Start of 2 HaRGB projects; VdB142 and IC1805 in Ha

[astrovirus]

After giving my 8" newton a good check-up and maintance (flocking/cleaning mirrors), I had an oppertunity to do some HaRGB work this week on 2 objects; Vdb142 in IC1396, and IC1805. So far I have only processed the Ha data and will keep working on the RGB and HaRGBs over the coming days. for watching.

VdB142: http://tinyurl.com/okjod9r

7 hrs Ha (21x20 min) ISO800, 12 darks, 30 flat darks and 60 flats. Baader 7nm Ha filter on the Canon 350Da TEC@10°C.C.

IC1805: http://tinyurl.com/oh2ffkb

6 hrs (18x 20 min) ISO800, 12 darks, 30 flats and 30 flat darks. Baader 7

nm Ha filter on the Canon 350Da TEC@10°C.

Thanks for watching.

[Martin-Devon]

Very nice images - these are really promising starts for the rest of the data you intend to add.

Martin

[poogle]

Wow, amazing! Can't wait to have a look at the final images

/Patrik

[Jessun]

I am impressed by the performance of the DSLR for starters, but also by the nice processing - of which I know nothing btw!

I'll keep an eye out for the final versions!

/Jesper

[Deezel]

Very, very nice images from a DSLR!!

[ollypenrice]

Flawless Ha imaging and remarkable from a DSLR. You've taken a serious amount of data at a fast F ratio and it really shows. Processing is nice and inconspicuous but you've got the information out.

Olly

[andyo]

Great capture

[astrovirus]

So after another couple of hours of hard processing (I can't help feeling like this as combining Ha with RGB,gives me a headache, sort of speach), I finally came up with 2 HaRGB version that I am satisfied with for now. My main problem is that my color perception is seriously biased due to me being color blind in both the red and green part of the spectrum. I tried to keep the star colors as close as possible to the ones in the RGB processing and got theHa nebulas looking like I think I like them. Hope you agree with me.

[astrovirus]

And of course thanks to everybody for the nice words on the Ha images. Shooting Ha with my DSLR really proves to be a treat.