More Eagle, Swan and Astro Don!

[ollypenrice]

I only managed just over an hour more Ha last night before we got clouded. (How??? There hasn't been a cloud all week!) But this takes the Ha from the new 3Nm Astrodon to just over just under 3 hours at F5. It is one almighty filter. I had to layer the Swan in order to bring down the brightness massively, yet even so it is very bright.

I added the final Ha to the existing HaRGB and then did some more star reduction to favour the nebulae. This is always a compromise, making small format versions of the image look better but not holding up to close inspection since the stars are clearly messed around with seen too close.

Bigger ones;

Ha (worth a look to see the Astrodon in action) http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2674847867&k=3FbQXBM&lb=1&s=O

Colour http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2674847820&k=rT2DFSS&lb=1&s=O

Olly

[strongmanmike]

Wow Olly what a vista, love the Ha work when it is this good, the colour adds that extra dimension too - great stuff

Mike

[astro mick]

Incredible.

[ollypenrice]

Just a finishing touch; I added the claw region of the Eagle from Yves' ODK14 and the inner part of the Swan from the TEC140 to boost the resolution a little.

Fullsize http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2675168929&k=DnDNxQT&lb=1&s=A

Olly

[Singlin]

Utterly inspiring!

Makes the astro photography the most of us do seem like another language

[Gina]

Excellent

I'm considering getting the 3nm Astrodon Ha filter though I already have the 5nm one - just wondering if it's worth it. The 3nm certainly seems excellent but OTOH the 5nm I find pretty good. It really needs a side by side test with the same equipment and conditions - not practical really.

[Naemeth]

I'm a bit late to the party...

Very nice images Olly, that filter does it's job perfectly - exactly what is expected of it. Nice job .

[Jessun]

Lovely work! The composite image is especially pleasing, and I think it worked very well!

/Jesper