My 100th image & 1st Bicolor

[pmesquita]

Hi there,

This my 100th image since I started AP two years ago, and it's dedicated to my eldest son (30). The M1 has always been a very difficult target for me due to it's characteristics. I was able to nail it in H-Alpha about a year ago (in my 2nd album here on SGL) but I still wanted do do color on it. So on Dec 19 I went bicolor for the 1st time. I did 10x600s in Ha and 10x600s in OIII. I used the Baader line filters in my 450d Luis Campos monochromatic MonoMod and lowered the sensor to -2ºCelcius. I did 10 darks (not needed) 2o flats for each filter (OIII is more sensitive to brightness) and 50 Bias.

I post produced in PixInsight and Photoshop CS6

Here is the result. I hope you enjoy it... and a Happy New Year to all

Paulo Mesquita

Sintra

Portugal

[Luis Campos]

Paulo,

That is an excellent result, I know this is your first bicolor image so hat's off to you

There is sime really nice structure on such a tiny nebula!

Congrats,