There are many more stars on the right hand side of the image. When we look at images by other folk, this seems to be real and solid.
We see a faint and ghostly blue tracery of complex OIII shock fronts and bubbles, marking out the figure of a dancer, with the head surrounding the main bright cluster, and the hem of the skirt at the bottom of the image.
Immediately left of the ballerina we find the multiple stems of a dark mallee gum, or perhaps brown-black ink diffusing through water.
The bright moon has messed up the very faintest areas around the edges on the right half, so don't waste too much time puzzling over those. We were overjoyed to avoid cabin fever and go up to the observatory.
Lovely amount of detail showing up in there MnT, love it! I do wonder if it would be possible to do a gradient red removal on the right part of the image? Gradient running from right to left. It may destroy colour balance though.
Your software scripts are certainly doing their job! There appears to be quite a number if OIII shock fronts scattered throughout the centre of the image, very interesting!
Lovely amount of detail showing up in there MnT, love it! I do wonder if it would be possible to do a gradient red removal on the right part of the image? Gradient running from right to left. It may destroy colour balance though.
Your software scripts are certainly doing their job! There appears to be quite a number if OIII shock fronts scattered throughout the centre of the image, very interesting!
Thanks muchly, Colin. We think the best way to tame the gradient is to gather much more SII on a night with less moon.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Excellent image guys and the colours look lovely with heaps of 3D detail
Here is where I see the dancer
Mike
Thanks for your kind words, Mike. That's the right spot, and your annotated version of the photo is definitely an improvement.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
That's a ripper of an image. Its the only image of this area I have seen that shows those bubbles in the O111.
I like the colour balance you've gotten and that touch of light magenta/pink is a pleasant view.
Greg.
Thanks, Greg. We're pleased with the OIII bubbles. They're consistent across three well-separated observing sessions now. The Committee struggled over the magenta blush, and eventually decided it was ok.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Mike S do you see images of pretty girls in most astrophotos???
Greg.
Perhaps only in ones from Euchareena. It's the fresh country air.
Mnt an amazing image.
The details are superb. Colours are great. I agree with Greg about the red.
I love the hole in the clouds to the left side of the ridge
Scott
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