GordonH Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 HiNormally I do narrow band due to light pollution unless the subject is high up near the zenith and there is no moon. I thought I would have a go at M78 as it is a subject that has always appealed to me, the problem being that I can only image it once Orion has cleared my house and by then it has already gone past its highest position in the sky and I am shooting directly over houses where the bedroom lights are on until very late into the night so conditions are far from ideal. Because of this I have had to crop the image considerably as there were two large "light flairs" in opposite corners of the image where part of the data had to be shot when the subject was relatively close to a lit bedroom window.This was taken with my Televue NP127/FLI PL16803 astrograph on my Paramount MEExposure times were28x10 minutes Luminance12x10 minutes Red8x10 minutes Green12x10 minutes BlueOverall I'm pleased with the result as the detail and colour of M78 is thereThe full size image is at the following linkhttp://m2.i.pbase.com/o9/29/869929/1/158878992.f3h1SVxq.M78LRGB.jpgBest wishesGordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Wow that's really wonderful! very nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 lovely and deep Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symesie04 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 What a lovely image, i shudder to think how impressive it would be without the warm rising air and lp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickGilliland Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice work - can I ask if you bin your RGB I have mixed feelings on this still as been advised x2 and use for colour in LRGB but cant help but feel I am loosing detail in my image.ThanksPaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailin Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Fantastic Gordon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonH Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice work - can I ask if you bin your RGB I have mixed feelings on this still as been advised x2 and use for colour in LRGB but cant help but feel I am loosing detail in my image.ThanksPaddyHi PaddyThanks for the comments, I don't use binning and never have done for the image acquisition whether for RGB or narrow band. I only use 4x4 binning for framing as it shows up the nebulae in Ha with 5 second exposures so framing is easy with continual exposures in Maxim DLBest wishesGordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Great image Nice details and colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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