NGC281 - Pacman Nebula

[RichieJarvis]

Well, to celebrate feeling reasonably human again, and the first clear skies in over a week, I thought I would have a go at the Pacman.

Here it is - not quite as much OIII data as I wanted (grumble grumble), and the Ha was after a pier flip, and I didn't manage to realign quite right, but I think its come out quite well.

This is 8 x 600 seconds of Ha and 9 x 600 seconds of OIII through my Astro Professional 102ED using an SXV-H9.

Cheers,

Richie

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[gary1968]

Thats very nice richie, loads of detail in there and nice pin sharp stars...... :-)

Gary

[Keagle]

Great image Richie, nice sense of depth.

Kurt

[RobH]

Nice

Glad you're feeling better!

[thing]

Nice image Ritchie, great focus and good detail.

[steppenwolf]

Oooh that's a nice one!

[CELESCOPE]

Nice Richie, should be pleased with that one ,

Rog

[Plastic chicken]

Great stuff!!! :cheers:

PC

[Psychobilly]

Glad you back in the land of the living and making such good use of the clear skies...that we had in daylight before they headed your way

[Sam]

Great shot Richie! very tight stars!

[RichieJarvis]

Had a go at reprocessing this to see how much sharp detail came out - what do you think?

Cheers,

Richie

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Is that....

Pacman's joystick??

[Psychobilly]

I prefer the first one...

Billy...

[RichieJarvis]

Ok - here is a blend between the 2....

Is that better?

Rich

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[MartinB]

Real sense of depth to that image Richie. The ionisation front stands out very clearly

[Stephen Green]

Really nice images Richie

Stephen

[barkis]

It is a great looking Image

Was it imaged at f7 Richie?

Ron.

[RichieJarvis]

yup - it was indeed Ron - I've not managed to persuade she who must be obeyed that i need a focal reducer as well! LOL

Thanks to all for the comments

[thing]

Still prefer the first one. It's easy to overprocess I think (well I don't think, I do it all the time...).

[skytreking]

Hi Richie

really super image IMO your best ever really natural processing and subtle colours.

Rich Best

[MikeD]

As Martin said, Beautiful depth in this shot.

The first one still gets my vote.

Mike

[Tim]

Only just noticed this one. That's a great image, and I hope not to offend anybody by saying its the clearest Pacman I can remember seeing on SGL. Real depth and substance, and nice contrast and definition on the cloud shapes.

I prefer the mix of the two, but you'll never please everybody

TJ

[markcol]

Very nicely detailed shot, Richie.

Mark

[Mel]

Been meaning to post on this thread since you mailed me last week.

Lovely image, and nicely processed. Love the Bok globules. I agree with Richard that this may be your best effort to date. Looking forward to the revisits already

atb mate

Iain