Blue Chilli Nebula

[AndysAstroPix]

Hi Folks!

Resembling a hot chilli these superheated blue tendrils of ionised oxygen are remnants of a spectacular supernova that occurred some 11,000 years ago.

Located in Vela some 800 LY distant, this small isolated section of this vast region silhouetted against a background rich in Ha seemed worthy of attention it’s own right - as after an exhaustive search, there don’t appear to be any stand alone studies online of this beautiful waveform.

Photographed over three nights from my light polluted suburban backyard in Melbourne, Australia. 🇦🇺

Acquisition was made using Stellarmate on a Rpi4 😊

Processed in App, PS CC 2021, Topaz NR Ai & Nik.

I was keen to keep the gaseous appearance, so I did the following steps...

>Pre-process / calibrate subs, flats, darks, dark flats & bias in APP.
>Remove stars from O3 & Ha masters with Starnet++ 
>Minimise noise using Topaz Ai
>Process RGB independently to create nice stars
>Layer all the masters in PS-Lighten mode
>Hue/Saturation O3-Blue, Ha-Red

Bake until done! 😇

ASTROBIN VERSION

Thanks for looking!

Andy

Edited March 20, 2021 by AndysAstroPix
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[mackiedlm]

That's a beautiful image of an object I have not seen before.

[tooth_dr]

A really beautiful image Andy.  Is that the full image size with the FF camera?

[AndysAstroPix]

13 minutes ago, mackiedlm said:

That's a beautiful image of an object I have not seen before.

Thanks mackliedlm, we’re lucky enough to have some great targets down here in this hemisphere 😄

7 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

A really beautiful image Andy.  Is that the full image size with the FF camera?

Hi yes, thanks very much- that’s the full frame with only a tiny bit of cropping 🤗

cheers

Andy

[Allinthehead]

A very striking and colourful image.

[AndysAstroPix]

10 hours ago, Allinthehead said:

A very striking and colourful image.

Many thanks Allinthehead - Vela has many rich pickings for us astro nerds 😄

[PeterCPC]

Lovely, never seen that before.

[AndysAstroPix]

3 hours ago, PeterCPC said:

Lovely, never seen that before.

Thanks Peter,  it may very well be a first But you never can tell for sure! 😉

[MartinB]

That OIII is absolutely gorgeous!!  Are you sure you didn't just light up a cigarette in front of the scope.  I have no superlatives to do this image justice.

[CraigT82]

That is truly beautiful 😍.  One for the wall if ever I saw one 

[AndysAstroPix]

8 hours ago, MartinB said:

That OIII is absolutely gorgeous!!  Are you sure you didn't just light up a cigarette in front of the scope.  I have no superlatives to do this image justice.

Thanks very kindly Martin! No tobacco products were involved, just lots of patient research. For thos interested,  I have found GALAXY MAP to be a useful resource for finding new targets. 😉

8 hours ago, CraigT82 said:

That is truly beautiful 😍.  One for the wall if ever I saw one 

There's an idea! Thanks Craig 👍

[callisto]

8 hours ago, MartinB said:

Are you sure you didn't just light up a cigarette in front of the scope

Exactly what I was going to say.....Beautiful image Andy 

 

Mark

[JemC]

Stunning, what more can i say 👍

[AndysAstroPix]

9 hours ago, callisto said:

Exactly what I was going to say.....Beautiful image Andy 

 

Mark

Thanks Mark! Very kind of you, cheers! 😍

8 hours ago, JemC said:

Stunning, what more can i say 👍

Cheers JemC - really appreciate you dropping by and taking the time to comment! 🥰

[AndysAstroPix]

Seems that this is now ASTROBIN IOTD 😉

I've created a new version with Akira Fujii effect stars, be interesting to hear your thoughts on this?