Its been a busy month or so with imaging at Clayton.
I have been collecting this data for 16 nights starting a month ago. Initially it was something to fill in the time between astronomical dark and when the Rosette was high enough to image. However, as time went on I became quite interested in how this image would turn out.
There are so many interesting gas clouds in this field and to boot there are two Globulars which are also located in the LMC.
Hi Paul,
that's such an interesting pic.
The LMC is a real treasure of targets in the Southern hemisphere.
There is a good write-up on APOD here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041006.html
Superb as usual, Paul. An incredibly rich and rewarding image to explore.
Thanks Mike; yes the LMC has so many different looking objects to image. There are a number other really interesting objects I have been researching and of course the crown is the Tarantula which probably needs to be done again.
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Paul,
that's such an interesting pic.
The LMC is a real treasure of targets in the Southern hemisphere.
There is a good write-up on APOD here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041006.html
It looks like another Tarantula Nebula.
cheers
Allan
Yeah it looks to be like a pretty dense star forming region. The whole of the LMC has such rich clouds; probably as a result of the merger with the Milkyway.
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Originally Posted by Andy01
Wow! That's a cracker, very, very good rendition of the Bean nebula - (seriously, who names these things?)
Well done as always - you sure lift the bar high, but it gives us mere mortals something wonderful to aspire to!
I can see why it is called the bean nebula. Those OIII gas clouds would stand out in visual observing with an OIII filter but not so much the rest.
Thanks for the high praise, but remember we all start from the same position in this lark. And; like you I am inspired by several imagers out there too and hope to one day produce results like them.
A very interesting field, Paul. Expertly captured and processed. I'd love to see you do NGC 1760 at longer focal length one day.
Cheers,
Rick.
Thanks Rick. I am certainly selecting my targets for the RC12 with images like these. There is something really interesting about this object and I have it on my list for imaging once I get the RC12 operational again.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Another great NB LMC image Paul. I like this colour palette, its very pleasing to the eye.
Nicely done.
Greg.
Yep I think this works better than the last LMC image I did.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Yes, lovely image Paul! Very pretty indeed! Hubble palette?
Cheers, Marcus
Yes Hubble palette Marcus.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
I really like the palette you chose here Paul. Excellent highlights and shadow detail, with very little noise.
A top shelf result
Thanks Peter, the noise is one of my obsessive bug bears I suppose and I try to aim to have none but diminishing returns often means many more hours for little gain.
