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Vela SNR - small portion

Started by tvdavis, 01/24/2009 06:03AM

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Posted 01/24/2009 06:03AM Opening Post

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This image was way out of my league! This is a Ha shocked

III

III+Ha processing challenge with the goal to bring out all the little filaments in this amazing celestial spider web. The colors are striking but remember, this is not a typical LRGB. You would not see this much detail with LRGB.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_000070.htm

Comments/criticisms welcome.

Tom

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Lat 42N 47' 00" Long 112W 10' 47"
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Posted 01/24/2009 01:39PM #1

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Looks great to me, and it DOES look like quite a challenge.

Charlie

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Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
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Posted 01/24/2009 05:56PM #2

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Best I've seen in a long time. This cries out for a mosaic. Are you up for the challenge?

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Posted 01/24/2009 06:16PM #3

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Just beautiful Thomas!

The Ha,OIII,OIII really gives some nice color and the intricit detail is superb. The natural star colors make it even better!

A mosiac of this would be stunning,hope you get the skies to do it.

Jason

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Posted 01/25/2009 03:48AM #4

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Tom,

Wow! Gorgeous! Looks like you're getting the hang of narrowband imaging pretty nicely!

Eric

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Posted 01/25/2009 02:52PM #5

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OUTSTANDING!!

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Posted 01/26/2009 11:41AM #6

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Stunning image Thomas.

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Posted 01/26/2009 04:36PM #7

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Great stuff Tom! I see you are taking the family comments seriously and diving head first into the narrow band pool. smile

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Posted 01/27/2009 04:02AM #8

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Tom,
Very cool image. With Narrowband filter, it seems like one can open up new vistas on familiar objects (well, this one is not so familiar to everyone).

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