Pickering's Triangle

[AstronomyUkraine]

HOO combination of Pickering's Triangle. 8 hours of each filter, processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop. I'm in the process of capturing SII data to make an SHO image if the clouds keep away.

 

[P Holdsworth]

That looks a wonderful image Brian. You've captured so much Oiii & love the way it's processed.

[AstronomyUkraine]

7 minutes ago, P Holdsworth said:

That looks a wonderful image Brian. You've captured so much Oiii & love the way it's processed.

Thanks Paul. It came out green/blue after combining, which I didn't care for. After a tweak in Photoshop I converted the green/blue into a more acceptable colour.

[SkyShed Observatories]

Nice!

 

[AstronomyUkraine]

11 minutes ago, SkyShed Observatories said:

Nice!

 

Thanks. I'm hoping to improve on it with some SII added.

[PeterBolt]

7 hours ago, AstronomyUkraine said:

HOO combination of Pickering's Triangle. 8 hours of each filter, processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop. I'm in the process of capturing SII data to make an SHO image if the clouds keep away.

 

WOW that's absolutely amazing 😲 a fantastic shot 👏👏👏

[AstronomyUkraine]

5 minutes ago, PeterBolt said:

WOW that's absolutely amazing 😲 a fantastic shot 👏👏👏

Thanks Peter, much appreciated.

[Padraic M]

That's a real stand-out shot. Really 3d. Well done!

[AstronomyUkraine]

8 minutes ago, Padraic M said:

That's a real stand-out shot. Really 3d. Well done!

Thanks Padraic. You getting much imaging time?

[Padraic M]

10 hours ago, AstronomyUkraine said:

Thanks Padraic. You getting much imaging time?

Nothing at all I'm afraid. We live in hope.

[AstronomyUkraine]

3 hours ago, Padraic M said:

Nothing at all I'm afraid. We live in hope.

My good run has come to an end, the next week looks miserable.

[paul]

That's a great shot Brian. I love the extra ripples and detail particularly in the Oiii.👍

[AstronomyUkraine]

10 minutes ago, paul said:

That's a great shot Brian. I love the extra ripples and detail particularly in the Oiii.👍

Thanks Paul, much appreciated.

[Greg M]

Beautiful image Brian. What focal length are you shooting with or is this cropped tightly from a wider fov?

 

On a side note, I recently listened to an audio book called The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel that talks mainly about the women in the late 1800's, early 1900's that did much of the glass plate inspections at the early observatories. It goes into great detail about their work and the work of the Pickering brothers and Harlow Shapley.  It's a really interesting read for those interested in the hobby.

[AstronomyUkraine]

38 minutes ago, Greg M said:

Beautiful image Brian. What focal length are you shooting with or is this cropped tightly from a wider fov?

 

On a side note, I recently listened to an audio book called The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel that talks mainly about the women in the late 1800's, early 1900's that did much of the glass plate inspections at the early observatories. It goes into great detail about their work and the work of the Pickering brothers and Harlow Shapley.  It's a really interesting read for those interested in the hobby.

Thanks Greg. No cropping with this image. It was taken with my Esprit 120 with no reducer, just a flattener the FL is f7.

 

The book sounds interesting, it must have been one hell of a job polishing the glass for early observatories, all by hand I presume.

Edited September 15, 2021 by AstronomyUkraine

[Greg M]

1 hour ago, AstronomyUkraine said:

Thanks Greg. No cropping with this image. It was taken with my Esprit 120 with no reducer, just a flattener the FL is f7.

 

The book sounds interesting, it must have been one hell of a job polishing the glass for early observatories, all by hand I presume.

Indeed, but the book is about the women that examined the glass photographic plates. The women were called computers and analyzed the glass plate images and basically did all of the work in hunting for asteroids, supernovae, variables, and figuring out the spectrum for all of the stars.

[MarkAR]

Looks great Brian, such a wonderful target full of detail.

[MartinS]

Sublime image Brian.