Wizard / Flying Horse Nebula DSLR

[gorann]

Here is an evolution of my Wizard Nebula collaboration with Ole Alexander Ødegård (aka Xplode). It contains his Ha and OIII data (12" TS Imaging Newtonean and a mono modded Canon 6D) and a bit of RGB data (from my ES 5" apo refractor and a Canon 60Da). I think its is totally about 7 hours of data. I love this object as there is so many things I can imagine to see in it. I have marked two here.

Any comments and suggestions are very welcome

[Nova2000]

Nice image there. I agree with the wold eating meat. Can you tell me how do you see Einstein there? 

[gorann]

5 minutes ago, Nova2000 said:

Nice image there. I agree with the wold eating meat. Can you tell me how do you see Einstein there? 

The hair style!

[Stub Mandrel]

I don't know what you're on but I want some...

[Starlight 1]

To me it looks like a Tardigrade .

[Stub Mandrel]

5 minutes ago, Starlight 1 said:

To me it looks like a Tardigrade .

All nebulas look like tardigrades!

[Starlight 1]

8 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

All nebulas look like tardigrades!

And  Survive in Outer Space.

[gorann]

44 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I don't know what you're on but I want some...

Right now on two glasses of Italian wine. Skies are solid gray

[PatrickGilliland]

It's a nice wizard - as for the Rorschach type 'what can you see' bits will leave that with you  if I look to deep will establish i am not entirely sane!

Paddy

[gorann]

Still cloudy skies over here so I entertained myself with the Ha and OIII data from Ole Alexander and made a kind of Hubble version of it (I made a suppressed light mix of them to use as artificial green channel - is that how it should be done?). So it is very much the same data (without the RGB) but with a very different final appearance. Instead of the bulky, maybe flying-horse-like appearance of the first version, I now see a glowing hollow. I think the first version is more true to what it would look like to our eyes, while the second one is maybe more striking.

 

Edited November 11, 2016 by gorann

[gorann]

PS. I should fix the gradient in the lower right - was not as apparent in Photoshop as here. Fixed it and edited the post now but it was very difficult to see in PS

Edited November 11, 2016 by gorann