ngc7000 Starless version

[Les Tilly]

Used J-P METSAVAINIO Star removal plug in for photoshop and a lot of time with the healing brush to produce this artistic impression of NGC700 area

its 21hrs of image time in the Hubble palette with my own color blend

Scope is the FSQ106

Camera Fli pl16803 with Astrodon 5nm HA 3nm OIII and SII

Mount Paramount MX

Taken from Coppermine Observatory Flemington New Jersey

Large version

http://upload.pbase.com/image/146359007/original

Thanks for looking

Les

[Gina]

Looks wierd without stars Great image though

[RogerTheDodger]

Aye, beautiful and weird

[dave_galera]

Well its certainly different, but fantastic detail, think I go along with Gina it looks wierd without stars

[lukebl]

Great colours and processing.

Really nice but I, too, am a little uncomfortable about the lack of stars. Like a birthday cake without any candles. Put them back!

[Gina]

I like the analogy Luke

[OutThereSomewhere]

That's really creative. I've never seen an image processed like that before. Impressed!

[martin_h]

You beat me to it!! Im collecting the data to do the very same thing! Great image, gives me something to aim for