NGC6871 and Sh2-101

[ollypenrice]

Our guest Rauno Paivinen likes to image off the beaten track, which is how we came to spend a couple of nights on these nice little objects. In the middle is the NGC cluster and, to its right, the bright part of Sharpless 2-101. We began with just 4x10 RGB and 5x10 luminance, plus the synthesized L from the colour. Hints of red abounded so last night, in the rising moonlight, we took 16x15 minutes of Ha to add to the red. (Tak FSQ106N/Atik 11000/ Tak EM200). Et voila;

Big; http://ollypenrice.s...B7BNXK&lb=1&s=O

PS These objects lie between Sadr and Albireo in the backbone of Cygnus.

[swag72]

Very nice Olly - As you know I love 'off the beaten track' and this is no exception. I do like Sh2-101, it hangs there really nicely in amongst the rest of the Ha. A super image, I bet your guest is loving your kit combo!

[ollypenrice]

Very nice Olly - As you know I love 'off the beaten track' and this is no exception. I do like Sh2-101, it hangs there really nicely in amongst the rest of the Ha. A super image, I bet your guest is loving your kit combo!

It's very easy to love, that's for sure! I don't feel it has the finesse of the FSQ85 but it's a heck of a bucket...

Olly

[Daniel-K]

that is a very nice field lots of colour going on. i likey

[Mike Hawtin]

Ooh what a lovely image, I must have a bash at this region myself.

[ollypenrice]

Out of interest here's the Ha on its own...

Olly

[swag72]

I love that Ha - almost prefer it to the colour!

[Gina]

Wonderful images Olly

[jnc71106]

both are stunning, what a great FOV you have with that setup

[opticalpath]

Beautiful field, Olly. Love it!

I'm a fan of Sh2-101 too, but I find these two bright red stars in amongst it troublesome - they bloat quite quickly in Ha. Probably not helped by my broad 12nm filter.

Adrian

[ollypenrice]

Beautiful field, Olly. Love it!

I'm a fan of Sh2-101 too, but I find these two bright red stars in amongst it troublesome - they bloat quite quickly in Ha. Probably not helped by my broad 12nm filter.

Adrian

Thanks. Those two behaved fine for me this time. They had no differential processing. It will surely be the bandpass of the filter. I've only just realized that this is the Tulip Nebula. Doh!

Olly

[Jessun]

I smile and shake my head at the same time... The Tulip gives nice perspective to the rest of the Ha data, and how well balanced it is.

/Jesper

[James]

I like both images but like Sara I think I prefer the Ha a little more! That said, there's lots of lovely red in there.

James

[Shibby]

I love the framing and very pleasingly colourful field; a typically fantastic image

Thanks for posting the Ha too, this really shows off the structure of the nebulosity.

[fwm891]

So much going on - superb image