California nebula, 4 panel Ha

[Yawning Angel]

I managed to at least complete a first run on the Ha for my 4 panel California nebula, continued from here

As @ollypenrice kindly pointed out, it's way bigger than my 4 panels cover, however I think the essence is captured?

Having only the Ha for now, I've played with a few versions, including colourising (colourizing?) it, as an experiment. Click to enlarge as the images are 11800 x 4300

I'm quite fond of the coloured starless version

ais1600mm / APM 107mm / iOptron CEM60. 24 x 300 seconds, Ha per panel for around 8 hours total, processed in PixInsight

Thanks for looking!

[geeklee]

8 hours ago, Yawning Angel said:

Ha per panel for around 8 hours total, processed in PixInsight

Looks fantastic Alex, good detail in the strong signal areas and the faint stuff in the periphery looks awesome.  

[WolfieGlos]

Wow, looks like it's going to be a great project when you have the other bandwidths, but even now it's looking great 👍

Zooming into the starless B+W, into the core of the nebula there is a lot of nicely defined detail. Unfortunately, it reminds me of looking at our skies day and night ...

[Yawning Angel]

48 minutes ago, geeklee said:

Looks fantastic Alex, good detail in the strong signal areas and the faint stuff in the periphery looks awesome

Thanks Lee! 

8 minutes ago, WolfieGlos said:

Wow, looks like it's going to be a great project when you have the other bandwidths, but even now it's looking great

Cheers Chris! I have my fingers and toes crossed for change to capture more. 🙂

[tomato]

Great mosaic! The starless mono image could almost be a terrestrial cloudscape.

[ollypenrice]

3 hours ago, tomato said:

Great mosaic! The starless mono image could almost be a terrestrial cloudscape.

Exactly what struck me.

This is top quality, seamless, precise, clean.

Olly

[Yawning Angel]

7 hours ago, tomato said:

Great mosaic! The starless mono image could almost be a terrestrial cloudscape.

Thanks! It's almost comedic how we wait for a gap in the clouds, then photograph clouds 🙂

Edited February 2 by Yawning Angel

[Yawning Angel]

3 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

Exactly what struck me.

This is top quality, seamless, precise, clean.

Olly

High praise indeed, thanks Olly!