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Late Rigel and The Witches Head Nebula


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20 minutes ago, Dmack1 said:

That is just gorgeous - a stunning image. I'm not sure how you could improve on it if I'm honest.

Thanks...thats kind of you to say....I think it would be more about refining the noise levels in the faint areas and perhaps less star related artefacts...These were a couple of the things that hounded me during this process.

13 minutes ago, AstronomyUkraine said:

Fantastic detail and colour Peter. One of the few nebula that actually resembles the name given to it.

Thank you....I agree it really does look like the typical 'Disney' type witch crooked nose and everything.

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3 hours ago, PeterBolt said:

Wow that’s incredible!!!

Thank you Peter.....as much as I like CCD, Cmos is definitely the way forward.... It does take some getting used to especially if like me you have used CCD for years. To get the most out of the data exposures need to be quite short, and ther are a few things to understand about Gain and offset....but to be honest its not that difficult.

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On 4/30/2021 at 9:41 PM, Vicki said:

Absolutely superb to see this as wide field as this and the colours are amazing! With this wide fov, I can really see it looks like a witches profile. Love it 👌

 

On 4/30/2021 at 11:54 PM, paul said:

That looks very 3d, great range of light and dark.👍

 

On 5/1/2021 at 1:21 PM, TerryMcK said:

An astonishing picture. The 2600 looks to be well matched to the lens. The processing is superb.

 

On 5/1/2021 at 5:28 PM, AndyBooth said:

What a fantastic image.

I dont think ive seen such a wide view of this object.

stunning.

 Thank you for your kind comments

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Peter - I've only just dipped into the forum as I am off doing 'summer things' however that is an absolutley stunning image, I have also joined the ASI2600MC club and hope to get a lighter poratble mount and search out some dark skies later in the year for some RGB imaging - but this is such an inspirational image, so much to enjoy, the dust clouds the colours, again the colours !!! and then the framing  - just WOW..

I am lost for words ....

thank you for sharing

 

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21 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Outstanding result on an incredibly difficult target. That's one of the most spectacular OSC images I've seen.

 

Where are you and what sort of skies were you imaging under?

 

20 hours ago, paulgrover68 said:

Absolute stunning image.  So much good stuff I don't know where to look first.

 

What class of sky are you under Peter? I would love to try this one next year, but figured my sky might be too washed out to get the detail (or anything!)

Thank you Niel, and Paul, This one I set up in Spain so the skies are about Bortal 3.... My skies in the UK are also Bortal 3 but it sits much lower down...but to be honest I see no reason to get the same result from here given that I was imaging low down in the muck in Spain.... I would just need to catch it a little earlier....oh and wait for the clouds to clear of course!!

 

18 hours ago, Wyvern said:

WOW WOW WOW Peter. I saw this go up on astrobin and was amazed! 

Thanks Wyvern...I have to say at first  I wasn't as happy with it as I perhaps should have been,  but I think it was because of the difficulties pushing the process so far.

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On 5/3/2021 at 11:29 AM, MarkAR said:

That's just mind-blowing. Stunning image Peter, worthy of an APOD at the very least.

Thank you

On 5/4/2021 at 11:43 PM, Astrobdlbug said:

Peter - I've only just dipped into the forum as I am off doing 'summer things' however that is an absolutley stunning image, I have also joined the ASI2600MC club and hope to get a lighter poratble mount and search out some dark skies later in the year for some RGB imaging - but this is such an inspirational image, so much to enjoy, the dust clouds the colours, again the colours !!! and then the framing  - just WOW..

I am lost for words ....

thank you for sharing

 

Thanks ...Its a wonderful camera so sensitive and it has no problem pulling out the Hydrogen band

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