simmo39 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 This is a target I have wanted to do since first seeing the images of it on this site. I have always considered this target as one of the big boys targets and all ways found an excuse not to try for it. Over the last few weeks I have been chipping away at it with bits of data when the sky would let me and although I havent really done it justice after 13hrs on it I could not do another night on it and feel its time to move on. So here it is 205 x 240s subs taken with my ASI 2600mc and optalong Extreme filter. I have to say to my eyes it looks more like Porky Pigs head than spaghetti! Hints, tips and CC welcome. Thanks for looking. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeklee Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 minutes ago, simmo39 said: Thanks for looking. That's looking great @simmo39 I think resampling the data has helped and you've got some great OIII coming through. Well worth those many sessions! 7 minutes ago, simmo39 said: Hints, tips and CC welcome. Minor thing, but a little extra background colour balance work, although I appreciate there is faint Ha all round here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo39 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 14 minutes ago, geeklee said: That's looking great @simmo39 I think resampling the data has helped and you've got some great OIII coming through. Well worth those many sessions! Minor thing, but a little extra background colour balance work, although I appreciate there is faint Ha all round here. Thank you, I have tried a few things on getting the background levels better but no luck so far, Ill keep tweaking and see where it goes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo39 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 (edited) Not sure if this is any better but I think the background is a little less red. Edited January 19 by simmo39 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeklee Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 16 hours ago, simmo39 said: Not sure if this is any better but I think the background is a little less red. It's tricky isn't it! The latest version lost a little of that super OIII from the structure that the top one had - sorry! Maybe a blend of the two? It's nice to see others having the same challenges with this one 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo39 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 12 minutes ago, geeklee said: It's tricky isn't it! The latest version lost a little of that super OIII from the structure that the top one had - sorry! Maybe a blend of the two? It's nice to see others having the same challenges with this one 😅 Hi, when I looked at the second version this morning I could see loads wrong with it. To much looking in one go i think. I will have another go with the data later on but I think it needs more subs to get the best out of it. Was going to try and get more data tonight but life is getting in the way. hopefully tomorrow I will be out to play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeklee Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 minute ago, simmo39 said: Hi, when I looked at the second version this morning I could see loads wrong with it. To much looking in one go i think. I will have another go with the data later on but I think it needs more subs to get the best out of it. Was going to try and get more data tonight but life is getting in the way. hopefully tomorrow I will be out to play. Not at all! Both are very good images and show excellent, clean structure. You've done extremely well with the data you have. From experience I know how frustrating Sh2-240 can be to get "just right" in our own eyes. If you don't get a chance to get more data, you should be very pleased with this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo39 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 36 minutes ago, geeklee said: Not at all! Both are very good images and show excellent, clean structure. You've done extremely well with the data you have. From experience I know how frustrating Sh2-240 can be to get "just right" in our own eyes. If you don't get a chance to get more data, you should be very pleased with this one. You are being kind, thank you. Funny how some targets just dont want to play, I have a few that never seem to come out the way I like no matter what I throw at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_P Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Brilliant! Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo39 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 On 20/01/2023 at 11:15, Lee_P said: Brilliant! Congratulations! Thanks, would not call it brilliant, but Im pleased I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomato Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 That’s a really fine Spaghetti Nebula. Once you have the fundamentals in place, I think it’s good to have a go at some of the more challenging targets, at the end of the day most of them just need more integration than the brighter ones. Wierdly, I find they can sometimes be more straightforward to process since they often don’t have the big dynamic range issues that M31 and M42 have, for example. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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