Sharpless 187

I pointed the little camera in the direction of this object for a couple of hours. I was actually impressed with the catch for such a short exposure. SH2-187 image and details are at:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/SH2-187.htm

I have it stretched kinda hard, but like I say, its more than I expected from this data. This is an LRGB image - Ha data I took was on too short a sub and the signal level was too weak to be usefull so it went unused.

Scope - Megrez 80 mm refractor at f/5
Camera - Artemis285 Edmund Optics RGB filters
Mount - CG5 (Celestron ASGT)
Guiding - Homemade 180 mm FL guide scope, DSI Pro, PhD Guiding

I like this colours Jim. Nice job!

Jim,

A very rich field with equally rich colouration.

Thanks for the image and heads-up. I will add it to my list of targets.

Anthony.

Nice picture.

I think the Sharpless objects always give me a challenge. They seem rather dim compared to their starfields.

Alex

What a pretty area, Jim.
I've only seen widefield images of the area. It presents a lot better with your field of view.
It looks like there were lots of good guide stars to choose from. That's always an attractive quality for an imager.

dan

That is a really interesting region. Sure, it could use more time, but I think you balanced the colors well. It might be the stretching, but is there a hint of reflection nebula near the bright star in the middle? And just out of curiosity, how did you come up with 7 minute subs for L (and the detail page says for Ha too)?

Charlie

Thanks folks for the comments.

I think a general theme of the comments was on the richness of the starfield (and bright stars). There was some star bloat as well due to the stretch.... I think the stretch along with some strong saturation tended to bring out the characteristics of the field of view. I was happy that the data supported the agressiveness of the processing - given the short exposure.