NGC 2070 in Doradus

[Octane (Humayun)]

Hi all,

Work in progress on 52 hours of data on NGC 2070 and surrounds.

What a spectacular region of the sky.

I'm not entirely sold on the palette, but, it is so abundant in oxygen III that it overpowers the region in blue/green in the traditional Hubble palette of sulphur II mapped to red, hydrogen alpha mapped to green and oxygen III mapped to blue.

This was captured over 31 nights. I look forward to presenting the final image (when I'm a bit more satisfied).

SBIG STL-11000M, Takahashi FSQ-106N, Losmandy G-11 Gemini
SBIG Remote Guide Head, Takahashi FS-60CB
15.5 hours hydrogen alpha, 17 hours sulphur II, 19.5 hours oxygen III
1800.0s (each sub-exposure per filter) f/5.0 at 530.0mm -25 degrees Celsius

Larger version available here.

Thanks for looking.

H

[Atmos (Colin)]

That falls into the WOW section! At 52 hours it is showing a lot of really faint extensions

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Gorgeous beautiful captivating! As Colin said, showing extremely faint extensions, yet masterful handling of the dynamic range. We love the colour - looks just right. Excellent choice of framing. Yum. The inclusion of a bit of the thick star mass at bottom left adds context and meaning. Brilliant!

[rmuhlack (Richard)]

That is really something! Agree with the previous comments re framing, faint extension etc. Certainly set the bar high for your return to imaging, cant wait to see more

[lazjen (Chris)]

I like it a lot, including the colours.

Maybe you need some HDR action for the core areas?

[alpal]

Hi Octane,
you've got great depth there.
52 hours is extraordinary - you must have a lot of patience.
I can't zoom in on the larger size to really see what's going on.
I think the core of the Tarantula is over exposed & blown out?
Maybe some shorter subs frames for that area are in order?

cheers
Allan

[el_draco (Rom)]

One of the best Tarantula's I've seen. Exquisite!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looking good H...hard to appreciate all the hard work though at the small size displayed

Mike

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

It is a truely amazing part of the sky and well worth the effort that you are applying.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

That's a gorgeous field H, and very cool view with such a deep exposure. Looking forward to the final version. And yep, the region is bursting with OIII for sure - same goes for SMC too.

[RickS (Rick)]

Very cool, H Expecting great things from the final image if that's just a teaser