NGC1333

[Allinthehead]

Hi all, unfortunately very little imaging for me over the past year and a half, so i'm delighted to be back at it.

These data were captured over 5 nights, beginning on the 15/12/22 and finished on the 4/12/23. 17 hours in 180 second subs at gain 100, using my Asi2600mc.

Shot through my Takahashi Epsilon 160ed and mounted on an AzEq6.

Capture software was SGpro, stacked in Astro Pixel Processor, processed in PS,APP,PI.Topaz denoise.

This is one of my favorite regions of the night sky, I've imaged it many times and hopefully I've done it justice.

NGC 1333 is a reflection nebula located 1,000 lightyears away in the constellation Perseus.

The nebula lies on the edge of a large star-forming region and contains hundreds of stars that are as young as less than one million years old.

Regards,

Richard.

[Adreneline]

Very nice Richard - and good to see you back. I really like the colours - I am a big fan of brown, dark and dusty, with pockets of jewels in the darkness. Adrian

[Allinthehead]

48 minutes ago, Adreneline said:

Very nice Richard - and good to see you back. I really like the colours - I am a big fan of brown, dark and dusty, with pockets of jewels in the darkness. Adrian

Thanks Adrian. The stack was a little grey in the dust but a boost in saturation and a slight increase in the cyan part of the reds really brought out that reddish brown.

[CCD Imager]

The long exposures have really paid off, both in terms of pulling out the brown dust and smoothness of the image

Adrian

[Allinthehead]

7 minutes ago, CCD Imager said:

The long exposures have really paid off, both in terms of pulling out the brown dust and smoothness of the image

Adrian

Thanks Adrian, it's a target that needs lots of data to stretch hard.