Crescent Nebula and Surrounding Nebulae

[carastro]

Taken over 2 short nights either end of June from Home Bortle 8
SHO palette with added RGB stars

Atik 460EX, Samyang 135mm F2 lens @ F2.8
Guided on HEQ5
Ha 15 x 600secs (2 1/2 hours)
Oiii 7 x 600 secs (1 hour 10 mins)
Sii 8 x 600secs (1 hour 20mins)
RGB 3 x 150secs Each 22.5 mins

Total 5 hours 22.5 mins

[geoflewis]

Hi Carole, I saw this over on AB earlier. As I commented there, it's a superb image and you continue to amaze me at what is possible from Bortle 8 using NB filters, with no astro dark and only a few hours of nautical dark with which to play. Great work

[MarkAR]

That's a stunner Carole.

I've been struggling with SHO on the Crescent but I think it's nearly done now, my last efforts were pretty garish.

[carastro]

Thanks Mark and Geof.

I must admit I did several versions of this before I found one that wasn't as garish as the others.  Lol 

Carole 

[MarkAR]

I think it's down to so much overlapping data in all three bands that I've decided that in SHO it's supposed to look like mouldy lambs brain in curry sauce.