Seagull Nebula - HA-RGB

This is a two frame mosaic of the Seagull Nebula. This is somewhat compressed. Check out the full size image (and exposure / processing details) at:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/Seagull.htm

Scope was Megrez II, camera was Artemis285
HA:R:G:B 84:16:16:16 combined exposure for bothe mosaic frames.

Attached Image:

Jim,

It's a stretch, but at the orientation of your presentation it looks like another Witch Head nebula with Gum 1 as its nose, the dark indentation to Gum 1's lower right the Witch's mouth, and the bright star at the bottom of the nebula a hmmm.... pimple on the witch's neck?

Just a sorry attempt at my personal Rorshach (sp?) test of these objects.

Great shot!

Eric

Thanks for the comments guys.

Eric, Witch Head you think? Well maybe so. Perhaps that's what I should call it considering my sorry attempt at the real Witch Head.

That's another fine effort from you, Jim.
The colors look right on, the mosaic is seamless, and it's nicely framed.
My only suggestion would be to reduce the sharpening and/or noise reduction a bit. There's a bit of mottling in the background from this procedure.
My regards,

dan kowall

Nicely done Jim. I appreciate the subtle colors of the nebulosity and that you have preserved the star colors.

Dean Jacobsen
www.astrophoto.net

Dan, Dean,
Thanks for the comments...

Dan, I did use noise reduction while the background level was a bit high. The motling got kind of noticeable as a result.