Complex Tarantula emissions - full frame added

[Peter Ward]

A commendable effort. Nicely done

[bartman (Bart)]

Yeah too many fine stars to do it i guess.....AND there are too many Puprle colored stars to delete!
As a Dockers fan.... yeah yeah bring it on!....I like the purple coloured stars....
Bartman
Ps sorry Jeanette

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

.... Have a look at my starless 47Tuc

Magical shot there Dave. I don't think I've seen a shot that better conveys the sheer vastness, stark beauty and total emptiness of the enormous space 47 Tuc hangs out in. Suggest it's a bit black clipped though ... and perhaps it could use a bit more BLUE!! Dying to see the repro!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

...no comment from Fred or Marcus Davies yet though bah!...repro haters!

Mike

Nah, don't hate repros ... just NB! At least it still has stars!!!

I DO like the detail and the 3D effect you've got going on though - very nice!

Cheers, Marcus

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Here is the full frame uncropped version (only slightly trimmed) -a lot of star making stuff in that FOV!!!

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...82231/original

Cheers Markus .....NB hater

And thanks Peter for your favourable comments about this FLI camera image When you getting that filterwheel for your STX any how?

Oi! Bartman, those purple stars rock, they are just like Hubbles

Mike

[AlexN]

Exquisite Mike.. Truly inspirational...

sniff sniff.. smells like.... sniff... Star Birth!

You just have to love the detail and contrast provided by line filters.. not to mention the freedom in processing and unlimited repro possibilities.. Have you considered doing a HSO redo? or a HOO/HOS? what about LRGB mapped as [Ha + 40% SII + 50% OIII]L [Ha]R [SII]G [OIII + 20% Ha]B

If doing HSO, adding Ha to the OIII for Blue gives you a bit more of a Hb look rather than a straight OIII look, which also give you a bit more strength in the blues (which is always nice) and Lums for NB imaging should always be a blend of all 3 (or 4 or 5) narrowband channels, as if you use Ha as the lum, it will only really boost the Ha channel of the image, as they are identical.. you really want to boost all the channels various components, so the luminance (as in an LRGB image) should cover the full spectrum covered by the colour filters..

Wow.. Pretty sure most of that wasn't needed.. but hey, its the AM, I've not slept properly in a few days, and so now im babbling senselessly.. aaand I'm ok with that.

Anyway.... enough from me.

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Ehhhh.
S'OK.

[AlexN]

Because insomnia is awesome and i have nothing better to do... Here is a Sidonio of a Sidonio of a Sidonio image...

Same image, remapped as HOS for RGB.. sorry for the minuscule size, couldn't be bothered uploading a larger one... aaand excuse the compression artefacts.. couldnt be bothered sorting that out either

however, we all know how awesome the detail is, this just gives an idea of the freedom in narrowband imaging... just by swapping the RGB channels around we have a very different looking image, that is no more or less correct in colour balance than the original...

This is why us colourblind folk love narrowband images..

PS - Mike, Hope my dont mind my having a fiddle with your masterpiece..

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah yum! VOMIT even has the carrots

he he no worries Alex, fiddle away my friend

Hmmm yes, I have tried a few different combos I guess and this one seemed to look the best ....that's not to say that I couldn't..?..REPROCESS it woohoo

Mike

[AlexN]

Im a fiddler from way back.. Yeah SHO is generally the most appealing view.. HS[O+H] usually goes nicely too, I've not tried an OSH or OHS before.. I suppose OHS would be interesting, bring out awesome blue detail.. Would probably be best on something like the veil...

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Im a fiddler from way back.. ..

Ahhhh... now you have your own camera data to fiddle with again

...............

[AlexN]

Yea.. I'll stop destroying your data! tehehe!