The eye of god

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #1 29-10-2011, 05:33 PM

Hi all, it was a while I wanted to shoot the Helix nebula from Coona. Considering that with my rig I cannot get a very high resolution (my scope is only 1 mt FL) I tried to go deep to see what I was able to see on the faintest parts of this planetary. I was pleased to detect the large bubble gas that envelopes the main ring and also some dust in the area, even if I was a bit surprised by how faint these features are and how much I had to stretch the original data to make them visible.

Here is the link:
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Imag..._LfzjnLq-X3-LB

Total exposure was 16.5 hours (HaOIIILRGB). Other details on the page.

As usual there is also a the full res zoomify version accessible here:
http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/ngc7293_HaOIIILRGB.htm

Hope you will like it.

Clear Skies
Marco

John Hothersall · #2 29-10-2011, 05:47 PM

Wow thats deep, love the cirrus scattered about, zooming in shows quite a bit of detail inside the ring and in the many background galaxies scattered around. Looks best wide and the envelopes are detailed shapely arcs merging into the rich background.

John.

telemarker (Keith) · #3 29-10-2011, 05:55 PM

Fabulous deep image

, but you might want to see to the link (it shows Centaurus A).

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #4 29-10-2011, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Wow thats deep, love the cirrus scattered about, zooming in shows quite a bit of detail inside the ring and in the many background galaxies scattered around. Looks best wide and the envelopes are detailed shapely arcs merging into the rich background.

John.

Thanks John!

Quote:

Originally Posted by telemarker

Fabulous deep image

, but you might want to see to the link (it shows Centaurus A).

Thanks Keith, I have corrected the link now

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Marco

Ross G · #5 29-10-2011, 07:14 PM

What a beautiful photo Marco.

Amazing colours and such deep detail.

Thanks.

Ross.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #6 29-10-2011, 08:32 PM

Lovely shot Marco! With the cirrus in the background it just looks amazing. I would be sending this to the APOD people.

BTW the zoomify still takes me to Centaurus A.

Cheers

Steve

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #7 29-10-2011, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross G

What a beautiful photo Marco.

Amazing colours and such deep detail.

Thanks.

Ross.

Thanks Ross

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Lovely shot Marco! With the cirrus in the background it just looks amazing. I would be sending this to the APOD people.

BTW the zoomify still takes me to Centaurus A.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve, link fixed.

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Marco

Peter Ward · #8 29-10-2011, 10:39 PM

Sublime.

Impressive

....pretty much as good as it gets.

gregbradley · #9 29-10-2011, 11:57 PM

Another beauty Marco.

Haven't seen the dust picked up before.

Fantastic.

Greg.

Octane (Humayun) · #10 30-10-2011, 12:57 AM

Best Helix Nebula I've seen, bar none.

Astounding work, my friend.

H

Aris Greece (Aris) · #11 30-10-2011, 01:14 AM

Stunning Image u got there.
Well done!!!

atalas · #12 30-10-2011, 08:32 AM

A wonderful field Marco.

Ric · #13 30-10-2011, 09:14 AM

Wonderful work Marco, I really enjoyed playing around with the zoomify version.

cventer · #14 30-10-2011, 09:41 AM

Not much more to say. Brilliant.

What mount you running the 140 on top of ?

richardo (Rich) · #15 30-10-2011, 12:08 PM

Have to agree, that this is one of the best wide field images of the Helix I have seen to date!
Heaps of cirrus that is accentuated by the lovely dark background.
The extra time with added OIII just adds to the central regions chemistry.

Outstanding stuff.

Rich

Osirisra (Ken) · #16 30-10-2011, 03:24 PM

Brilliant!

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #17 30-10-2011, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Sublime.

Impressive

....pretty much as good as it gets.

Thanks Peter, appreciate

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Another beauty Marco.

Haven't seen the dust picked up before.

Fantastic.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, actually I was surprised by HOW LITTLE dust were there, considering the level of stretch I applied to this image! I was expecting to see some more.. In any case it is always fun to see what is hidden in the lowest part of the histogram in your pics

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

Best Helix Nebula I've seen, bar none.

Astounding work, my friend.

H

Thanks H!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aris Greece

Stunning Image u got there.
Well done!!!

Thanks to you too Aris

Quote:

Originally Posted by atalas

A wonderful field Marco.

Thanks Louie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ric

Wonderful work Marco, I really enjoyed playing around with the zoomify version.

Happy you liked it Ric, pity the resolution is not so high, there are loads of hidden treasures in the central part of the Helix that my image doesn't show..

Quote:

Originally Posted by cventer

Not much more to say. Brilliant.

What mount you running the 140 on top of ?

Thanks Cventer, I have my TEC on a Paramount ME

Quote:

Originally Posted by richardo

Have to agree, that this is one of the best wide field images of the Helix I have seen to date!
Heaps of cirrus that is accentuated by the lovely dark background.
The extra time with added OIII just adds to the central regions chemistry.

Outstanding stuff.

Rich

Thanks a lot Ric

Clear Skies
Marco

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #18 30-10-2011, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Osirisra

Brilliant!

Thanks Ken

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Marco

TrevorW · #19 01-11-2011, 11:26 AM

Stunning

iceman (Mike) · #20 07-11-2011, 06:10 AM

That's quite incredible. A wonderful image. Beautiful!