IC1848 (the Soul nebula) in Ha

[swag72]

I've had to move away from my faint supernova remnant target as last night the moon being at 93% illumination would surely drown out all of the faint signal. I decided to go for something nice and bright, so settled on IC1848 - The Soul Nebula. I thought I'd show this in Ha now as if I get my way and the OIII that I want I'm hoping to produce another orange concoction!!

Details:

M: HEQ5

T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x

C: Atik 460EX mono with 3nm Ha filter

11x1800s Ha with flats added.

The full res version is on Flickr

[Advertise]

Wow. Amazing.

[astro mick]

As always,beautiful image.I do like a pure H-Alpha take.

[RogerTheDodger]

That's really lovely.

[Velvet]

Would be very proud of that one

Velvet

[Dave Smith]

Wow Sara, when I flit between my similar view and this one on a large screen, well mine looks absolute c**p in comparison. I would love to know how much of that is due to your filter, your scope, your skies and your skill. I could save up for a 3nm filter but the others are not possible.

That is so impressive.

Dave

[Shibby]

Oh wow, the detail is unbelievable, Sara! I've always liked the soul nebula, but now I love it!

[fwm891]

Superb Sara, and the flickr image is amazing great tonal range - only comment seems clipped on the RHS.

Your certainly giving that 3nm filter a pasting!

[swag72]

Thanks very much all - I'm sure Dave that the filter has a lot to do with it! Regarding the skies, the moon was so bright last night that it should have had quite a detrimental effect I think.

Interesting that you say about it looking clipped Francis, as I've just gone back and looked at it in PS and there's no clipping that I can see. Maybe Olly will see this and comment as when he saw my first 3nm image he thought it was a little clipped, but using the 3nm himself he can see this is not the case. He said it much better than that!!!

[Epicycle]

Loads of detail and contrast, perhaps the background is a tad noisy? Maybe one of those little miracles in PI using Atrous wavelets can smooth it out?

E.

[MartinB]

Oooooh yes. I love the dark dusty details. That's a bit special that is

[gingergeek]

I bet those 1800sec subs as well as Sara's skills have helped generate that beautiful picture.

[swag72]

Thanks all - Yes 1800s subs make quite a difference I feel. Now, I'd not bother going any less with narrowband filters.

[Mark72]

Subtle details revealed, great work Sara. So now to the Heart with mosaic?

Mark

[swag72]

Thanks Mark - Started joining the dots last night to add it to my 2 pane Heart mosaic from a few weeks back!!!

[Martin-Devon]

This image is looking good already Sara, and full narrowband colours - especially with your flair for the colours (!), will surely be a stunner. I've always thought the Soul Nebula is under-rated, it's a beautiful target as your image demonstrates, it's packed with signal, and fits well across most CCD/refractor set-ups. Would be good to see more folks have a try at this one.

Martin

[andyo]

Great shot superb detail

[swag72]

Thanks Martin and Andy - Appreciate you looking. I wasn't planning on making a hubble palette of this target, but I think you and Dave Smith have probably changed my mind!! Just want to complete the mosaic first!

[Gina]

COR!!! The detail in that is absolutely fabulous! I agree that the Soul Nebula is a wonderful object and great in full NB colours. I shall be having another go at it myself now that I have the 460EX.