Omega Neb now with CDK17 data and much better

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by RickS

Greg,

I have struggled to get decent NB colour out of this bloody object a few times without what I'd consider great success. Your version has promise but it's not quite there yet (according to my personal taste...)

Cheers,
Rick.

Yes I have to agree with you there Rick. I was of the same opinion. I find the image appealing but not really where I wanted it to be. I think I will take some more S11 and O111 as it is a bit light in that. Plus a bunch of LRGB as the LRGB here is minimal just for the stars only really.
I think as Marcus has shown LRGB Ha and O3 was the best combo for this one.

Greg.

[gregbradley]

Its hard to argue against the benefits of aperture and focal length.

I was looking through my older images and came across some CDK17 data of this object a while ago.

I've added it to the Honders image and the result is a lot more pleasing as the CDK data was mostly LRGB instead of the evil narrowband.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/163620517/large

Greg.

[Kunama]

As much as I admire the talent and dedication you imagers have, my favourite M17 is definitely that which I see in the Delos eyepiece in the focuser of my 18".......

I can sit for hours just taking it all in.......

But it is an interesting treatment Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Kunama

As much as I admire the talent and dedication you imagers have, my favourite M17 is definitely that which I see in the Delos eyepiece in the focuser of my 18".......

I can sit for hours just taking it all in.......

But it is an interesting treatment Greg.

I agree Matt, I also love looking at M17 in the right FOV eyepiece from a dark sky, one of my favourite deep sky objects. You can see pretty much all the extensions seen in good images of M17 but just without the colour.

Nice combine Greg

Mike

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Kunama

As much as I admire the talent and dedication you imagers have, my favourite M17 is definitely that which I see in the Delos eyepiece in the focuser of my 18".......

I can sit for hours just taking it all in.......

But it is an interesting treatment Greg.

Thanks Matt. Makes me realise I haven't looked through any scope for a while unless I was aligning something! I should do some more visual.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I agree Matt, I also love looking at M17 in the right FOV eyepiece from a dark sky, one of my favourite deep sky objects. You can see pretty much all the extensions seen in good images of M17 but just without the colour.

Nice combine Greg

Mike

Thanks Mike. I like your idea of a Dob onsite with your observatory. I am thinking of doing something similar. Perhaps another Celestron Nexstar 11. They are good for visual and perhaps a bit of planetary as well.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thanks Mike. I like your idea of a Dob onsite with your observatory. I am thinking of doing something similar. Perhaps another Celestron Nexstar 11. They are good for visual and perhaps a bit of planetary as well.

Greg.

Oh it's great Greg, love being able to visually observe while the AG12 images

Have to say though, having used a Meade 12" LX200GPS for several years of visual observations and now a 12" F4.9 Skywatcher flextube goto Dob...while the Meade views were lovely the dob views are definitely a little better and the scope is a little easier to setup (should you need to) with excellent goto accuracy, plus a 12" goto dob is only about $2500 delivered too!! Of course I want a 16" or 18" now...

Mike

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Oh it's great Greg, love being able to visually observe while the AG12 images

Have to say though, having used a Meade 12" LX200GPS for several years of visual observations and now a 12" F4.9 Skywatcher flextube goto Dob...while the Meade views were lovely the dob views are definitely a little better and the scope is a little easier to setup (should you need to) with excellent goto accuracy, plus a 12" goto dob is only about $2500 delivered too!! Of course I want a 16" or 18" now...

Mike

Sounds good. I'll check them out. I take it you can view through it standing up and now ladder?

Greg.

[Atmos (Colin)]

I have a 12" Orion dob that I can easily look through at zenith. I'm 5"10' so not tall by any means.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Atmos

I have a 12" Orion dob that I can easily look through at zenith. I'm 5"10' so not tall by any means.

Thanks Colin.

Greg.