IC2174 region

sjastro · #1 05-10-2011, 07:39 PM

IC2174.

I didn't realize there was an extensive amount of reflection nebulae in the field so I had to take a crash course into extracting the blue when using Ha as luminance.

LHaRGB 3 hr Ha 1 hr R, 1 hr G, 1 hr B.
BRC-250 scope, ST-X10ME.

70% resolution.
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/ic1274c.html

Clear skies

Steven

RickS (Rick) · #2 05-10-2011, 07:45 PM

Very nice! I have done a couple of wide fields including this neb and it's a lovely area of the sky.

Cheers,
Rick.

Ross G · #3 05-10-2011, 08:34 PM

A very nice photo Steven.

I love the smooth tones.

Thanks.

Ross.

sjastro · #4 06-10-2011, 11:03 AM

Thanks Rick and Ross.

Much appreciated.

Steven

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #5 06-10-2011, 04:16 PM

Nice color balance Steven, however it seems to me that the image is a bit too soft,perhaps due to a strong noise reduction routine applied that smeared the finest details..

Just mt 2c

Marco

sjastro · #6 06-10-2011, 06:03 PM

Thanks Marco. The softness is due to 4-5 arcsecond seeing during luminance imaging.

Regards

Steven

sjastro · #7 08-10-2011, 10:38 AM

Here is slightly more aggressively sharpened image without compromising the overall smoothness.

http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/ic1274c.html

Regards

Steven

jase (Jason) · #8 08-10-2011, 07:31 PM

Nicely done Steven. Second rendition has improved. I don't mind the smooth appearance, though as has been noted its a fine line to not losing detail. Colour balance looks spot on. Well done.

Hagar (Doug) · #9 08-10-2011, 09:20 PM

Nice Steven although it does appear a bit smooth and smudgy. I prefer to see a bit of noise and a bit brighter image.