Cepheus zoom and dust ...

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Cepheus is a northern constellation rich of objects ... the best know is the IC1396 bubble. I already posted a widefield of this object taken with a modified DSLR (http://www.starkeeper.it/IC1396WF.htm).

Now i would to show you the center of this nebula , the VdB142 or Elephant's Trunk nebula ...a very strange place, obtained with my RC some weeks ago:

http://www.starkeeper.it/VDB142.htm

Cepheus is also famous for its giant molecular cloud, this is the NGC7129 Nebula area with the open cluster NGC7142, a deep image show the dust and the Hydrogen gas in the middle, the nebula also show a lot of HerbigHaro objects that you can find in full res version:

http://www.starkeeper.it/NGC7129WF.htm

Like every time i hope you'll find this post interesting.

All the best,
Leo

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Beautiful work Leo that VDB142 is magical...looks alive

Mike

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Thank you so much Mike ...

Leo

[RickS (Rick)]

Lovely shots, Leo! Very 3D looking.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great work Leo. Always looking forward to see your new pics. That elephant's trunk is unreal.

[Ross G]

Beautiful photos Leo.

I love the colours.

Ross.

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Thanks you so much ...

All the best,
Leo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

WOW!! Leonardo mate!! stunning images

Love the golden star cluster in the last picture.

Cheers
Jo

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Beautiful colour and detail. Superb.
Trevor

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Fantastic Leo, the Elephant Trunk is one of the best images of this subject I have ever seen!

Clear skies
Marco

[rat156]

Hi Leo,

Great images.

I'm particularly interested in the VBD142 image. I was wondering if you have a procedure for recombining the Ha data with the RGB data. I have all sorts of trouble trying to get even close to the RGB colours once the Ha has been added.

Cheers
Stuart

[Joshua Bunn (Joshua)]

I love it Leo, very smooth.

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Thans to all for feedback ..

@Stuart .. usually i don't use to take a HRGB or LHRGB (VdB142 is an LRGB) .. but when i tried i added Ha to luminance and color with a lighten layer in PS. In case of HGRB i usually create a synthetic Luminance. Try to ask in a dedicate thread .. there are some of the best AP in this forum using this composition.

All the best,
Leo