Iris Nebula

[Allinthehead]

Hi everyone.

I made the mistake of trying to capture this under less than ideal conditions ie intermittent cloud and moon glow. Probably need double the rgb too. Under the circumstances i think it turned out ok ish.

9 hrs 60 second luminance subs at unity gain.

3 hrs total 60 second rgb subs at unity gain.

WO Star 71 and ASI 1600mm.

Hope you enjoy.

Richard.

 

[toxic]

lovely image Richard

[wimvb]

+1: lovely image.

I think that you can safely turn down the contrast in this image a notch, and still have a great image with lots of dust. Maybe this can help keeping the stars under control. I find star control the most difficult part of processing.

Do you have the cooled or uncooled version of the ASI1600?

[Allinthehead]

1 hour ago, toxic said:

 

lovely image Richard

 

Thanks Chris.

24 minutes ago, wimvb said:

 

I think that you can safely turn down the contrast in this image a notch, and still have a great image with lots of dust. Maybe this can help keeping the stars under control. I find star control the most difficult part of processing.

Do you have the cooled or uncooled version of the ASI1600?

Hi Wim thanks. Ya stars are a problem with me too. I had to really push this data. The rgb is poor enough, i'm in a housing estate surrounded by street lights. More data would probably help as it's only 1 hr for each rgb. I have the cooled version. I appreciate the feedback, here's another quick effort with as suggested. 

 

[ollypenrice]

I like the star reduced version. Do you have Noels' Actions? There is a good star reduction routine in that.

Very nice and dusty!

Olly

[Allinthehead]

5 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

I like the star reduced version. Do you have Noels' Actions? There is a good star reduction routine in that.

Very nice and dusty!

Olly

Thanks Olly. Ya i have Noels Actions. I'll have to try again at this when i collect more colour data.

[Allinthehead]

I had one more go at this using a blended layer with a less aggressive stretch. Hopefully better.

 

[PatrickGilliland]

Nice work Richard. Stars eh, what will they put up there next  

Great preview now go and get another version with no moon......

[Allinthehead]

2 hours ago, PatrickGilliland said:

Nice work Richard. Stars eh, what will they put up there next  

Great preview now go and get another version with no moon......

That's the plan, thanks Paddy.