look.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Mariusz!

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Amazing image. That soap-bubble is spectacular.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Pete!

[DavidTrap (David)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Ta, Meru! I have quite a few "old" images still to process and two new remote scopes about to come online. Perhaps I should retire and process full time

^ First world problem

DT

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

^ First world problem

DT

Yes indeed, David

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Very nice Rick.

All the best,
Leo

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Superb efforts Rick, the bluish halo on NGC6888 a the soapy bubble are really a pleasure to see. I would add some RGB to recover the color of the Stars and give them a a little bit of life, but that just a minor comment on a great image..
Regards
Marco

[AlexSavoy (Alex)]

Looks amazing! Congrats on the result.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Very nice Rick.

All the best,
Leo

Thanks, Leo.

Originally Posted by marco

Superb efforts Rick, the bluish halo on NGC6888 a the soapy bubble are really a pleasure to see. I would add some RGB to recover the color of the Stars and give them a a little bit of life, but that just a minor comment on a great image..
Regards
Marco

Thanks, Marco. I'm always keen to add some RGB but we didn't get any for this field... at least not yet. It was really just test data.

Originally Posted by AlexSavoy

Looks amazing! Congrats on the result.

Thanks, Alex.

[gregbradley]

This one would make a good print. Its bold and colourful and would look great in a modern house.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

This one would make a good print. Its bold and colourful and would look great in a modern house.

Greg.

Many of Ricks recent masterpieces fit that bill really, he has developed a very distinctive and unique style...possible side business Rick...?

Mike