Bok Globules in the Rosette

[johnrt]

Morning all,

Despite the threat of fog last night it held off long enough for me to capture 4 hours of OIII to complete a colour version of a close-up view in the rosette nebula I have been working on.

The subs were all shot at 15 minutes using the ever superb Astrodon filters and then applied in a traditional Ha:OIII:OIII method. I wanted to keep the look of a traditional RGB natural colour scheme, but without loosing the benefits that using narrowband filters bring.

A point of interest in the processing of this image is there is *no noise reduction* applied whatsoever!!!! I am going to savour this image as it might be the last bit of constructive imaging I do for a little while, I'm switching over to an OAG instead of guidescope and will need to get to grips with the new hardware!!

I hope you like it. Thank you very much for looking

Equipment list:

Filters Astrodon Ha & OIII, IDAS LP2

Camera Atik 314l+

OTA Altair Astro 6" RC

Processing in Pixinsight & CS5

[Martin-Devon]

Super image John, fabulous colours and contrast in this one.

Martin

[cloudbuster]

Absolutely superb!

[Coco]

Superb!  Atik 314L wont go down without a fight..

This image looks stunning and very natural, Ive enjoyed it immensely, any chance of a slightly larger post?

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Superb, real depth to it.

[Epicycle]

Excellent!

[davew]

As close to perfection as is possible I think

Great colours, just the right amount of contrast and what a fantastic alignment within the frame.

Dave.

[MikeD]

Love the colour in this shot, can't wait to get my OIII filter now.

You will love the OAG.

[mikeyscope]

Fabulous detail ...also like the colour, some narrow band images can look a bit harsh but this method is very smooth and pleasing to the eye...cool!    

[Tim]

Gorgeous John!

[swag72]

Wow, wow and double wow! This is fantastic. Stunning detail, beautiful colours, what an absolute peach John. Well done.

[Twisted Lip]

Cracking picture!

[Marvaz]

Great image.

[andyo]

This is a great image I really like the colour to this its superb

[sologuitarist61]

Fantastic image John, excellent detail and lovely colouring

[mark7331]

Utterly delicious! this is awesome and makes me proud to own a 314.

[Fay]

Mind blowingly beautiful, superb, subtle colours, the best!

Fay

[ollypenrice]

Delicious detail!!

Olly

[WaveSoarer]

Absolutely stunning.

[Chris]

Both the colour and detail are wonderful,  love it! did you shoot this at f/9 ?!?!

Chris

[PhotoGav]

The light in this image is heavenly - inspirational stuff, thanks for sharing.

Good luck with the hardware upgrade... Keep repeating "One step back to take two steps forwards"!!!

[andyman]

Thats a bobby dazzler very well done

[johnrt]

Both the colour and detail are wonderful,  love it! did you shoot this at f/9 ?!?!

Chris

Hi Chris, I run the RC reduced to f/6.

Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments!!

[MeyGray3833]

That is awesome. I like it alot. Well done!

[kingboya]

Excellent work!