My take at Crescent and Soap

[alexbb]

I'm in a rush of shooting everything's possible. I did not plan this at the beginning of the nebulae season, but then I went for it. It took me much longer than I expected, 10 nights actually.

I included in this one some DSLR data taken through the SW72ED.

The image is a RGB-HOO combination.

198min of DSLR data (132x90s, ISO400), channels split, re-registered to the master, combined each channel with RGB taken through colour filters (45x1min each), then made a master RGB.

7h of Ha, 8h of O[III], 5 min subs.

Main data taken with the ASI1600, through the Esprit80, ZWO RGB filters, Optolong NB filters.

More acquisition details and split data here: https://www.astrobin.com/352923/

Going to sleep now, finally...

Clear skies!

Alex

 

[MarsG76]

very nice

[Sunshine]

That is beautiful!

[alexbb]

Thank you!

I added a more red saturated version, the first one seemed a bit too gray for my taste.

Perhaps I should start over sometime and reveal more the Ha signal.

[Rodd]

I really like the palette and framing.  Well done

Rodd

[alexbb]

Thank you, Rodd!

[alexbb]

One more revision, I need to learn new techniques if I want to bring out more the soap, this is about the max I can get with this data.

[Skarpen]

Well done, great picture?

[Allinthehead]

Very nice image Alex. A top pick on Astrobin too.

[alexbb]

Thank you, both!

Richard, I sometimes think about and envy your Epsilon when I shoot with the Esprit. About the same FL, more than twice the amount of light... not sure if I should change the scope or double the amount of scopes/cameras...

[Demonperformer]

That is a quite magnificent rendition of the crescent. Well worth the time you have spent on it.

[alexbb]

16 hours ago, Demonperformer said:

That is a quite magnificent rendition of the crescent. Well worth the time you have spent on it.

Thank you very much!

[carastro]

Excellent image, lovely star colour.  It always takes me ages to spot the soap Bubble, but it is very clear once found, well done.

Carole 

[alexbb]

3 hours ago, carastro said:

Excellent image, lovely star colour.  It always takes me ages to spot the soap Bubble, but it is very clear once found, well done.

Carole 

Many thanks, Carole!

[Allinthehead]

On 02/07/2018 at 15:22, moise212 said:

Thank you, both!

Richard, I sometimes think about and envy your Epsilon when I shoot with the Esprit. About the same FL, more than twice the amount of light... not sure if I should change the scope or double the amount of scopes/cameras...

Ummm, careful what you wish for as i'm finding out. I've had a few evenings farting about with the epsilon and it's finely tuned nature. Having said that it's a wonderful instrument.

[alexbb]

On 04/07/2018 at 01:55, Allinthehead said:

Ummm, careful what you wish for as i'm finding out. I've had a few evenings farting about with the epsilon and it's finely tuned nature. Having said that it's a wonderful instrument.

I don't think it's gonna happen just because I wish for...