Looks good Greg although there seems to be a slight gradient there. Once again I can't see the large size as with one of your previous images. There must be something funny going on with my system.
Looks good Greg although there seems to be a slight gradient there. Once again I can't see the large size as with one of your previous images. There must be something funny going on with my system.
Cheers
Steve
I don't think there is a gradient Steve. I looked at Rob Gendlers mosaic of this area this morning and there is a large area of dust/gas to the right of the Witch head and reflection neb to the top and left. There is also some below the right. Its an extensive area.
Greg.
Very nice Witch Head, Greg! It's a difficult one to process.
Thanks Rick. Yes it is an odd area with unusual colours, dust, gas. There's 2 super bright stars just out of the view of the image there as well which probably light all this stuff up but can easily interfere with the image.
...There's 2 super bright stars just out of the view of the image there as well which probably light all this stuff up but can easily interfere with the image...
I imagine Rigel must give some grief!
Going by your equipment, this must be one faint mutha to image.
I like the wispiness . The star nebulosity gives a haunting sort of feel.
Thanks Fred. Its an odd object. Its a bit like CG4. That processes oddly as well.
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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne
Looks like there's some good depth to your Witch head Greg!
Hard to do, mine always looks flat.
Cheers,
Justin.
Yes I know what you mean. It is a hard object as its so different.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Ah The Blue Witch, gradient or not t'is very lovely
Mike
Thanks Mike. I don't think there is a gradient but perhaps there is. It was taken at my dark site so no light pollution there but it was lower in the sky which is not ideal. I can see a mosaic coming up here when its higher. I checked against Rob Gendlers image and the object does change colour like mine along its length. Makes sense as its a reflection neb. A lot of the other images I have seen are usually only part of the neb not as much as this so the last section should look fairly uniform.
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Originally Posted by naskies
Nice work, Greg. Looks like a puff of celestial smoke!
Thanks Dave. I looked it up, its a reflection nebula of dust and is reflecting light from Rigel.
I processed the image again from early in the processing on up. I was getting almost identical results but there was some green gradient probably from air glow as the object was fairly low when it was imaged.
I have corrected this and perhaps this was what some were seeing as far as a gradient is concerned. The dangers of imaging something low and what to look for when you do!
Yes the dark force is strong! Thanks Ian.
