Lagoon Nebula in hydrogen alpha

tornado33 · #1 07-07-2006, 08:46 AM

Imaged the Lagoon in moonlight with the 7 Nm Ha filter last night. 2x 10 mins ISO 400, with 10 inch F5.6 scope. Dynamic stretching done in IRIS, Green and blue channels then discarded in Photoshop.
Scott

avandonk · #2 07-07-2006, 11:42 AM

One word

Ghostly

Bert

Itchy · #3 07-07-2006, 12:21 PM

Stunning Scott

RB (Andrew) · #4 07-07-2006, 12:26 PM

Beautiful work Scott.

Striker (Tony) · #5 07-07-2006, 01:38 PM

I was stuck trying to compete with Berts respone of 1 word.....I couldn't find anything less then 1 word that explained my fealing towards this image Scott.

So Seing Bert started with 1 word then 2 from Itchy and 3 from Andrew I thought 4 was the go...lol

"Absolutely great depth Scott"

I would like to say more but my quota is up.

h0ughy (David) · #6 07-07-2006, 01:59 PM

Stunning, supurb, enchanting, eclectic and perennial

Itchy · #7 07-07-2006, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Striker

I was stuck trying to compete with Berts respone of 1 word.....I couldn't find anything less then 1 word that explained my fealing towards this image Scott.

So Seing Bert started with 1 word then 2 from Itchy and 3 from Andrew I thought 4 was the go...lol

"Absolutely great depth Scott"

I would like to say more but my quota is up.

at Striker!! He can count! I thought I was the only Maths geeks around here

.

avandonk · #8 07-07-2006, 03:08 PM

really meant
Ghastly!
bert

h0ughy (David) · #9 07-07-2006, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avandonk

really meant
Ghastly!
bert

@ Berts response.

Lucky I know him

, Scott that is

iceman (Mike) · #10 07-07-2006, 03:56 PM

lol bert

Great shot Scott, very very impressive.

tornado33 · #11 07-07-2006, 04:55 PM

Many thanks all

I was hoping it would turn out, given that it showed up when I used the old unmodded 300D with the Ha filter last year. The Lagoon is a strong Ha emitter. Focussing and composing is a hassle, as its strictly trial and error, taking 1 minute shots to determine focus and composition.
Scott

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #12 07-07-2006, 07:04 PM

love that H alpha look--and who cares about the moon eh

PhotonCollector (Paul) · #13 10-07-2006, 07:06 PM

Totally awesome image, I think! and under the Moon wow. In fact you could probably turn all your lights on and it wouldnt make a difference.

Here's a inverted view of your image - which is interesting too.

Paul M

[1ponders] (Paul) · #14 10-07-2006, 07:22 PM

to both Scott and Paul. Brilliant imaging guys.

tornado33 · #15 12-07-2006, 12:44 AM

Thanks all.
Gee Paul the inverted shot seems to look better, thanks for that.

I guess thats why Schmidt plates are shown that way.
Scott