Thors Helmet 8 hours CDK - Page 2

gary · #21 04-03-2011, 03:21 PM

Hi Greg,

Jaw droppingly good!

Best regards

Gary

icytailmark (Mark) · #22 04-03-2011, 04:21 PM

that looks fantastic that must of taken a many weeks to do that image.

richardo (Rich) · #23 04-03-2011, 05:51 PM

Didn't see the first posted image but this looks really very nice Greg!

I can see the 'out of image' bright star's reflections casting it shards of blue light at the top centre... but I think some slight 'imperfections' do make for an original image... almost like your own signature to an image

Looks like your flats are working well!

Be interesting to see how well the shroud and baffle work out for this scope...

All the best
Rich

CoolhandJo (Paul) · #24 04-03-2011, 08:01 PM

Lots of nebulosity I have never seen before!

Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi) · #25 04-03-2011, 08:03 PM

Greg very very nice shot .... impressive

Leo

gregbradley · #26 04-03-2011, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

Very Impressive.

Thanks for that.

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Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Ah! Now the painted masks are gone, that's much better!

Yes too many layers and masks and some inverted some painted. I painted an inverted mask.

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Originally Posted by gary

Hi Greg,

Jaw droppingly good!

Best regards

Gary

Cheers Gary.

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Originally Posted by icytailmark

that looks fantastic that must of taken a many weeks to do that image.

It probably was given the cloudy weather in between imaging sessions.

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Originally Posted by richardo

Didn't see the first posted image but this looks really very nice Greg!

I can see the 'out of image' bright star's reflections casting it shards of blue light at the top centre... but I think some slight 'imperfections' do make for an original image... almost like your own signature to an image

Looks like your flats are working well!

Be interesting to see how well the shroud and baffle work out for this scope...

All the best
Rich

I reduced the effect of this flare quite a bit but it still shows a bit. I wonder if I can get rid of it altogether.

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Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Lots of nebulosity I have never seen before!

Thanks. It did come up better than I expected.

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Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Greg very very nice shot .... impressive

Leo

Thanks very much Leo.

Greg.

spearo (Frank) · #27 04-03-2011, 11:33 PM

excellent FOV!
frank

gregbradley · #28 05-03-2011, 10:00 AM

Thanks Frank. The big chip helps a lot with that.

Greg.

multiweb (Marc) · #29 05-03-2011, 07:09 PM

Nice rendition of a faint one. Loads of neb I've never seen before.

I was expecting sharper details though given the aperture.

TrevorW · #30 05-03-2011, 08:28 PM

Greg I'm sorry but I'm going against the norm on this one, the histogram just doesn't look quite right and there appears to be a gradient in there.

Also appears maybe a tad to much noise reduction has over smoothed the result.

I'll probably be shot for saying this but I'd go back to the drawing board on this one with that much data I'm sure you could do a lot better

No offence meant just my point of view take it or leave it

Cheers

gregbradley · #31 05-03-2011, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice rendition of a faint one. Loads of neb I've never seen before.

I was expecting sharper details though given the aperture.

Thanks Marc.

I think the extra aperture and longer focal length highlights the deficiencies in the seeing more than the shorter focal length APOs that seem sharp a lot of the time.

As I recall seeing wasn't too good but clear nights are so rare you take what you get.

I sharpened it a bit more just for you.

Greg.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #32 05-03-2011, 10:05 PM

Nice detail Greg but it doesn't quite have the "natural" look that I've seen in some Thor's helmet images. I don't rate this an easy object though.

Cheers

Steve

gregbradley · #33 06-03-2011, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nice detail Greg but it doesn't quite have the "natural" look that I've seen in some Thor's helmet images. I don't rate this an easy object though.

Cheers

Steve

There is some SII and Ha data in there so its not a straight LRGB. So as a result its not 100% typical and not quite a narrowband shot either.

Greg.

Tom Davis (Tom) · #34 06-03-2011, 02:36 PM

That is a stunner!! What amazing extended detail in such a short amount of exposure time.

...and clear weather... what is that?

-Tom

batema (Mark) · #35 06-03-2011, 03:45 PM

It is an amazing object and your image looks fantastic. Congratulations.

Mark

gregbradley · #36 07-03-2011, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Davis

That is a stunner!! What amazing extended detail in such a short amount of exposure time.

...and clear weather... what is that?

-Tom

Thanks very much Tom. Much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by batema

It is an amazing object and your image looks fantastic. Congratulations.

Mark

Cheers Mark.

SkyViking (Rolf) · #37 07-03-2011, 06:26 PM

Wow that's a magnificent image! Well done and nicely processed. It looks very 3D to me and a very deep field. Thanks for sharing

gregbradley · #38 08-03-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SkyViking

Wow that's a magnificent image! Well done and nicely processed. It looks very 3D to me and a very deep field. Thanks for sharing

Thanks very much Rolf.

Greg.

multiweb (Marc) · #39 08-03-2011, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

As I recall seeing wasn't too good but clear nights are so rare you take what you get.

Fair enough. I almost forgot about the (bad)weather. It's just hanging there. Haven't imaged in months either.

gregbradley · #40 08-03-2011, 08:44 AM

Last night looked like it was going to be clear so I setup only to shut up again. This moring its crystal clear. The clear sky Gods obviously waited until after I went to bed. They are sneaky.

Tonight may be good.

Greg.