Narrowband WIZARD

[cloudbuster]

had my first crack at NGC7380 the wizard nebula this last week....its not as good as one i just saw on this forum, but i am however quite pleased with this.

the incriminating evidence is as follows:

NGC7380 wizard Nebula

Ashton Vale, Bristol

Camera: Atik 314L

Scope: SW Equinox 80

televue 0.8 flattener/reducer

guide camera: off axis guider with PHD

Mount: SW HEQ5

Artimus capture

Deep sky stacker

Pixinsight

Adobe photoshop cc

Ha filter

21.7.14

10 exposures of 1200 seconds

o3 filter

22.7.14

14 exposures of 1200 seconds

s2 filter

25.7.14

13 exposures of 1200 seconds

flats and bias frames applied

round stars to you all!

cheers

bob

[oldpink]

nice image
lots of depth in it

[Robp]

Cloud detail is lovely Cloudbuster, nice image

[Mukv]

wow this explains why I cant get as good an image you got all the photons first and left none for the rest of us!

Awsome image.

Andy

[cloudbuster]

thanks guys....but my pic is nowhere near as good as this one posted by someone else!!! see link.

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/221490-ngc-7380/

[NOMH]

Hello Bob, you have some great data with enough exposure time and frames. I think you need to bring out more blue/cyan in the OIII regions and tweak the red/yellow in the Ha and SII. I would try this early on in the processing depending on which software you use to combine channels.

JB

[Zakalwe]

Thats a belting image!

[PhotoGav]

That's a great rendition of a beautiful target. Well done!

[PhotoGav]

A question though... Why is this called the Wizard nebula? I'm missing something...

[swag72]

I think you've got some great data there Bob. Personally I'm finding it a little brown. I would definitely be playing with the selective colour tool a little more. This is very subjective though, regarding colour.

[Martin-Devon]

Yep, I agree with Sara on this one, lovely image, maybe tweak the selective colours a tad, and lower a little the brightness of the surrounding sky to bring the Wizard forward a little more - very good work though Bob.

Martin

[x6gas]

A question though... Why is this called the Wizard nebula? I'm missing something...

In Bob's image he's lying on his back (and I think back to front). Rotate Bob's image 90 degrees counterclockwise and you'll see his hat and arm appear.

And it's a very good image Bob. Don't go comparing your images to John's - his are amongst the best out there.  I agree it's a bit brown and I wonder if you can boost the OIII a bit more? The Ha does dominate this target but pushing the OIII a bit more brings some extra definition.

Great work - very, very well done.  How far you've come in such a short period of time...

[PhotoGav]

@x6gas - thank you, I get it now. He's got a pointy hat on and his arms open. Excellent!

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[johnrt]

It's a splendid image Bob, and one you shouldn't sell short.

[ultranova]

Don't be so hard on yourself Bob, Its a very nice image,

Paul

[ChrisLX200]

That's a good image Bob, very interesting to see what can be done with the Equinox 80 because I have one too (but with the SW flattener). It looks to be an impressive performer

ChrisH

[cloudbuster]

Thank you all for your views and comments....

....and Sara....yes I shall reprocess....always a frown, with too much golden brown...lol.

Round stars to you all

Bob