Veil Nebula in narrowband

[antimorris]

This has been a couple week project thanks to bad weather, but finally have at least one night of each narrowband channel I wanted to use (SII, OIII, Ha) - I still plan on doing one more night of Ha; to add to the Luminance, but here is the initial process.

SII: 8x1200, 2x2

OIII: 8x1200, 2x2

Ha: 8x1200, 1x1

so far a total of 8 hrs with another set of Ha to go tonight.

Mapped in the following manner:

Red = Ha + 24% [sII]

Green = [sII]

Blue = [OIII] + 15% [Ha]

I still need to crop around the edges to compensate for alignment adjustment, but am waiting until I get the next night finished.

EDIT: Final image with additional night of Ha and complete reprocess posted farther down in this same thread

Hope you like it:

Veil Nebula, narrowband on black

[R Fisher]

Fantastic Image, very detailed with depth, never noticed the outer regions in other images.

[antimorris]

Thanks! I think the 20 min subs in the Ha definitely help to pull out the fainter outer regions. I am hoping the additional 160 minutes will help to enhance them even more

[twotter]

It's like the sky is on fire - beautiful

[Deneb]

Wonderfully Fantastic, some strong colours coming through...

Nadeem.

[Tim]

Very nice, the unusual mapping has produced some great definition in the detail.

Out of interest, is there much signal with the SII filter? I'd really appreciate it if you could post just the SII subs.

Thanks

Tim

[iwatkins]

Lovely. Really like the combo of the narrowband channels.

Cheers

Ian

[antimorris]

Tim,

Here is the SII. This was just a mild stretch and the data was 8x1200s, binned 2x2. I stretched it a bit farther for the tone-mapping.

[antimorris]

I created an animated gif showing the stages I did to create the image. The colors & resolution on the if are kinda horrible (apparently the cost of making a gif), but it gives you an idea:

[steppenwolf]

Now that is a lovely image - narrowband certainly suits the thin wispy detail of this object.

[Beyond_Vision]

You really have teased out some of the fainter parts and the detail is just superb. Another top notch image Anna.

Regards

Kevin

[Steve 1962]

Anna - that is stunning - I really love the stunning colours and the faint detail

Regards

Steve

[DrNeb]

outstanding!

[dc509]

Stunning image!

d

[Uranium235]

I see diffraction spikes, were you using the the imaging newt again? If so could you please detail what speed and model it is, thanks! Good work on the veil.

[ollypenrice]

Wow, I have never seen such an interesting NB Veil. The very outer shell is something entiirely new to me. It also makes a truy beautiful image. What a great result!

Have you tried just combining all three in monochrome as well? That can look good in its own right.

Olly

[Stargazer Jack]

AMAZING!

[antimorris]

Alrighty, here is the final version. Another 2.67 hrs of Ha and a reprocess from beginning to end. Total of 10.67 hrs integration time. Ended up starting with the mapping mentioned in the earlier version and then customizing it a bit.

Eastern Veil Nebula - Final by Anna (www.eprisephoto.com), on Flickr

[Darth Takahashi]

Wow, thats one beautiful image of the veil...

[ollypenrice]

Best NB veil I have ever seen. It's the S11 what dunnit!!!

Olly

[Ags]

Very very very nice.

[MikeD]

WOW, missed this one, stunning detail and colour.

Congrats on a first class image.:icon_salut:

Mike.

[iwatkins]

Really nice Anna. My favorite image this year

And a M101 image on Sky At Night this month?

Man, you are on fire

Cheers

Ian

[NickK]

Perfect.

I think you've set a very high bar for anyone to follow!

[johnh]

Brilliant and congrats on getting POTW.

John.