The Eye of God

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Anyone received that email going around that shows the Hubble image of
The Helix Nebula and procalims that it is some profound object only
able to be imaged with the god given grandure of The Hubble Space
Telescope?

Well here is a non Hubble colaborative effort between the master
astrophotographer Wolfgang Promper and myself. As you can see one
doesn't need hubble to see this plain'ol planetary in Aquarius, in all
its glory huh?

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/62415236/original

Mike

[Striker (Tony)]

Awesome Mike...I saw your luminance this morning and thought this will be one to remember...you didn't dissapoint..great image.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Striker

Awesome Mike...I saw your luminance this morning and thought this will be one to remember...you didn't dissapoint..great image.

Thanks Tony

I am VERY pleased with how this one turned out. One cannot beat good optics and quality data, both my Ha and Wolfgangs RGB were top quality so the image reflects this I recon..? My Halpha component could "always" have done with a couple more hours or so though...ah, maybe next time?

This is not how it always turns out of course :-)

Mike

Mike

[sheeny (Al)]

Yes, I've seen that email.

My congratulations for doing your bit to dispell this fledgling urban myth / hoax.

...and my admiration at your ability to produce simply beautiful images!

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

best helix i have ever seen . Hubble quality indeed.

[h0ughy (David)]

wow like that is absolutely amazing, stunning detail!

[Adrian-H]

love your image mike, the colors and detail are really fantastic

[Lester]

Well Mike, I vote that we should put you in charge of the Hubble telescope. Your results speak for them selves. Great stuff.

[asimov (John)]

Boy! Thats a marvellous shot.

Congrats !

[davidpretorius]

not sure what to say, stunning!!!!

[iceman (Mike)]

Lovely mike, just lovely.

[Dennis]

Hi Mike

Now that the Hubble camera appears to have "stopped working", maybe you could apply for the job?

Stunning image.

Cheers

Dennis

[Striker (Tony)]

I think everything has been said....Been looking at this image trying to find faults for a while now and have come to the conclusion that to improve it get a bigger CCD chip.....would have liked to have seen the whole Neb...thats all I can find...hehehe

[ving (David)]

give me my eye back!

[danielsun]

WOW!!! Thats an amazing shot!!!!
Truly brilliant!!!!I tell you ,thats not much different than the helix shot i have in my universe book if not better.Yours has more detail and stars!!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Thankyou all for the positive feedback on my Eye of God Helix Nebula image

I have taken a lot of images to date, some pretty good and some not as good but this one has something special about it. I'm not exactly sure what it is but the inference of being hit in the eye by it (by Ving) is a good one I think. :-)

Happy imaging

Mike