IC1871 - That fascinating region of the Soul Nebula

[theo]

This amazing region has been on the list of must image objects for quite a while so it was great to get a couple of clear nights just when its sky position was most favorable and to be able to tick this one off!!

A truly fascinating part of the much larger Soul Nebula with some really distinct structure and it lends itself nicely to long focal length work.

Around 12hrs total data in Ha, OIII & SII and mapped to the classic Hubble palette. I must admit to having spent quite a while on the processing for this in order to get the colour balance to where I wanted it and so several iterations later this is the end result. Equipment used is shown at the bottom of the image.

I hope you like it.

 

Regards,

 

Pete

[swag72]

Very nice indeed Pete - I love this area and you've done it justice.

[ollypenrice]

I can't see how that could be improved. Stunning pice of imaging.

Olly

[zicklurky]

That's incredible!

[Martin-Devon]

Stunning image Pete

[laudropb]

Very nice image Pete. All your hard work has been rewarded with the quality of your final image.

[morimarty]

I'm with Olly on this one Pete. This is the best long focal image of this region have seen to date.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Great shot with wonderful detail

[theo]

Very nice indeed Pete - I love this area and you've done it justice.

Thanks Sara, much appreciated. Congrats on the APOD by the way!!

I can't see how that could be improved. Stunning pice of imaging.

Olly

Many thanks Olly, that's very kind of you.

That's incredible!

Thank you!!

Stunning image Pete

Cheers Martin!! Hope all is well with you down in Devon.

Very nice image Pete. All your hard work has been rewarded with the quality of your final image.

Thank you Laudropb!!

I'm with Olly on this one Pete. This is the best long focal image of this region have seen to date.

Really appreciate that Martyn!!

Great shot with wonderful detail

Many thanks Michael!!

[Singlin]

Inspiring!

I am having a dabble at NB at the moment.

[PhotoGav]

Oh yes!

[theo]

Thanks Singling and Gav. Glad you liked it!!

Pete

[Freddie]

That's a lovely subtle shot with lots of fine detail.

[Space Cowboy]

Super image Pete!

[Barry-Wilson]

Excellent image Pete - great scale.

[ultranova]

A cracking image, well worth every minute

spent on it.

well done

Paul

[theo]

Many thanks Freddie, Stuart, Barry and Paul for commenting. Much appreciated.

Pete.

[Mr Bergman]

Incredible image!

[orionoffelt]

A remarkable image Pete and a great FOV to show the detail in there it is difficult imaging at that FL. 

Bob

[theo]

Thank you Mr Bergman & Bob for your kind comments. They are much appreciated,

Pete

[si@nite]

Stonking shot Pete incredibly well done indeed!

[MartinB]

Staggeringly good.  I love what you are doing with the LX200 ACF

[theo]

Thanks Simon, much appreciated.

Thank you Martin also for those kind words.

Pete.

[pyrasanth]

An amazing image. I really love the colour balance. I have very poor skies so would struggle with the depth of detail you have captured. Well done......in fact......very well done.

[ianaiken]

Stunning image!  Very well done!