Cygnus Loop in bi-colour (Veil Nebulae etc.)

[Gina]

Ha and OIII combined HOO > RGB.  Processed in PixInsight and GIMP.  2h Ha plus 2h OIII integration time captured concurrently on my dual imaging rig.  ASI1600MM-Cool cameras set to unity gain, Astrodon 3nm NB filters and Asahi (Pentax) SuperMultiCoated Takumar 200mm f4 lenses.

[MarkAR]

Impressive piece of work. Well done gina.

Just a thought, wondering if star reduction would bring the nebulosity forward in the image a little.

[Sunshine]

That is beautiful!

[Gina]

1 hour ago, MarkAR said:

Impressive piece of work. Well done gina.

Thank you very much.

1 hour ago, MarkAR said:

Just a thought, wondering if star reduction would bring the nebulosity forward in the image a little.

Very probably.  This is something I'm planning to look at.

[david_taurus83]

That's really excellent! I'm renaming this object though to The Skyrim Nebula

 

[carastro]

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Ha and OIII combined HOO > RGB.  Processed in PixInsight and GIMP.  2h Ha plus 2h OIII integration time captured concurrently on my dual imaging rig.  ASI1600MM-Cool cameras set to unity gain, Astrodon 3nm NB filters and Asahi (Pentax) SuperMultiCoated Takumar 200mm f4 lenses.

 

Fabulous result Gina, it's rising from the behind the houses too late for me ATM but if mine comes out half as good as that once I can get to it, I will be more than pleased.

Carole 

Edited May 23, 2020 by carastro

[Gina]

Thank you very much Carole.

[uhb1966]

Very beautiful

 

[silentrunning]

I knew this was going to be a cracker when that first frame came in. Stunning image Gina.

[DaveS]

That is really rather lovely Gina, big thumbs up from me.

[Gina]

A new version with shorter exposures and a processing parameter in PI adjusted giving increased dynamic range.

Rotated to put north at the top.

[Macavity]

Stunning... Was just thinking about the whole bi-colour thing generally! 🙂

[x6gas]

Brilliant Gina - you so rarely see the whole of the nebula imaged and as a target I find the witches broom a bit unsatisfactory for some reason but in context this all looks great.  I much, much prefer your original process, for what my opinion is worth.

I am inspired to try my RedCat on this - it's yet to get first light.

Thanks for sharing.

Stay safe and well, Ian