North America Nebula - NGC7000 (Hubble Colors)

[Greekastronomy]

-> Telescope: LX200GPS 14" - Hyperstar 3

-> CCD: ATIK 314L+ (1,4mp)

-> Guiding Telescope: SkyWatcher 80ED Pro

-> Guiding Camera: Meade DSI 2

-> Guiding Software: PHD

-> Filter: Baader Ha (8nm), O3 (8,5nm), S2 (13nm)

-> Processing: MaximDl / CCDStack / PhotoShop CS5

-> Exposures: Ha, O3, S2 = 8hrs 45min

-> Date: 25, 28, 30 June & 1, 5 July 2011 (5 Nights)

-> Place: Athens Greece

HOO: Hellenic Online Observatory

GAC: Greek Astronomy Club

http://www.greekastronomy.gr

[dc509]

Wow - what a fantastic image! Nicely done

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[MikeD]

Stunning result.

The colour brings so much to the image, an S2 filter has just gone to the top of my shopping list.

Mike.

[Peter Reader]

Forgive ignorance; how did you get "Hubble Colours?" Great image!

[Astroblagger]

Immense image, you must be happy with that!

[vegaandarctures]

This is actually the best amateur image I've ever set my eyes upon. You've really captured the beauty of the universe!

[SlipperySquid]

Absolutely amazing image! I love everything about it, the colour the depth and the framing are all spot on! Gobsmacked!

Matt.

[SlipperySquid]

Forgive ignorance; how did you get "Hubble Colours?" Great image!

When using Photoshop you can use the Selective Colour Tool, as described here mate,

Creating Hubble Palette Color Mapped Images

That's a basic start and then you can play around and get what colours suit you best.

Hope this helps?

Matt.

[Greekastronomy]

Thanks so much for all of your good words. I am happy that u like it and i wanna thank all the astronomers and scientist that had give to us (amateur astrophotographers) the opportunity to capture tha magic and and the wonders of the Universe.

The technique with the Hubble Colours came from the astronomers that work with Hubble telescope and use 3 kind of narrow-band filters (Ha=Hydrogen a, OIII= Oxygen 3 and S2= Sulphur 2). Its a unique way to capture this three amazing chemical components that can show all the details in a nebula. I use MaximDl to mix the three filters and Photoshop just for brightenings things up. Soon many more wonders will come.

[Espi]

Stunning image. Wonderful colours.

[Peter Reader]

Thanks for the information. I must look into getting some filters!

[jsigone]

amazing details!!

[Darth Takahashi]

Great image lots of detail and excellent colour tone.

[fatwoul]

I'm not usually keen on Hubble palette renditions, because of the pink/purple stars. This one has the pink and purple stars, but they are understated, and the cloud tones are so nicely captured as to make nothing else matter.

Thanks for sharing it. Any plans to mosaic some more of this nebula?

[ollypenrice]

Very fine. The delicacy of the dust filaments is exceptional.

Olly

[cloudbuster]

awesome image!