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[Benjamin (Ben)]

Thanks for comments Col and Paul. Yeah, I think an extended link to Eta Carina with this colour palette might prove a bit icky....

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I love it!!




Cheers,
Tim

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Very nice image Ben!

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Cheers Pete and Tim. Looks like this next weekend might see this image develop a little more...

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Ben that is so nice well done

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Thanks Alan. Finally clear skies in Brisbane for a few nights so might be able to add some significant data.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Thanks Alan. Finally clear skies in Brisbane for a few nights so might be able to add some significant data.

Awesome, Ben, looking forward to the final product!

I probably should have invested a lot more time in mine too, but I've decided to try and go deep on a rarely imaged galaxy instead.

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Up to 13 hours now. 6.5 hours of Ha and (tonight) 6.5 hours of OIII. Not all great as some issues related to collimation/tilt/coma at the edges but should have something useful in the centre. Hopefully another clear night tomorrow to add SII and then some RGB stars

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Looks great Ben love the glowing cores

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Thanks Nik. Have now significantly updated the original. See here: https://www.astrobin.com/full/xigo5z/D/
The initial updated version had stars that were the result of the luminance layer being applied to a starless image, whereas the latest version has RGB stars blended with them. It makes the image a bit busier... Still a proper SHO version to do although I’m now pretty happy the image as it is, although comments and ideas welcome as always.