Bubble Nebula

[JohnC64]

At long last , I managed to get a nights imaging!!! A combination of lousy weather, work and social commitments meant that I havn't been out since April.

This image is a quick stack of 15x 5min subs(no darks or flats) and I've probably pushed it a bit too hard. Stacked and processed in Nebulosity and a quick tweek in Gimp.

Took a few images of the Crescent nebula too but it was starting to get light so called it a day. Might stack them up later and see how it turns out.

Cheers for looking

John

[sgazer]

it's great to get a good result after a long break. Looks pretty good to me, may be a little highlight clipping. Some darks and flats could be done later if the setup hasn't been disturbed, might give a little more.

[Gina]

Very good - lovely image

[JohnC64]

Cheers all. It was a struggle to remember what to do! I do need to give this run a bit of a more considered processing along with some "Fridge Darks" and flats over the weekend.

John

[Quatermass]

Nice one John glad you were able to get out and get some imaging done I was going nuts not being able to get out. Your bubble came our really well if you post up the .tiff file I would like to have a go at it as well really like the bubble nebula its so cool.

[JohnC64]

Hi QM,

This is the raw stack as it comes out of Nebulosity before any processing. You may need to align the rgb to remove the redish background before stretching

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49530954/bubble_stacked.tif

Should be there is 40 mins or so

I have a stack of 4x5min subs on crescent too if ya fancy a go at that one too.

Cheers John

[Quatermass]

Cheers John I will get to work on this one on Sunday bit zonked out today having stayed up last night till 3am. I found a wonderful dark site just about a mile away on the back roads sheltered from the wind and tucked in away from any one. Got really excited as I thought I was imaging the trifid nebula but found out this morning that I had been imaging the Eagle nebula the Swan Nebula and the Wild duck cluster! 3 species of bird in one night and not a plant in sight lol

But this part of the sky is amazing you can see the swan and eagle with a pair of binoculars its so dark there so cant wait to go back again tonight and have a another go. At least I have sussed out where to look for the trifid this time.