Sydney Swan

[Peter Ward]

A wider view of M17 here

Didn't mess with the colours and simply went straight RGB (no-H-alpha)

[h0ughy (David)]

you have been busy

[el_draco (Rom)]

Now you're just showing off..... ;-)

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Really churning them out, Peter. Nice one!

[Paul Haese]

Maybe just a little flat in contrast but great colours. How is the noise in a larger res image?

[alpal]

Very nice Peter & once again it could be made even better with a little cheating.
In Photoshop - remove the stars with fill.
Sharpen the nebula only & shove it back into the original with a varied opacity.

cheers
Allan

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by alpal

Very nice Peter & once again it could be made even better with a little cheating.
In Photoshop - remove the stars with fill.
Sharpen the nebula only & shove it back into the original with a varied opacity.

cheers
Allan

Well I could. I could also airbrush a nice smiley face on the swan

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Maybe just a little flat in contrast but great colours. How is the noise in a larger res image?

Ta Paul. Noise?... I do have a constant ringing in my ears due 4000 odd hours in noisy turbo-props
(as an aside...I expect to be logging my 20,000th hour on "heavies" later this year..)

Originally Posted by Larryp

Really churning them out, Peter. Nice one!

Ta Laurie

Originally Posted by el_draco

Now you're just showing off..... ;-)

Originally Posted by h0ughy

you have been busy

Thanks gentlemen ..Busy? yep! ....showing off? ...nah...that would require seriously more data

[alpal]

Peter,

Well I could. I could also airbrush a nice smiley face on the swan

Very funny - I did say it was cheating.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a tough one in RGB. Nailed it, including star colors.

[RickS (Rick)]

A lovely M17, Peter, especially for such little integration time.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very nice Peter! Colours are great.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Rod771

Very nice Peter! Colours are great.

Ta. I like the colours too

Originally Posted by RickS

A lovely M17, Peter, especially for such little integration time.

With many brighter objects, you simply don't need much exposure to get a good result.

Happy snap (daylight) photographers get fantastic results in 1/500th of a second or so

It's also worth noting the RHA has 4x the light gathering of my AP155, hence the numbers would read 120:120:120 mins with that scope to get the same S/N ratio.

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's a tough one in RGB. Nailed it, including star colors.

Your feedback is always appreciated Marc.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

With many brighter objects, you simply don't need much exposure to get a good result.

Happy snap (daylight) photographers get fantastic results in 1/500th of a second or so

It's also worth noting the RHA has 4x the light gathering of my AP155, hence the numbers would read 120:120:120 mins with that scope to get the same S/N ratio.

I have been imaging M17 in narrowband at f/9 so your 30:30:30 is only one noisy sub in each filter for me

[gregbradley]

That looks great. I particularly like the way the stars are so well differentiated. In some scopes with a wide view like that they can get a bit mushy. These are very well differentiated.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That looks great. I particularly like the way the stars are so well differentiated. In some scopes with a wide view like that they can get a bit mushy. These are very well differentiated.

Greg.

Ta Greg...I've since taken a few comments on board, and have put up a snappier version at the same URL... a little more Vegas neon now

same link as before

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Looks great to me Peter, and less neon for me , you can't win.
Ted

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Very nice, especially for not using Halpha.