Popular Post peter shah Posted April 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2021 The Witches Head Nebula, I'm not entirely sure I like this process. I was imaging late in the season and quite low down in the muck..I found this one of the trickiest images to Process .I thought I'd post it anyway. I may revisit it next season.. Imaged with the 105 f1.4 Sigma lens and ASI2600MC. 120s exposures a total of nearly 4 and a half hours. Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop. Thanks for looking Peter Shah 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazAstro Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Very nice Peter, I'm so used to seeing this in narrowband it makes a changed to see OSC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Marmot said: Amazing! Thank you Martin 2 hours ago, GazAstro said: Very nice Peter, I'm so used to seeing this in narrowband it makes a changed to see OSC. Thank you...This little OSC camera is turning out to be a bit special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmack1 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 That is just gorgeous - a stunning image. I'm not sure how you could improve on it if I'm honest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Fantastic detail and colour Peter. One of the few nebula that actually resembles the name given to it. Edited April 30, 2021 by AstronomyUkraine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Wow that’s incredible!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 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 👌 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 That looks very 3d, great range of light and dark.👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 An astonishing picture. The 2600 looks to be well matched to the lens. The processing is superb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBooth Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 What a fantastic image. I dont think ive seen such a wide view of this object. stunning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 That's just mind-blowing. Stunning image Peter, worthy of an APOD at the very least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobdlbug Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 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? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgrover68 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 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!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvern Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 WOW WOW WOW Peter. I saw this go up on astrobin and was amazed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Holdsworth Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Absolutely stunning image!! Love the framing, fov, detail and colours. fabulous image 👍 Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribuck Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Another stunning Image Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 WOW!! Amazing, beautiful, wonderful. And many other superlatives!! 👍👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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