M27 Bicolour, 12hrs, Three nights at 1900mm FL.

[theo]

Three clear nights during end of July / beginning of August have enabled some deep sky work which has been severly lacking since April due to the poor UK weather. I have imaged M27 in OSC previously but I was never really happy with it so since getting the QSI camera I have been trying to revisit some of the classic targets to see if I improve on my previous attempts.

The image is Ha OIII bicolour and captured in Bin 2 for both filters. In total there are around 5 hours Ha and 7hrs in OIII in 800s and 1200s subs.

Its been a tricky one to process to the point where I was satisfied with the outcome. I have uploaded a png file to try and avoid quality loss due to compression so I hope it doesn't take too long to open. I hope you like it!!

Regards,

Pete

[swag72]

Wowsers Pete - That's one special M27 there - Excellent

[JohnPh]

That is really fantastic!

[sammak127]

surely that's the eye of sauron! no but seriously that is an amazing picture.

[laudropb]

Very nice image. Thanks for posting.

[Allan the plumber]

Breath taking excellent image   

[Welrod50]

That really does jump off the screen at you doesn't it. Excellent stuff and well worth the effort!

[leemanley]

Stunning,  APOD worthy image sir.

Lee

[JohnnyD333]

Amazing, M27 just fills the image at that Focal Length.  

[sooot]

Very nice indeed

[steppenwolf]

That's exceptional - I love it and it so clearly shows the power of bi-colour processing.

[theo]

Thanks for all the kind comments folks, makes all the hard work even more worthwhile!!

Pete

[gingergeek]

Superb ! enough said

[theo]

Superb ! enough said

Many thanks.

Pete

[StuartJPP]

Looks better on the big screen (saw it first on my mobile). Great job!

[Atreta]

amazing, never seen one with colors like that.

[lensman57]

Brilliant.

A.G

[theo]

Many thanks!!

I would be interested in hearing how the background sky on this image looks on your screens. I look at this on a monitor I have at work and the fainter nebulosity is hard to see due to the way it displays the black. The Packard Bell monitor at home where I processed the image it looks absolutely fine. It's one thing that always bugs me before submitting a new image!! I calibrate screens as best as I can but that variation seems to persist.

Pete

[toxic]

that is fantastic 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Absolute stunner of an image!

[pyrasanth]

That's a wonderful image- one of the best I've seen (as you might know I have an interest in M27). The detail is outstanding you must have had 3 very clear nights. I struggle from my location to get decent transparency (this makes me want to crush a grape with rage)- A very well done

[theo]

Many thanks Chris, Michael & Pyrasanth!!

Pete

[theo]

That's a wonderful image- one of the best I've seen (as you might know I have an interest in M27). The detail is outstanding you must have had 3 very clear nights. I struggle from my location to get decent transparency (this makes me want to crush a grape with rage)- A very well done

Thanks once again. I didn't know you had a specific interest in M27, could you tell me more?

Pete

[Fay]

Best I have ever seen, really exquisite!!

Fay

[MattJenko]

Think this needs a post to say very well done, that is outstanding! Don't think a mere "like" does it justice!