Tears of Allah (image edited, revised and updated)

[Andy01 (Andy)]

OK - this one's finished at last!
NGC 3324 - Gabrielle Mistral Nebula in HST (Inspired by Rat 156)

Added 3 hrs S2, 2 hrs O3 and RGB stars to previous 3 hrs Ha & 2 hrs O3
Total of 8hrs data from both LMDSS Heathcote and my suburban backyard.

High res here - http://www.astrobin.com/153116/B/

Kind of reminds me of a cool lagoon in space

I hope you enjoy it, comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

Cheers

Andy

Final revised, edited High Res Version here - http://www.astrobin.com/153116/D/

[Kunama]

That is just beautiful Andy. My new desktop image .....

[pluto (Hugh)]

Very nice!
I love the colours

[leon]

Excellent indeed, well done Andy.

Leon

[vlazg (George)]

WOW !!!!

[traveller (Bo)]

That's awesome Andy, almost 3d.
Bo

[MortonH]

Freakin' awesome!

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by Kunama

That is just beautiful Andy. My new desktop image .....

Thanks Kunama, I'm delighted you liked it

Originally Posted by pluto

Very nice!
I love the colours

Cheers Pluto, thx for the feedback

Originally Posted by leon

Excellent indeed, well done Andy.

Leon

Thankyou for your positive comments Leon, much appreciated

Originally Posted by vlazg

WOW !!!!

Thx Vlazg, love the enthusiasm there, onya

Originally Posted by traveller

That's awesome Andy, almost 3d.
Bo

Thanks Bo, yeah there is a bit of 3D going on, probably to do with the layering, maybe we need 3D glasses for these kinds of images, cheers

Originally Posted by MortonH

Freakin' awesome!

Thanks Morton, appreciate your feedback mate, cheers Andy

[DJScotty (Scott)]

Beautiful image Andy!

Is that a small section of the Running Chicken Nebula in the bottom right corner? (Pardon my astrographical ignorance...)

[danielsun]

Spectacular image!
Nice work.

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Just when I start to get a little self esteem, someone posts an image of something I didn't know existed. Something so amazing that I have no idea how it was done.
Especially as I haven't even had 6 hours of seeing this year.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Outstanding ... such beautiful colours ..

Col...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice pic.

Originally Posted by jenchris

Just when I start to get a little self esteem, someone posts an image of something I didn't know existed. Something so amazing that I have no idea how it was done.
Especially as I haven't even had 6 hours of seeing this year.

This is the nebula also called gabriela mistral on the top end of ngc3372. Imaged quite a lot actually. Just different framing and thread title.

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Really good Andy, that's gotta be one of your best images yet, both technically and aesthetically

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by DJScotty

Beautiful image Andy!

Is that a small section of the Running Chicken Nebula in the bottom right corner? (Pardon my astrographical ignorance...)

Thanks DJ - appreciate the feedback. No that's the nebulosity around the gem cluster you're seeing there. Cheers

Originally Posted by danielsun

Spectacular image!
Nice work.

Thanks Daniel, onya

Originally Posted by jenchris

Just when I start to get a little self esteem, someone posts an image of something I didn't know existed. Something so amazing that I have no idea how it was done.
Especially as I haven't even had 6 hours of seeing this year.

Hey thanks Jenchris, but take it easy! It's taken me 2 years of learning and testing to get this image up! I first attempted it with my old OSC and soon realized after three attempts that I needed NB to get the effect I wanted.

I've had the QSI for six months, and it's finally coming together, the NB learning curve is steep too. Persistance yeilds its own rewards I guess

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Outstanding ... such beautiful colours ..

Col...

Thanks Flashdrive, cheers

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice pic.



This is the nebula also called gabriela mistral on the top end of ngc3372. Imaged quite a lot actually. Just different framing and thread title.

Thanks Marc, yes you are quite correct - and it's also refreshing to interpret a target in a different way to the usual. Cheers

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Really good Andy, that's gotta be one of your best images yet, both technically and aesthetically

Thanks Simmo - maybe - it's a bit easier working on a bright target! Thx for the positive feedback though cheers

[CJ (Chris)]

Stunning!

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Great shot Andy. Nice composition and lots of fine detail. I like the colour range.
Geoff

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Stunning does not do it justice

[DrWho]

awesome, haven't seen this framing before

[niharika]

Interesting title Andy , nicely framed. I have a feeling you used tonal mapping. If that's the case I would like to see a post with a more traditional processing as well when you get a chance.