A very vibrant narrow band Helix Nebula.

[batema (Mark)]

This is my first go at narrow band imaging.

It comprises of 4 hours 40 minutes of Hydrogen Alpha and 4 hours of Oxygen data. I put the Hydrogen Alpha data in the red channel and Oxygen in both green and blue channels. I then have no way of describing any logical processing technique from that moment on. I did process the images individually before I combined them.

I know it is way too vibrant but it is my first go at this type of imaging.

As always criticism and advice welcome.

High resolution image available here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134809.../in/datetaken/

Mark

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Great Image Mark, plenty of detail and nicely processed.

That scope sure is a keeper

I bet you are loving the skies out there


Cheers Geoff

[gregbradley]

That's a stunner Mark. A fabulous first light.

Greg.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Awesome work, Mark!

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Very nice Mark. You've done a good job in getting the faint outer halo. Not too vibrant IMO
Geoff

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's very cool Mark. The colors are great and you go the blend just right. Top shelf.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Whoa that's a cracker Mark really looks like a big beady eyeball staring back

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Great start at NB, Mark!

[Rex]

Nice shot Mark. I love the colours and some nice detail in there as well.

[DJT (David)]

Congrats on the first NB. Loads of detail there and the colour is great

[Paul Haese]

I like that colour palette. Detail is good too.

[RickS (Rick)]

Excellent result, Mark! Nothing wrong with the colour at all.

Cheers,
Rick.