The Bubble Nebula

[Mel]

A couple of days back I was lucky enough to get a few hours of cloudless skies.

This is 3 min subs for Ha and 5 min for OIII, synthesised green channel and Ha used for Luminence. About 20 subs were used in all for each channel. There was quite a lot of mist about but I think I got the essence of it. Using my WO Megrez 90 and the SXV-H9, guided with the LX200.

Iain

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[George]

Nice image Mel, tone the green down a wee bit tho

[Psychobilly]

Hi Mel Nice one

Billy...

[RichieJarvis]

Nice 1 Iain - I think George is right - tone the green down a little.

The mist is a pig though - makes focusing impossible, and everything blurry

[narrowbandpaul]

with the bubble neb, you are fighting hard to get good O[iII] signal, so make sure you show it.

a touch less green, but make sure its still there.

nice pic!

instead of a synthed green, you could try synthing blue by using 1/3 Ha, since the Hbeta line is 1/3 as strong as ha.

Make that 'fake' Hbeta blue, and use O[iII] for green, Ha for red.

Its a different take, and you could see how you like it.

Paul

[steppenwolf]

A good capture, Mel - it really comes alive with the green toned down though!

[Mel]

Thanks for the nice comments and helpful advice, I will have another go at it with less green and share the results.

Cheers

Iain

[Mel]

Here's a quick reprocess with less green and a larger crop.

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[RichieJarvis]

I think thats the ticket Iain :hello1:

You can see the core stars now, which is nice....

Good job

[barkis]

That is a fine image Iain, and your reprocess improved it a lot.

Very nice indeed.

Ron.

[Psychobilly]

Much nicer in the reprocess with better star colour as well

Billy...