Cone in Ha and HaRGB

[vdb]

FSQ 106, QHY367CC 30x5min

FSQ 106, H36, Ha 3.5nm 40x10min

 

Cone by Yves, on Flickr

ConeHaRGB by Yves, on Flickr

[al-alami]

Beautiful!

[Demonperformer]

Nope, it's no good. I can't decide if I prefer the monochrome or colour version  - both look great. 

[steppenwolf]

That's lovely, Yves, nicely processed too.

[ollypenrice]

I really like the Ha. I'm not so keen on the way the Ha is blended with the OSC because of the blue halo thing. This usually arises from using Ha as luminance. (It's a great image and I'm being very fussy but the blue haloes are a distraction for me.)

Olly

[Hallingskies]

A beautiful rendering of the NGC 2264 region.  And I am just fine with “blue haloes”: to me, they add a touch of necessary reality to what are often just otherwise simply expressions of software-constructed artwork.  Through the eyepiece, the Christmas tree stars burn like tiny blue sparks, and this image invokes the same magic with the added bonus of showing detail far beyond the capability of the naked eye.

[simmo39]

Nice, really like it!

[peter shah]

Love it Yves

[Allinthehead]

Very nice. What's striking about both versions is the depth of the cone against the surrounding structures.

[Shibby]

Very nice - sharp as a tack!

[Barry-Wilson]

Resplendent widefield HaRGB Yves - rich and sumptuous colour.

I like it.

[Grumpy_Git]

The colour version has real texture, but the mono version pips it for me for some reason.

 

Thanks for sharing

[Filroden]

The Ha version makes me want to reach into the screen and feel its luxurious texture. A real winner. 

[Guest]

Great work Yves - both are exceptional :-)

David

 

[geoflewis]

OMG - those are rediculously good....!!

[vdb]

Thanks everybody !

I agree with Olly that blending in the Ha is better done in the RED channel, and it is something I try first, but for some reason it hardly made any difference, so I ended up mixing the Ha in the L layer.

 

/Yves

[MeyGray3833]

Great image, nice and sharp!