The Bubble Nebula - NGC 7635 - in Hubble Palette

[gnomus]

I've had a few decent-ish nights recently, so, between 23 and 30 August, I was able to get 18 hours of narrowband on the Bubble nebula.  (I'd got the idea for this target from Steve Richards.)  I was fortunate enough to get 6 hours on each channel.  I wonder if it might be better to get 'a lot' more, especially of the SII and maybe the OIII.  

Details:

• Skywatcher Esprit 120
• QSI 690 with Astrodon 3nm filters
• Mesu 200

• Ha: 18x1200"
• OIII: 18x1200"
• SII: 18x1200"

For a total of 18 hours

 

[swag72]

Very nice Steve - I like the colours and the bubble looks fantastic  

[wookie1965]

Lovely image.

[gnomus]

Thanks Sara and Wookie.

[steppenwolf]

Lovely image, Steve, plenty of detail and striking colours.

[MARS1960]

Very nice Steve, i'm itching to get a few hours on this fabulous nebula.

[gnomus]

Thanks, Steve.  And thanks for the idea!

[gnomus]

Just now, MARS1960 said:

Very nice Steve, i'm itching to get a few hours on this fabulous nebula.

Thanks Mark.  You might need more than 'a few'!!

[MARS1960]

Just now, gnomus said:

Thanks Mark.  You might need more than 'a few'!!

Maybe a few nights over the next few years then .

[Rudeviewer]

I really like this!!  Makes me want to keep at my bubble and keep getting more data.

[Rudeviewer]

what was your color combination?  I found the blue was hard to acheive in my bubble....

[Barry-Wilson]

Spot on Steve - from capture with sharop focus and good guiding, framing through to processing.  Very accomplished & a terrific image.

[carastro]

Very nice image Steve, Lots of dust showing round the bubble, and I like the colours.

Carole 

[gnomus]

55 minutes ago, Rudeviewer said:

what was your color combination?  I found the blue was hard to acheive in my bubble....

Thanks for your kind words.  The combination was a straight S-H-O to R-G-B.

[gnomus]

Thanks Barry and Carole.

[Rudeviewer]

Just now, gnomus said:

Thanks for your kind words.  The combination was a straight S-H-O to R-G-B.

Did you have to use SCNR to remove the Green to get to the gold color?

 

[gnomus]

Yes.  But I only took a small amount out in the linear phase.  I find the thing desaturates awfully easily.

[newbie alert]

Very nice..sharp and subtle..

[gnomus]

Thank you, Mr Alert.

[ollypenrice]

Smoky, atmospheric and highly resolved.

Olly

[Midnight_lightning]

I think that is probably my favourite AP image out of everything I have seen so far anywhere - simply stunning!

[gnomus]

Thanks, Olly.

7 minutes ago, Midnight_lightning said:

I think that is probably my favourite AP image out of everything I have seen so far anywhere - simply stunning!

That's extremely nice of you to say so, Mr Lightning.  You should take a look at the pictures produced by some of the other folk who have been kind enough to comment on my photo, though!

[RogerTheDodger]

That's a beautiful image Steve, love the colours.

 

roj

[gnomus]

Thank you, Roj.

[Allinthehead]

Fabulously moody. Great image.