Veil in Ha and OIII

[shaunster]

Hello everyone

I'm sure you all know the last 2 nights have been clear and so is tonight, its not been perfect though - its been very wet. Still I can see stars (about 30 I reckon) and thats good enough for me haha

So I shot the veil.

I did 9x20mins Ha and 9x20min O3 over the past two nights. I have other data from others targets yet to be processed as well :

Im not 100% happy with it, the O3 frames are quite poor due to the bad moisture in the air causing the LP made worse than usual so it caused some greeny/bluey gradients but all in all not bad... although I cant help thinking now 10min subs would have been a better bet... maybe next year. Besides I made my pretty pic of the veil, something I have always wanted to do

[rocketandroll]

wow, that's stunning!

Is this a mosaic, or is it shot with something VERY short focal length?

Ben

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[shaunster]

Thanks

Its with my Zenithstar 70 + 0.8 reducer so about 345mm and was one frame, just managed to fit it all in

Camera as usual Atik 383l+ with 1.25" baader filters.

I went out last night and realised why my O3 frames where especially poor, I have chopped down some of the neighbors tree and now I have one of those white LED lights shining right into my obsy and onto the scope causing the gradients.. wish I had noticed before.

[shaunster]

Hi all.

I have pushed this a bit (a lot!... well too much really) further in processing to try and get some of those fainter parts to stand out more.

[Darth Takahashi]

Wow, thats a beautiful wide-field image of the veil... simply stunning and I love the understated colours too!!!

[Black Knight]

It's a great image Shaunster

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[Martin-Devon]

absolutely superb Shaunster

[Coco]

Well done mate.... thats a beauty...

[SlipperySquid]

Massive field of view and a great image! Only problem I'd have is which way round to put it

Matt.

[shaunster]

Thanks for all your comments.

Ive got a crop out of the most interesting part of the veil (my opinion of course.!) Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[ollypenrice]

Pickering's Triangular Wisp! (I love saying that, don't know why. Bonkers I suppose.)

You really have done wonders with that, especially if you could only see thirty stars on the night. Really impressive.

Olly

[shaunster]

You really have done wonders with that, especially if you could only see thirty stars on the night. Really impressive.

On the very best nights I can see maybe 75-100 stars if im lucky Olly, thats why I only do narrowband stuff

[James]

So I shot the veil.

... and it looks to me like you hit it pretty much on the bullseye! That's a lovely image.

James

[MikeWilson]

GORGEOUS! Well done, that's a tremendous perspective on such a beautiful object and the surrounding nebulosity! Well done :-)

[tomo]

Fantastic, so much detail, I can just imagine myself flying though it!

[Beyond_Vision]

A cracking image with stunning detail even the blown up section holds up really well given it's a 70mm scope.

Regards

Kevin

[shaunster]

Thanks for all the kind comments

even the blown up section holds up really well given it's a 70mm scope.

Indeed, I continue to be surprised by little refractors and what they can achieve!

[MartinB]

Beautiful delicate nebulosity. Despite the odd background problem it really is a beautiful image and one to be proud off. For me it is the delicacy of this target which makes it special. Your first, gentler process captures this much better than the second one