Thors Helmet

[Les Tilly]

well I have tried this over a few nights it rides pretty low in the sky and I can only grab a few frames at a time before the Obs gets in the way

This is ha 4x 1800 secs 4x Oiii 900 secs binned 2x2 and 6 x Sii 900 secs Binned 2x2

TOA 150

Paramount MX

ML8300

Guided with MMOAG and Sbig STi

Thanks

Les

[Zul]

Great detailed image!

[steppenwolf]

Lovely image, Les despite the altitude and things getting in the way!

[ollypenrice]

Wow, smooth as you like. Lovely colour as well, very close indeed to RGB. This long subs have done wonders, I bet. It's a really unusual and intriguing object.

Olly

[Les Tilly]

Thanks Guys was a tough one to get but happy how it turned out

Les

[Uranium235]

Nice work Ive been working on this one and was surprised at how weak it is in Ha. Maybe becuase its so low youre looking through a lot of atmosphere to get to it?

[RobH]

I bet you're happy Les!!....great result

Rob

[barkis]

Nice one Les.

A real nice little emission Nebula this is.

It is a low one in Canis Major, so any southern obstructions will curtail time on it.

There's a Wolf Rayet at the centre too, a red giant allegedly in pre Nova stage, so who knows, there may be an addition to the view in the future. Don't hold your breath though, it could be next week,

or next millennium. After all, it's 15k light years away .

Ron.

[Tom OD]

Super Les,

Smooth and as Olly said the colour looks very good and close to RGB.

Can you post a bigger version?

Tom.

[Tim]

That's come out very well Les.

It's a beautiful target that seems really tricky to get a good hold of, I know I have tried and failed several years on the trot!

So it is nice to see a finished image here, especially one this nice

What colour assignment did you use here? Was there much signal in the Oiii filter? Sii? Thanks.

Tim

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Beautiful object and really nicely imaged. I have seen it in my Sky Atlas 2000.0, but never had a look. Should be very difficult visually.

[Les Tilly]

Thanks Guys the color combine was first HA OIII OIII that was the first rendition I then took some Sii subs very weak in that area I combined it as SII HA OIII was not happy with how it turned out so I then combined both images and adjusted the Opacity to bring out some of the colors in the SII Ha OIII I then was happy with the end result

Les

[Tim]

Often that is the best way to get the "right" colour balance Les, mix and match!

[MartinB]

Nice work Les. I imaged this recently and found it a really interesting mix of emission and planetary nebula. What's your latitude?

[Les Tilly]

Thanks Guys

Latitude is 40.51N Longitude is 74.85

[MartinB]

That's not low!!! You should try it from 53N, wobbly

[Les Tilly]

This is True Martin, But when there are very large tree's in that area thats what makes it low for me. I need a good bit of wind to knock a few of them down and I will be ok

Les

[Chris]

Thats really quite special is that and some impressive sub lengths involved, Paramount -drool drool

[FranckiM06]

Wow, it is great result in this splendid image.

Franck

[Fay]

Very nice indeed Les!!

Fay

[morimarty]

Great capture les and very well processed.

ATB martyn

[Les Tilly]

Thanks everyone for the kind words

Les

[Beyond_Vision]

You have done very well controlling the noise despite the low count of subs. A really nice image which is even more impressive given the altitude.

Regards

Kevin