Sh2 129 & Ou4 : Flying Bat & Squid Nebula.

[manoss27]

Sh2 129 large emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus.
The highlight of the image definitely is the object Ou4 ''Squid Nebula'' light on Oxygen line.
Discovered by Nicolas Outters in 2011.
 

Full resolution and Technical details: 

http://www.astrobin.com/235869/

[gorann]

Truly amazing!

This must be one of the best, if not the best, image anyone has taken of this object! It is just standing out so clearly. Colours are perfect.  I notice that the last data was collected more than a month ago - I assume this means that you also had quite a lot of processing to do before you could show us this beauty.

Congratulations!

[Fay]

what an amazing object.  really well defined, and transparent, seeing the stars thru it!

Fay

[laudropb]

What a lovely image. It's the first time I have seen this object.

[wimvb]

Wow! Fantastic image. Thanks for sharing

[Stu1976j]

Wow what an amazing image, one of which I have not seen before, It's mind blowing. Thanks for sharing such a great image and a different one

[PNJ]

i imaged this just over a year ago, and man it was faint.  I surprised how close in you are if this is taken with a FSQ106, and reducer thought the field would of been much wider.

tried to do a plate solve and it would not work, to try get exact position.  can you post a single raw file to show how faint it is, 

the squid looks like it been pasted on top of the nebula, im amazed how bright it is.

paul j

[Astroboffin]

Magnificent......that's all I can say

AB

[ultranova]

Damn that's good, I have never seen a Squid so defined before,

It looks like Hubble has had a go at it, truly remarkable shot

of this very faint elusive target, Its the best by far I have seen any where.

What one of your cameras was this taken with on your Tak.

well done

Paul

[manoss27]

i imaged this just over a year ago, and man it was faint.  I surprised how close in you are if this is taken with a FSQ106, and reducer thought the field would of been much wider.

tried to do a plate solve and it would not work, to try get exact position.  can you post a single raw file to show how faint it is, 

the squid looks like it been pasted on top of the nebula, im amazed how bright it is.

paul j

Υes, of course just send me an email with p.m.

[manoss27]

Damn that's good, I have never seen a Squid so defined before,

It looks like Hubble has had a go at it, truly remarkable shot

of this very faint elusive target, Its the best by far I have seen any where.

What one of your cameras was this taken with on your Tak.

well done

Paul

Both 383 and 460 but Αtik 460 its more sensitive and collect a lot more information....

[gorann]

Both 383 and 460 but Αtik 460 its more sensitive and collect a lot more information....

Glad to hear that I made the right choice when I went for the 460 and not the 383 when I recently bought my first mono CCD. It was a tough decision. I assume that for the squid, sensitivity wins over field of view.

[gorann]

i imaged this just over a year ago, and man it was faint.  I surprised how close in you are if this is taken with a FSQ106, and reducer thought the field would of been much wider.

tried to do a plate solve and it would not work, to try get exact position.  can you post a single raw file to show how faint it is, 

the squid looks like it been pasted on top of the nebula, im amazed how bright it is.

paul j

It appears to be plate solved on the Astrobin: http://www.astrobin.com/235869/

[manoss27]

Glad to hear that I made the right choice when I went for the 460 and not the 383 when I recently bought my first mono CCD. It was a tough decision. I assume that for the squid, sensitivity wins over field of view.

If you use the reducer the field still the same so you have fast telescope 3.6f and field 2.17 arc/sec 

[pietervdv]

Although I am sure the data is of very high quality, I have some serious doubts regarding this processing. I feel the processing has gone way too far.

Way too much noise reduction and a "water painting" overall look. This is a PI image taken too far, perhaps you could try a less aggressive version?

I hope you don't mind me saying this, but this is the way I see it. Just giving my opinion.

Regards,

Pieter

[ollypenrice]

I'm not sure how to react to this image. I have to be impressed by the strength of the data but, like Pieter, I find it impossible to see it as a natural photograph of the target. The level of noise reduction is so extreme that it has become a piece of graphic design, far removed from nature. 

I would love to see something with far less processing and far more of the original data.

Pixinsight does seem to tempt imagers into going too far. I'm very impressed, but this is not for me. You are clearly a very expert imager so I hope you won't mind me sayng how I really feel about it.

Olly

[geordie85]

How would I find this using synscan?

[ChrisLX200]

Have to agree with Olly here, using PI's TGV de-noise (for example) can quickly obliterate detail together with the noise! You obviously have some excellent image data on this object, having tried myself not too long ago using 30min subs I only managed to record a weak signal - nothing like as strong as you show (which must be from a very dark site?). I'd rather see a little noise plus the detail in the result than a very smooth but featureless image. Well worth re-visiting your data then and playing with the options in order to protect your hard-won information. If it were mine I;d be playing with for weeks trying to tease out as much info as possible ;-)

ChrisH

[ollypenrice]

How would I find this using synscan?

RA 21 12 11

Dec +60 3 22

In anything but an OIII filter it is effectively impossible to detect in my experience but the Sony chip does seem to be particularly good on this target.

Olly

[manoss27]

Hi Olly and Chris thank you for advices. the proccesing method I used is tone mapping the ou4 it is very difficult to enhanced without that. I used Pi only for dbe and rgb combine for other steps only photoshop . The noise reduction is on chrominance And lum only by 30 percent.

[ollypenrice]

Hi Olly and Chris thank you for advices. the proccesing method I used is tone mapping the ou4 it is very difficult to enhanced without that. I used Pi only for dbe and rgb combine for other steps only photoshop . The noise reduction is on chrominance And lum only by 30 percent.

I want to say again that I think this is a fantastic capture. I just think you could let a little more noise and a little more detail to come through in the processing.

Olly

[laser_jock99]

Great image- maybe a tad 'over processed' for my taste. Would also like to see a less 'pushed' version of the same data. I know it's a hard target- having tried once & failed!