Fantastic image Rick. There is a lot going on in there. Lots of detail in the dusty areas across the image. The eye seems to be drawn to the core of the 'iris' where there are a couple of long features that could be stamens. A very northerly object this one at a dec of 67d. Beyond the reach of us southerners in NSW. Thanks for posting.
R
Fantastic image Rick. There is a lot going on in there. Lots of detail in the dusty areas across the image. The eye seems to be drawn to the core of the 'iris' where there are a couple of long features that could be stamens. A very northerly object this one at a dec of 67d. Beyond the reach of us southerners in NSW. Thanks for posting.
R
Thanks, Rodney! I struggled to decide whether to make the dust or the neb the main feature and had a bob each way in the end
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Originally Posted by Tony_
Superb image Rick!
The dust around the reflection nebula is fantastic - gives the image a 3D effect.
Tony.
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Originally Posted by Slawomir
It's a really beautiful image Rick of a very interesting area of the sky
Thanks Tony & Suavi!
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Lovely image of something we don't see posted on IIS very often Rick so really enjoyed the view
Mike
Ta, Mike. It's nice to have access to these exotic northern objects.
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Originally Posted by Fabiomax
A beautiful Iris in a field that makes well in evidence all areas of dark dust!
Cheers,
Fabiomax
Awesome image, processing, colours and everything, although, as I prefer to see ‘SOME” noise, it seems to me that you’ve employed PI noise-reduction in a rather hard way …
Just stunning Rick. The star colours and dust are processed wonderfully. The beauty of the Iris is almost an interruption in some ways. Thanks for sharing.
About 15? hours of data seems a bit low for you? Is it likely to be worth putting more hours to it or is the effort/amount not worth the diminishing returns?
Another top image Rick. The colour in the neb is really nice and the IFN looks great. Those long exposures really pay off. (Note to self: nothing less than double figure exposures for nebs and galaxies from now on).
Geoff
A superb image Rick. Great colour, detail and smooth.
Thanks, Paul!
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
A great Iris Rick! Tight stars, smooth yet highly detailed. What's not to like?
Cheers
Steve
Ta, Steve.
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Originally Posted by IanP
Awesome image, processing, colours and everything, although, as I prefer to see ‘SOME” noise, it seems to me that you’ve employed PI noise-reduction in a rather hard way …
Thanks, Ian. I did find the noise in this one a bit ugly and gave it a couple of light noise reductions in the dark areas only. I did try to careful and subtle but maybe I didn't get away with it... Unfortunately, no practical amount of exposure time will get a really dark neb looking cleanish.
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Originally Posted by RobF
Just stunning Rick. The star colours and dust are processed wonderfully. The beauty of the Iris is almost an interruption in some ways. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Rob. I'll clone that dang nebula out next time
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Originally Posted by lazjen
Another great image Rick!
About 15? hours of data seems a bit low for you? Is it likely to be worth putting more hours to it or is the effort/amount not worth the diminishing returns?
Thanks, Chris. Looks like I made a mistake in my notes. The subs were all 900s so the total was a more respectable 21 hours.
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Originally Posted by Geoff45
Another top image Rick. The colour in the neb is really nice and the IFN looks great. Those long exposures really pay off. (Note to self: nothing less than double figure exposures for nebs and galaxies from now on).
Geoff
Thanks, Geoff! It is a pleasure working with large quantities of data but not always possible, unfortunately.
Amaizing Rick, where do you find the time to collect so much dust, reckon nasa needs to send one mighty vacuum cleaner out there to make highways for spacecraft - maybe 'snow plows' Lol , ,
Fantastic !!!
