Environs of IC4628

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow, now they are simply stunning. All of them.

Smacked in the gob I was.

[Ric]

Hi Jase, great to see you back.

I have three words for your three images.

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Simply superb. Great images all three, with the mosaic being absolutely top notch. Thank you for sharing these, it's very inspiring.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Lovely Jase, If that is you out of practice I can't wait to see what you can do with a bit of practice. A while between images but you still produce the goods. A huge field which look real good to me.
Nice work as usual.

[jase (Jason)]

Originally Posted by beren

brilliant, great views Jase

Cheers Beren! Pleased you enjoy the views!

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Nice one Jase

Thanks Trevor!

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I recall Steve Crouch captured the dust around omega some years back, that said I suspect you've gone deeper again, and then some
Nicely done. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/thumbsup.gifhttp://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/thumbsup.gif

Peter, I'm sure someone else has probably gone deeper, but I can't find a reference image. If anyone can point me to one, that would be great. Wasn't too difficult to lift the dust off the background ADU with the long exposures. I think anyone could do it but you'll need relatively dark skies. Thanks again!

Originally Posted by iceman

Wow, now they are simply stunning. All of them.

Smacked in the gob I was.

Cheers Mike! There's something in the three for everyone I guess! Have to say that I didn't mind putting together the single frame images for a change. I've got a couple more to share as soon as I get around to processing them.

Originally Posted by Ric

Hi Jase, great to see you back.

I have three words for your three images.

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME.

Thanks Ric! Good to be back, though haven't really gone anywhere. Just busy with work and processing other peoples data (fine art projects) has kept me occupied. Will be sure to hang around for a while. Thanks again!

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Simply superb. Great images all three, with the mosaic being absolutely top notch. Thank you for sharing these, it's very inspiring.

Thank you Rolf. I think my pick of the bunch would be the mosaic too. Reminds me of Pentax67 large format scene through a 200mm lens from a distance. Thanks for checking them out!

Originally Posted by Hagar

Lovely Jase, If that is you out of practice I can't wait to see what you can do with a bit of practice. A while between images but you still produce the goods. A huge field which look real good to me.
Nice work as usual.

Cheers Doug! No, am not out of practice. Still been imaging. Will share more once I get a chance.

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Thanks again all. Appreciate the feedback

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Whoa! What a great image! That is a reference image for sure!

Tom

[richardo (Rich)]

Lovely images Jase...(of course!)...
Love the way you have blended your data in the IC4628 to not only show the extent of the star cloud, retaining the colour but let the Ha data through and how its subtly over layed in other areas.
Your Omega is nicely done as well. Lovely subtle star colours and quite well resolved without burning the core.

All good mate!
Nice to see a few from you again.

All the best
Rich

[Ross G]

Stunning photos Jase.

I love the Omega Centauri shot.

Thanks.


Ross.

[jase (Jason)]

Originally Posted by Tom Davis

Whoa! What a great image! That is a reference image for sure!

Tom

Thanks Tom! A stellar street directory in fact!

Originally Posted by richardo

Lovely images Jase...(of course!)...
Love the way you have blended your data in the IC4628 to not only show the extent of the star cloud, retaining the colour but let the Ha data through and how its subtly over layed in other areas.
Your Omega is nicely done as well. Lovely subtle star colours and quite well resolved without burning the core.

All good mate!
Nice to see a few from you again.

All the best
Rich

Cheers Rich! Just followed usual practices for the blend (Ha+R:100% and B+Ha:15%) using pixel math. Trick is to ensure background ADU's are normalised between channels otherwise weightings end up killing the image on the RGB combine. I also stitched together a base RGB (no Ha data) which was blended in lighten mode to make the stars pop with colours (golden star clouds) and bring out the 'true' nebulae hues lost in the Ha+R shift. Relatively simple workflow. Omega doesn't resolve in 4" of aperture. Altering the arcsec/pixel ratio would still deliver a similar result. Need more aperture. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Stunning photos Jase.

I love the Omega Centauri shot.

Thanks.


Ross.

Thanks Ross! Pleased you liked them.

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Thanks All.

[RobF (Rob)]

Heck, I'm late on the scene, but have to say "hat's off" Jase. More stunning images and thanks so much for posting and sharing them here. IC4628 is my fav for sure.