M27 Ha and OIII

[MartinB]

Whoohoo!! Finally got my SXV adaptive optics unit working smoothly. Did a very careful polar alignment drifting at x600. Worked a treat although a couple of subs were lost when the guide star faded for some unknown reason.

NS8 with 0.67 reducer. SXV H9 with AO. 8x500 secs for both Ha and OIII. Combined in maxim. Luminence is a combined Ha and OIII. Some deconvolution in CCD sharp. For the RGB I used the OIII as both a green and red channel and the Ha as red. Merged and processed in PS. So I guess this is L (Ha and OIII) Ha OIII OIII. Was making it up as I went along but seems to have worked OK.

The only treatment I have applied to the stars is a minimum filter to the 2 largest ones. I'm a happy bunny with the AO now!

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[centroid]

I'm a happy bunny with the AO now!

And so you should be!!, that's a rather nice result Martin.

Some really nice detail showing in the two 'side lobes', which often isn't apparent with many M27 images.

Glad you've 'got to grips' with the AO system.

Dave

[stargazer1980]

Wow beautiful image! Any chance helping me when i get up and running in a month or 2???

Cheers

Darren

[SteelRat]

That's superb Martin. That A.O's workin REAL well. Great detail in there - excellent stuff 8)

[peonic]

Wow - just WOW.

Chris

[CELESCOPE]

Very well done Martin, all that hard work has paid off Mate . looks like you have the crown now mate thats some image ,its so pleasing to see this , how you have progressed, remember when you came to me ,just starting out , and now look at ya , i hope everyone on here can see how progression is made ,

!!Me thinks !! have to pull my socks up now eheheh

Rog

[Trevor]

Martin.

That’s a very beautiful image.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

That's just awesome MB, the detail is spectacular.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[Helen]

That's amazing Martin

Love it!

Helen

[daz]

blumming hell Martin!!

Does NASA know you've nicked HST????

[keef_uk]

Amazing

[Ant]

WOW mate, that is stunning! A truely amazing image.

Imagine how nice some of the detailed spiral galaxies would look. I am in Awe :shock:

Ant

[moondog]

Martin - superb M27 - one of the best I've ever seen anywhere !

Glad the AO was worth the steep learning curve.

MD

[geppetto]

Can uncross my fingers now....

I know you've been working hard at getting that system running well

and what a debut.... wonderful gorgeous image 8)

You can be proud of your efforts Martin, well done

[anthony]

That really is top end stuff. Stars are superb. Well done to you. Hoping for clear nights so you can show us more!

[Trevor]

Martin

I Emailed APOD asking them to have a look at you image, hope you don’t mind.

[Grant]

I can't believe I missed this, absolutely jaw dropping image! Just sat staring at it for ages, really amazing stuff!

Can't wait to see more now Martin!

[SteveL]

WOW! and WOW some more...

[MartinB]

Wow, thanks every one for lovely comments, makes all the frustrations of the last few months worthwhile. I reckon that old NS8 of yours was a good buy Rog

Here's M27 on APOD Trevor http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050603.html Don't like that over saturated red though! Nice thought Trevor, thank you!

[anthony]

Definitely an SGL POW

[mpeniak]

:shock: :shock: SPLENDID! I am not gonna post more pics from now

That is one of the best pictures of M27 I have ever seen!

Martin

[Cloudgazer]

Thats a stunner Martin..

Scott

[THE-BIG-MAN-SAYS]

SUPERB...!!!

It gives me hope that really great photos are possible...!!!

:saturn:

[jonifive]

Holy Cow Batman!!!!!

Beautiful! Fantastic stuff Martin.

JV

[legion48]

That's an outstanding capture.