Here are a couple of images from earlier this year. Bad weather curtailed gathering all of the data that I would have liked to have gotten for these two.
IC 983 et al:
It's like seeing a beautiful woman walking toward you; you want to say something to her before she passes you by, yet all I could manage was a simple "hello" to this passing beauty. I really wanted to do justice to her portrait; she is rarely imaged, yet she possesses a wonderfully unique shape.
The low surface brightness of IC 983, coupled with the presence of a bright star (88 Bootes), and my extremely thin color data made processing this one an interesting exercise.
http://www.photonhunter.com/galaxies/IC983.html
NGC 6914 Widefield:
Tom Davis posted a wonderful color image of this reflection/emission nebula not too long ago. The fates only allowed me enough time for a luminance of this area. Perhaps I'll be allowed enough time to gather color data next year.
http://www.photonhunter.com/nebulae/NGC6914.html
dan kowall
IC 983 et al:
It's like seeing a beautiful woman walking toward you; you want to say something to her before she passes you by, yet all I could manage was a simple "hello" to this passing beauty. I really wanted to do justice to her portrait; she is rarely imaged, yet she possesses a wonderfully unique shape.
The low surface brightness of IC 983, coupled with the presence of a bright star (88 Bootes), and my extremely thin color data made processing this one an interesting exercise.
http://www.photonhunter.com/galaxies/IC983.html
NGC 6914 Widefield:
Tom Davis posted a wonderful color image of this reflection/emission nebula not too long ago. The fates only allowed me enough time for a luminance of this area. Perhaps I'll be allowed enough time to gather color data next year.
http://www.photonhunter.com/nebulae/NGC6914.html
dan kowall
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