Iris Nebula

[AstronomyUkraine]

Finally managed to get enough data to make a decent image. The full moon and low altitude didn't help much, but I'm quite pleased with the result. Need a few more hours of Lum to bring out more detail.

 

5 hours each of RGB

3 hours of Lum.

 

Brian

 

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by AstronomyUkraine

[rwillits]

A very beautiful photo. The colour is perfect. 

[TerryMcK]

Nice work Brian. I always like the dust clouds surrounding the nebula subdued and you have nailed it brilliantly.

[peter shah]

superb work

[AstronomyUkraine]

9 hours ago, rwillits said:

A very beautiful photo. The colour is perfect. 

Thanks, much appreciated.

[AstronomyUkraine]

4 minutes ago, peter shah said:

superb work

Thanks Peter.

[AstronomyUkraine]

2 hours ago, TerryMcK said:

Nice work Brian. I always like the dust clouds surrounding the nebula subdued and you have nailed it brilliantly.

Thanks Terry. I wanted the focus to be on the reflection nebula, and getting the colour right.

[PeterBolt]

Another beautiful image

[AstronomyUkraine]

3 hours ago, PeterBolt said:

Another beautiful image

Thanks Peter. Glad you like it.

[Jkulin]

Hi Brian,

 

I thought there was loads of dark stuff that you were missing out on and sure enough there is loads, just had a quick play and yep its there, just needs tweaking out: -

 

 

I'm sure there is loads more to pull out and with your skies it will produce a wonderful image.

[AstronomyUkraine]

12 hours ago, Jkulin said:

Hi Brian,

 

I thought there was loads of dark stuff that you were missing out on and sure enough there is loads, just had a quick play and yep its there, just needs tweaking out: -

 

 

I'm sure there is loads more to pull out and with your skies it will produce a wonderful image.

I will have another play with it John. I know there is more background nebulosity in there. Was more concerned with getting the core right.

[Jkulin]

When I did it in November I worked on the outer stuff and then masked up the centre to get the detail, with my skies it was hard to pull any more data from the background, but with your superb skies I am sure you will pull a beautiful image.

 

https://www.astrobin.com/vpgt3u

[AstronomyUkraine]

5 hours ago, Jkulin said:

When I did it in November I worked on the outer stuff and then masked up the centre to get the detail, with my skies it was hard to pull any more data from the background, but with your superb skies I am sure you will pull a beautiful image.

 

https://www.astrobin.com/vpgt3u

I managed to tweak a little more out of the background. I applied a blue colour mask to the image and got a little more out of it. I also used EZDenoise before stretching. It's the first time I've used it, but it did a great job. It is based on TGVDenoise by the looks of it.

 

Brian

 

 

[Jkulin]

Brian, that core is superb

[AstronomyUkraine]

Just now, Jkulin said:

Brian, that core is superb

Thanks John, I did bring out a touch more nebulosity, but held back a little. I like the contrast between the dark and the blue reflection nebula. I fixed the core with a dose of HDRMultiscaleTransform, on layer setting 5. I usually use 6 or 7, but that tended to blow the core.

[MarkAR]

Wow, combine your core with Johns faint outliers and Bobs your auntie.

[Bob-c]

A very nice image Brian.

 

Bob.

[AstronomyUkraine]

37 minutes ago, Bob-c said:

A very nice image Brian.

 

Bob.

Thanks Bob.

[AstronomyUkraine]

4 hours ago, MarkAR said:

Wow, combine your core with Johns faint outliers and Bobs your auntie.

I tend to be a little on the conservative side when it comes to stretching. It's so easy to give it one extra tweak and bring out strange artifacts.

[Gina]

Superb!  👍👍👍