Spaghetti anyone?

[emyliano2000]

Since I bought the Samyang 135mm f2 lens I wanted to try something faint to see if the lens, stopped down at f2.8 would pick it up.

I decided to go for the Spaghetti nebula and because my back garden is fairly light polluted I thought that Ha would be a good way to start this target. Even though I could barely see it in the individual subs, after shooting 70x600sec ISO1600 with my canon 700D and Astronomik 6nm Ha clip in filter I decided to stack and process. Very pleased with the result but felt like something was missing so a couple of weeks ago I went on a field trip to a darker location to try and capture some RGB. Looks like I made the right decision to do that. I like how it came out even though the RGB is only 16x300sec ISO800 with a IDAS LPS-D1 CLIP filter. 

What do you think? 

Emil

[Rush]

Wow, lot of details , very nice image?

CS

Rush

[ebdons]

Kinell! that's freaking brilliant! The clarity is amazing, one of the best wide field shots for me, well done sir! Ton

[Craney]

70 x 600  ...... gulp !! ....  that's some dedication.    Well done, such a nice image, especially with the RGB... the astrophotographic equivalent to  al dente. 

[Adreneline]

Amazing! Puts my efforts with a Samyang 135mm + Atik428ex to shame.

[Ibbo!]

Thats come out very nice.

[alacant]

7 hours ago, emyliano2000 said:

What do you think? 

One of the best I've seen. Of anything. Such patience. Does it come with the lens or do you have to order it as an extra?! Thanks for posting.

[Paul73]

Outstanding!

I normally just hit like for good images, but this one deserves to stay at the top of the ‘unread content’ for more people to see.

Paul

 

[Cozzy]

Emil,

that is an outstanding piece of work and a pleasure to look at.

Very well done you.

 

Tim

[emyliano2000]

Wow, tank you guys. I wasn't expecting such a response. A while ago I've seen a version of this target that blew my mind. Mine doesn't come close to that and that's why I didn't think very much of it but I am pleased with what I've been able to achieve. 

I'm glad you like it too.

Emil

[Demonperformer]

8 hours ago, emyliano2000 said:

What do you think?

Well, the lens certainly picked it up when stopped down ... and that was with a DSLR.

"Impressed" would barely cover what I think.

[david_taurus83]

I still think your using some sort of witchcraft to clear your skies and send the clouds elsewhere. ⭐⭐⭐?☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️

[emyliano2000]

19 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

I still think your using some sort of witchcraft to clear your skies and send the clouds elsewhere. ⭐⭐⭐?☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️

I don't know how other people are doing it but when I have a clear forecast I set up a plan and let it run on its own over night. I throw quite a few exposures because of high clouds and other things but that is what I do most of the times. I can't afford to stay up all night during weekdays because if work. 

[Rush]

Emyliano,

Eccolo qui spaghetti + cappellini alla carbonara:)

Takumar 135mm SMC lens  7hrs HA + 3 hrsLRGB. , Atik 383 L + SBIG ST8300M.

CS

Rush

[Cozzy]

12 hours ago, Rush said:

Emyliano,

Eccolo qui spaghetti + cappellini alla carbonara:)

Takumar 135mm SMC lens  7hrs HA + 3 hrsLRGB. , Atik 383 L + SBIG ST8300M.

CS

Rush

That Takumar 135mm has done a good job for you there, another + for the old Takumar lens, nice image.

[Rush]

Thank u Tim. You r right for an old lens,  Takumar 135mm and 200 mm  does absoultely a great Job. Stopped at 4 , its quiet sharp. Overall expenditure was 70 euros on Ebay for this lens.

Cheers

Rush

[ollypenrice]

Superb image. Tiny, tight little stars and lots going on besides the pasta-fest!

I think (being honest) you could get it even better. For me too much of the Ha has found its way into the luminance channel. Sure, you haven't shot a luminance layer but it is still effectively there in an OSC dataset. If you could concentrate more of the Ha into red then I think you'd get better colour in the nebula and smaller blue stars.

But what a great result on a very large, very faint target.

This is not a beginner image!!!!!

Olly

[emyliano2000]

2 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

Superb image. Tiny, tight little stars and lots going on besides the pasta-fest!

I think (being honest) you could get it even better. For me too much of the Ha has found its way into the luminance channel. Sure, you haven't shot a luminance layer but it is still effectively there in an OSC dataset. If you could concentrate more of the Ha into red then I think you'd get better colour in the nebula and smaller blue stars.

But what a great result on a very large, very faint target.

This is not a beginner image!!!!!

Olly

As always great advice Olly. Thank you. I used the Ha as luminance but I will try to blend some of it into the red channel to see if I can make it better.

Emil

[ollypenrice]

18 minutes ago, emyliano2000 said:

As always great advice Olly. Thank you. I used the Ha as luminance but I will try to blend some of it into the red channel to see if I can make it better.

Emil

If you use Ps I'd begin by adding Ha to red in blend mode lighten. Then you could apply a little as Luminance. When I do this I usually stop at 15% or less but some go higher. 

Olly

[barkis]

I have learned something here, I have not  known about the Spaghetti until now,  so thanks for that.  Strange looking object, but you have done an excellent job in producing this Image.      I can't assess the degree of difficulty in acquiring this result,. But I can say it looks superb.

Ron.

[tooth_dr]

This is incredible. After seeing that I want to get out with my 100mm lens and start shooting this too. 

[emyliano2000]

35 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

If you use Ps

My pixinsight processing skills are next to 0 so I do use Ps on most of my photos. I only use pixinsight for aligning  and sometimes for calibration and stacking.

Emil

[ollypenrice]

15 hours ago, barkis said:

I have learned something here, I have not  known about the Spaghetti until now,  so thanks for that.  Strange looking object, but you have done an excellent job in producing this Image.      I can't assess the degree of difficulty in acquiring this result,. But I can say it looks superb.

Ron.

It's very difficult, Ron. There is almost no trace of the object outside the Ha layer (or there wasn't when I tried it) and it is so big that a very widefield rig is needed to avoid a mosaic. This then makes it difficult to obtain nice small stars. Emil has done an incredible job here.

Olly

[Mr Spock]

Lovely looking image. So delicate and intricate.