M8/M20 region in HaRGB

Started by tvdavis, 06/01/2006 02:30AM

Posted 06/01/2006 02:30AM | Edited 06/01/2006 03:26AM Opening Post

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I finished this last night. There is an amazing number of stars, clusters and nebulae in this region. The dynamic range of M8 is a challenge in processing!

I shot this same area years ago with film. The CCD and film images look similar but the CCD is much deeper.

AP 105EDF f/6
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HaRGB 150:40:35:40 minutes

Comments and/or criticisms welcome.
Best,
Tom

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Posted 06/01/2006 02:34AM #1

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Wonderful shot Thomas!
Beautiful wide field view... mesmerizing amount of stars... great colors! 8)

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Posted 06/01/2006 02:52AM #2

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Tom,

Great shot, and I had fun comparing your film shot (I saw the 3x50 minute one on your website) with this one....they both are very, very good in my opinion.

Is it my imagination, but are the reds more pronounced in the film version?

Keith

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Posted 06/01/2006 03:07AM #3

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I love it! That field of view is incredibly huge and filled with great objects. What a great shot!
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Thomas,
Good job on the imaging. You might check out this tutorial on Ha, RGB Imaging as I noticed there are some things you could change to enhance your image greatly.
Regards,

Dan

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Posted 06/01/2006 08:28PM #5

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Deep, indeed! Wonderful field, captured beautifully.
Larry

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Posted 06/02/2006 12:08AM | Edited 06/03/2006 02:02AM #6

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Ok, here's the same image with different HaRGB processing. I like it better. Do you concur?

Tom

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