The Soul Nebula - 15 hours

[AbsolutelyN]

Might add more data to this tonight, approx 15 hours of HA, O3 & S2 with Esprit 80. ZWO1600MM, 200 gain

 

 

Alt processing as kindly suggested by gorann - Red: 100% Ha. Green: 50%Ha+50%Oiii. Blue: 100%Oiii. Any preferences?

Edited September 20, 2019 by AbsolutelyN

[gorann]

You have some really nice details in the image. If it was mine I would experiment with the palette a bit. I prefer to move HaSiiOii images towards a more "naturally" looking RGB-like palette. One way to do it is to mix it like this. Red: 100% Ha. Green: 50%Ha+50%Oiii. Blue: 100%Oiii. You can see an example here:

https://www.astrobin.com/360793/H/

Good luck tonight!

[AbsolutelyN]

Thanks Göran - that's a really great idea, love the image and colour palatte. I'll have a play with that combination. Originally I wanted to do HARGB but went with HaSiiOiii as the moon was still so prominent. 

[AbsolutelyN]

Updated with alt processing - thanks for the idea Göran

[tooth_dr]

Stunning!  Love the dark dusty bits around the periphery, you have created some lovely contrasts.

[gorann]

Glad you liked my idea - I really like what you did with it!

[gorann]

PS. the colours are indeed not that far from my HaRGB version of it:

https://www.astrobin.com/full/378536/F/

[MartinFransson]

I really like that second version and I do something like that myself, only I use less Ha and more O3 for the green channel. Great job!

[gorann]

1 hour ago, MartinFransson said:

I really like that second version and I do something like that myself, only I use less Ha and more O3 for the green channel. Great job!

As you see, we here in Scandinavia like naturally looking images! Good luck now tonight in case you are collecting more data. I am shooting Oiiii and Ha on the Lobster Claw nebula right now.

[AbsolutelyN]

I only managed a couple more hours, probably not enough to make much difference yet, now the British weather has now turned for the worse