45 hour collaboration.

[ollypenrice]

When Les Tilly kindly offered me his Ha data we decided on a full collaboration and asked Tom O'Donoghue to join in with his 11 hours of luminance. So what's it like working on 45 hours' data from three Takahashi FSQs? It's... very nice! Getting into the core took a while with lots of layers and in truth there is more outer glow than we have (yet!!!) captured.

Full credit list, then, is Les Tilly, Tom O'Donoghue, Ian Bird and myself.

Olly

[Starlight 1]

Why go out side when you can look at work like this. nice job done by all.

[Gina]

WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! Wonderful - absolutely marvellous - really beautiful - well done you lot :icon_salut: :icon_salut:

[stellawolf]

Great image well done to all of you

[DirkSteele]

Stunning.

[Tinker1947]

Now there's a nice Galaxy, nice work all of you......

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

A masterpiece. Really great detail, and lovely colour.

[Cath]

Lovely

[jeremy1]

It's really that great that I hope you don't mind as I've used it to set as my background on my desktop.

[ollypenrice]

It's really that great that I hope you don't mind as I've used it to set as my background on my desktop.

It's a pleasure.

Olly

[Eigen]

Absolutely stunning. I am speechless.

[ollypenrice]

Absolutely stunning. I am speechless.

Hmmm, I wonder if it will work on Monique. Probably not.

Olly

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Hmmm, I wonder if it will work on Monique. Probably not.

Olly

These things do not work on my other half, but you can always hope.

[Tom OD]

Lovely Jubbley! 3xTaks x T Squared, where T=Time Gives a very pleasing result

[Grommie]

Fantastic, Olly....Deserves pride of place on S@N !

Regarding Monique (say hi from Denise and me) it put me in mind of A Fish Called Wanda! Have you tried speaking in Russian??

Steve

[iksose7]

Now thats a result! Great job you lot

[Ibbo!]

Stuning

have you a link to the full sized image yet

Steve

[RogerTheDodger]

Wow... should be on APOD.

[ollypenrice]

Stuning

have you a link to the full sized image yet

Steve

Yes indeedy. Sorry I forgot to put that in at the top. http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2171273108&k=dgwckWJ&lb=1&s=O

Olly

[Ibbo!]

Yes indeedy. Sorry I forgot to put that in at the top. http://ollypenrice.s...gwckWJ&lb=1&s=O

Olly

Thanks

Steve

[Ibbo!]

That is so much better at full scale

not a great fan of black background PI produces but on this image it looks great

wish I could get stars anywhere near as tight

great stuff

Steve

[ollypenrice]

That is so much better at full scale

not a great fan of black background PI produces but on this image it looks great

wish I could get stars anywhere near as tight

great stuff

Steve

Actually it's not the bog standard PI background sky balance, here. I lifted the reds by a point or two. A lot depends on the colour of the main object which can, through contrast, make a neutral sky look wrong (as it seems to me.)

Olly

[Ibbo!]

Thanks Olly

might try PI again in the future

[Les Tilly]

Looks Great Olly. You did a great job putting it all together

Les

[Gina]

Truly wonderful Love those sparkly bits of Ha and the blue (OIII?) around the edge and the colours in general are lovely