NGC 6888 now in Ha/OIII

[shaunster]

So last night the weather gods really liked me, half my sky was cloudy, half was not and it stayed like that until 3am! I only lost 2 subs at the end

This is the crescent nebula NGC 6888

Ha 13x900s

OIII 11x900s

Flats and Bias applied

Atik 383l+ with 1.25" filters

Need more OIII really but im really pleased with this so far

Also did a crop of the crescent, trying to get the OIII to show through

I reckon ill go for another run of OIII before moving on to some SII

Full size version is here Deep sky - shaunster's Photos

[MikeD]

WOW, that's a beautiful result.

It would make a great wall print, congrats.

Mike.

[shaunster]

WOW, that's a beautiful result.

It would make a great wall print, congrats.

Mike.

Thanks Mike, im getting there slowly

[Beyond_Vision]

A very nice image, the Crescent looks great sat in that rich field of stars and general nebulosity.

Regards

Kevin

[Euan]

That's a great image, loads of whispy stuff in the background

[shaunster]

Thanks a lot for the comments

Gotta love the summer sky

[Euan]

Gotta love the summer sky

I don't, 4 months of no proper astro dark, leaving very little time to get those amazing summer targets in August

Sometimes I envy you guys down south

[AndyUK]

(Not a single break in the clouds here last night... [ENVY]). As you say, the OIII's beginning to come through - Great shot...!

[James]

oh, I like that!! The OIII is showing through nicely

James

[jsigone]

great results and processing on this one. Very nice FOV with lots of good details.

[Black Knight]

That's a great image, absolutely terrific. 383L+ with 1.25" filters? I thought you had to use 2" filters with the 383L+?

[shaunster]

Thanks everyone. Tonight looks clear hopefully will get some more OIII

Andy, it looked bad for me last night but somehow half my sky was cloudy and half wasnt, think the sea breeze just kept it away

[shaunster]

That's a great image, absolutely terrific. 383L+ with 1.25" filters? I thought you had to use 2" filters with the 383L+?

Thats what they would have you think! No... thats what I thought originally as well but they are working fine for me with flats so I wont be going to 2" filters anytime soon...

[Black Knight]

That's interesting .... I had discounted the 383 because of my investment in 1.25" filters. Perhaps I shall have to reconsider the 383L+ alongside the 314L+!

[AndyUK]

Tonight looks clear hopefully will get some more OIII

I'm going to have to move - 100% clouds in Bath

[Uranium235]

Nicely done! Go for that OIII, but try throwing in couple of longer subs (I threw in an hours worth of 20min subs in OIII for this).

[Deneb]

Stonking Cracker mate... What scope did you use Shaun.

Nadeem.

[shaunster]

Nicely done! Go for that OIII, but try throwing in couple of longer subs (I threw in an hours worth of 20min subs in OIII for this).

Yeh will go for a little longer then, with the patchy cloud around though I find it better to go slightly shorter subs as more are useable

Stonking Cracker mate... What scope did you use Shaun.

Thanks Nadeem, it was the Zenithstar 70 + flattener

[Spr]

Great shot Shaun, looks good with that fov

Darren

[rich_t]

Lovely shot there, with the cresent floating amongst the background nebulosity, O3 showing up nicely too.

Rich.

[Keiran]

Now thats very nice shaun... congrats mate, looking forward to seeing more.

[PortableAstronomer]

Very nice shaunster. With only HA and OIII how did you get the star colours?

Did you overlay it with some RGB captures?

[shaunster]

Thanks for all your comments

Very nice shaunster. With only HA and OIII how did you get the star colours?

Did you overlay it with some RGB captures?

Hi, no its only Ha and OIII used

Blended R= Ha G=OIII B=OIII + Ha(set to 30% opacity blend mode lighten)

If I used RGB filters I am limited to shorter exposures due to LP