NGC 281 The Pacman Nebula - in the REAL Hubble palette...

[Tim]

Whoops.

Here's how it "should" look.

[moocher]

Sorry to be critical Tim but where is the brownish outer colours. Ok this was taken with a big 16" RCOS but i think the colours are perfect...Page 9 NGC 281

Alan:)

[Milliways]

WOW!

[Tim]

Probably would come through a lot better with more SII. That is the weakest emission in this one, there's hardly any trace of it after 1hr 40.

I'm thinking of doing this with my C9.25, maybe even at F10, to get in close on those details. Looks like it'll need very long exposures though.

[minimalist]

Still looks good Tim. To me, the colors don't matter as much as the color and luminance detail. This is a false color palette anyways, not sure what would signify as "true" look in this case.

Btw, I just assumed Pacman was a bit green around the gills from partying a bit too much with Ms Pacman the night before.

Daniel

[narrowbandpaul]

with narrowband, the colour is the detail....

nice job though tim. Is the S2 too weak to entice more out....

more of the same please :-)

[Tim]

Just taken some 25 min subs, the SII is horribly dim, and not helped by the skies tonight. It hardly shows at all.

Interestingly though, when I just stacked the raw tiffs in Registar, the brown effect did come through a little. That doesnt happen the same with an unstretched image.

Paul, the SII layer for this was stretched to the max I have 5 x 25 mins form tonight to add in though

[narrowbandpaul]

hmmm...that will hopefully allow the S2 to shine through....