Heart and Soul - 2017-2018 - RGB-HOO - 80h.

[alexbb]

Hello all!

This is the target I was working on for the last months. I first shot them together last year, but at that time, I had less processing skills, and neither the optics were good enough. So this year I shot another round of data with the 72ED.

In total, there are: ~15h of Ha in 2 panels with the Canon 300 F4 L IS lens from last year; 6.5h of OIII in 2 panels with the same Canon lens and a Tair3s lens, last year; 31.5h of Ha in 4 panels with the 72ED, this year; ~16h of OIII in 4 panels with the 72ED, this year; ~12h (3(RGB) x 1h x 4panels) of RGB with the 72ED, this year; 81h in total.

It took me a few days to stack, normalize, remove the gradients, align the panels, and combine them seamlessly. And then another few days to process them. This one was better handled than the Flaming star and Tadpoles, perhaps I should go back at that one too.

At the end, I still have to ask you: how to improve?

Thank you,

Alex

Edit: added full resolution image. Also here: https://www.astrobin.com/374116/

 

Or slightly warmer:

 

[Star101]

Your skills exceed mine, what could I say!.

Very nice image Alex. 

[wornish]

Super image - just wow!

[groberts]

After 80-hours it should look amazing and it does.  Well done.

[carastro]

Absolutely wonderful work.  As for the time you have spent on it speechless.

Carole 

[alexbb]

Thank you very much, Cara, gentlemen!

Some intermediary images and a full resolution. I put the full resolution in the original post too.

 

[Ruud]

It's mazing!

[Allinthehead]

Great images Alex.

[alexbb]

Thank you, Ruud and Richard!

[john2y]

Yaw dropping! Hard work definitely pays!

[alexbb]

On 29/10/2018 at 17:02, john2y said:

Yaw dropping! Hard work definitely pays!

Thank you!