Tulips from Amsterdam SH2-101

[CELESCOPE]

Been after this one for a while , conditions pretty good tonight, a bit windy , but made no odds in the Dome , the Tulip is a bright nebula surrounded by very faint nebula , captured what i think is the bright star n CYGNI,top right, a lot of exposure time needed 1 hour 30 mins worth, subs 90,H-Alpha filter used , ED 80 with 6.3 reducer,Atik 16hr,processed in Maxim, 2,1 % DDP and finished in Photoshop.

Cheers

Rog

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[Ant]

Wow Roger what a great image! Another new object for me - didn't even know this one existed...

You've got lovely round stars a lots of fine detail in the nebula (both brigter and faint).

What does 2.1 DDP mean.

Thats must be a fair size FOV with the ED80 and FR?

Ant

[CELESCOPE]

Hi Ant, in the Maxim process ,you have a DDP , DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, this can bring out faint parts of a galaxy or nebula , the only trouble is , the image has to be fairly noise free, else the ddp will bring out any noise present, ,it has a custom section that you can set a % of ddp you want , as i thought even with 90 subs i still had some noise , i only gave a low % , to bring out the faint nebula surrounding the Tulip.

Hope thats gives you some idea , my crude way of explaining.

Rog

[steppenwolf]

Excellent rendition of a little known object - very nice Roger.

[MartinB]

I can make out the tulip Rog. Excellent. Never heard of that one before.

[barkis]

You are really buzzing now Rog. I have to confess not knowing this one also. You sure can highlight these lesser knowns, and it is a gorgeous sight. I hope I can get my head around Maxim even a small percentage. You seem to have it licked, so I may be picking your knowledge come winter skies

Ron.

[CELESCOPE]

Hi Ron ,Maxim is no big deal mate , just read it through a few times , i got my head around it right away , and i,m thick lol

Rog

[centroid]

I've never heard of that one either, but its nicely captured and processed

Dave