Tulip Nebula

[P Holdsworth]

Hi just thought I'd post my start on the tulip nebula. This is just 2.5 hours of 5 min subs from the other night so it's a bit soft until I get more data. There does appear to be a fair amount of signal for such a short integration so guessing it must be a fairly bright target. Not sure why but for some reason I had massive star halos around quite a few stars but this was first time out since the middle of March so maybe I need to go around everything and give it good old tighten! However  I do think the L extreme filter does seem to suffer more from halos than my L enhance. Anyway it seemed ages since I posted anything so here's a work in progress of the tulip nebula

Cheers

Paul

[Sterrenland]

Great image...I love the Tulip with its contrasting colours and subtle shapes. Your slightly larger aperture than my 80mm definitely makes a difference.

[P Holdsworth]

Thank you, it's the first time I've imaged this one and totally agree it's a really interesting target with lots of contrast and colour. It doesn't seem as popular as say the north America nebula this time of year but it's relatively high and bright from my location. 

Cheers

Paul 

[paul]

Good colour and nice framing, lots of interest👍

[Sonyme]

It's a very nice shot. I really like the detail at the centre of the flower head.   Gary

[P Holdsworth]

Thanks Paul & Gary appreciate your comments 👍