Popular Post AstronomyUkraine Posted May 19 Popular Post Share Posted May 19 This is 11 hours of OIII on NGC 6543. I took advantage of the moonless nights to shoot the OIII. The stack consists of 66 - 600s subs. I will need to take some shorter subs to try and tame the core a little. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonyme Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Crikey! Fascinating image. Some lovely detail. Would you need to use some kind of mask to dumb down the centre of the cat's eye? Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 5 hours ago, Sonyme said: Crikey! Fascinating image. Some lovely detail. Would you need to use some kind of mask to dumb down the centre of the cat's eye? Gary Thanks Gary. I will take some short exposures then blend them together using HDR Composition in Pixinsight. I doubt it will completely dumb down the core, but it should improve it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraic M Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Wow! Both for the quality of the image, and that you managed to get 11 hours of moonless nights! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 On 5/20/2023 at 2:18 PM, Padraic M said: Wow! Both for the quality of the image, and that you managed to get 11 hours of moonless nights! Thanks Padraic. Yeah it was a big surprise to me too. We had a good spell of clear weather here, and it's still ongoing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaDec Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Good grief, that's a really amazing image Brian. Not seen that one before either. I think you've had more clear skies in a few days than we've had since Christmas. The Eastern side of the Uk is messed up at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Excellent detail. Yes the core is teally bright and difficult to control. I think l tried blending different layers of stretching when l did this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Y Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Sauron's other eye! 🤣 Nice detail in this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 On 5/31/2023 at 12:12 PM, RaDec said: Good grief, that's a really amazing image Brian. Not seen that one before either. I think you've had more clear skies in a few days than we've had since Christmas. The Eastern side of the Uk is messed up at the moment. Thanks Keith. Yeah been quite lucky here with the weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 On 6/2/2023 at 3:23 PM, Carastro said: Excellent detail. Yes the core is teally bright and difficult to control. I think l tried blending different layers of stretching when l did this. Thanks Carole. It's a pig to stretch. I probably need a bigger scope to capture more detail in the core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 On 6/2/2023 at 5:14 PM, Adam Y said: Sauron's other eye! 🤣 Nice detail in this! Thanks Adam. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaDec Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 I didn’t recognise the NGC number - it’s the Cat’s eye! Not seen it like that though, it’s great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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