M1 in RGB, iR, Ha and OIII

[alexbb]

I managed to process this one too. It's been cloudy lately. This is the first version that I'm happy with. Perhaps I will try again a few more times, but I have too many channels to combine into a single one and no more imagination for now.

I shot all of them with the dob's tube on the eq mount. In total I have ~7-8h of Ha, ~same OIII and ~2h on each R, G, B and iR.

[alexbb]

Wider field and channels:
 

[wimvb]

Excellent images. I don't think I've ever seen that protrusion in Oiii before.

[Wiu-Wiu]

I love that gap on the upper right! Never noticed that before.

thank you for showing each channel ! Very interesting! 

[Thalestris24]

Super stuff, Alex! It's always good to see a decent-sized and multi-spectral M1! If only....

Louise

[gorann]

Than is an excellent image with a lot of interesting features, taken with a rather unusual imaging rig. Congratulations!

[bomberbaz]

have you tried a HA/OIII combination without colour. I love the natural look as much as the coloured versions.

[alexbb]

Thank you all very much!

I tried a classic HOO combination too, I didn't process it fully, but only as a support for the final image. I will try later to process and post it.

It was a challenge to get those colours looking decent.

[ollypenrice]

I missed this till seeing it in the PNs competition. It's a wonderful image. The extension was new to me, too, but I found a good rendition in which it shows strongly in OIII. I prefer this because it begins with an Ha component as well, giving the feature a more integrated look.

Very well done indeed and an original project on a familiar object.

Olly

[alexbb]

1 hour ago, ollypenrice said:

I missed this till seeing it in the PNs competition. It's a wonderful image. The extension was new to me, too, but I found a good rendition in which it shows strongly in OIII. I prefer this because it begins with an Ha component as well, giving the feature a more integrated look.

Very well done indeed and an original project on a familiar object.

Olly

Thank you very much and clear skies!

Alex

[ollypenrice]

I have to say that for an SGL 'first' I think this image deserves a wider audience but I missed it as well!

Olly

[jimjam11]

Superb, is that fpn in the O3 channel?

[alexbb]

16 hours ago, jimjam11 said:

Superb, is that fpn in the O3 channel?

Thank you!

No, that is some sort of Moiré pattern resulted after aligning the OIII channel quickly with PixInsight.

[x6gas]

Excellent rendition Alex.  A difficult target to process sympathetically and you've nailed it.

[Skarpen]

Nice picture.

[john2y]

That is incredible! Absolutely stunning result! 

[alexbb]

Thank you very much, all!