Hi all,
Images of dusty regions (e.g., those of Tom "The Dustbuster" Davis among others) has inspired me to try my hand at these targets. Here is my first shot at a dusty target. This is the region around vdB141, "The Ghost Nebula".
I'm not particularly happy with this image. I actually captured and processed the data back in November 2011, but any attempts at revisiting the data don't really do much in terms of improvements. I'm open to suggestions on how to improve upon this.
One specific question is handling the star sizes. I know that a lot of it is related to the amount of stretching I do on my images. But I'm hoping there's a way to reduce their sizes a bit short of attacking each on individually. Kinda tough to do when there are a few dozen to tackle.
Takahashi TOA-130F on an Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount. SBIG STL-6303E camera with FW8-STL filter wheel and Astrodon LRGB and narrowband filters. Robofocus focuser and Astrodon Takometer rotator.
L: 35 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
R: 15 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
G: 15 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
B: 15 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
Larger image with additional details available here:
http://www.skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/vdB141.html
Thanks,
Eric
Images of dusty regions (e.g., those of Tom "The Dustbuster" Davis among others) has inspired me to try my hand at these targets. Here is my first shot at a dusty target. This is the region around vdB141, "The Ghost Nebula".
I'm not particularly happy with this image. I actually captured and processed the data back in November 2011, but any attempts at revisiting the data don't really do much in terms of improvements. I'm open to suggestions on how to improve upon this.
One specific question is handling the star sizes. I know that a lot of it is related to the amount of stretching I do on my images. But I'm hoping there's a way to reduce their sizes a bit short of attacking each on individually. Kinda tough to do when there are a few dozen to tackle.
Takahashi TOA-130F on an Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount. SBIG STL-6303E camera with FW8-STL filter wheel and Astrodon LRGB and narrowband filters. Robofocus focuser and Astrodon Takometer rotator.
L: 35 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
R: 15 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
G: 15 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
B: 15 x 10 minutes Binned 1 x 1
Larger image with additional details available here:
http://www.skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/vdB141.html
Thanks,
Eric
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