Iris Nebula - NGC7023 (Full Color)

[Greekastronomy]

-> Telescope: LX200GPS 14" - Hyperstar

-> CCD: ATIK 16HR

-> Guiding Telescope: SkyWatcher 4"

-> Guiding Camera: Meade DSI 2

-> Guiding Software: PHD Guiding

-> Filter: Astronomik Lum, Red, Green, Blue

-> Processing: MaximDl / AstroArt / PhotoShop CS3

-> Exposure: Lum = 3Hrs 45min & RGB = 2Hrs

-> Date: 14, 25, 30 July 2009

-> Place: Athens Greece

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[Catanonia]

oh very very nice mate, loving this everytime.

Can I ask as a newbie. How much cropping was done. can you post a link to the original before cropping. Love to see the original on your scope for comparison.

And yes before anyone asks, I do have CCDCalc, but it isn;t that good for what I am after in terms of info.

Keep up the great work

Cat.

[Starflyer]

Stunning image, I can't stop staring at it

[Beyond_Vision]

Superb image Anthony it has a real 3D quality to it and the colour is beautiful.

Regards

Kevin

[Petervde]

Very good colours and nice processing. I notice that the brighter stars have a somewhat larger spike to the right. I guess that's due to the Atik 16HR being in front of the corrector plate in your Hyperstar system?

Peter

[arad85]

Stunning.....

[Les Tilly]

Very nice indeed

Les

[roundycat]

beautiful piece of work.

Dennis

[Tim]

That would make a great poster. Fabulous picture.

[Greekastronomy]

Thank u all very very much for your nice words. U give me the power to continue to imaging the magical world of the Universe.

Petervde: yes the spikes are coming from the 4 cables that are in front of the telescope with the Hyperstar system and the ATIK 16HR.

[steppenwolf]

A really beautiful image with lots of the outer tendrils captured - lovely!

[ZOG]

Amazing

[RobH]

I knew when I saw that you'd posted an image of one of my favourite nebulae that it would be superb, and I'm not dissapointed

Marvellous work:headbang:

Please can you post an image of your imaging setup with the hyperstar and filter wheel....there are quite a few of us interested in your setup!

Cheers

Rob

[Imahumanbeing]

FANTASTIC picture GA, I love the Iris Neb!!

All the best

Jamie

[Rossco72]

Another fabulous image. You must be getting some of these published, they're certainly worth it.

[barkis]

Some of your work is spellbinding Anthony, and this another

example.

Simply astonishing, it's a pleasure having you post your work on SGL.

Ron.

[moocher]

A dificult target nicely done!!!!!

Alan:)

[ollypenrice]

That is another winner.

Just a couple of thoughts; could you not move the cables between sub exposures so that with Sigma stacking they disappeared?

Also I just wonder if by lifting the low end of the red channel in Curves you could bring out the browns around the edge of the nebula?

Like the others I'd love to see a picture of your setup. It works!

Olly

[Yoddha]

Very, very, very beautiful image!

[Coco]

Awesome job... You certainly can knock them out and impress!

Guy.....

[minimalist]

Fantastic image, very natural look and loads of detail. LX200 Hyperstar? Never heard of the combo, I too am curious about it.

Daniel

[Flyer2o11]

Looks like a dark witches cauldron...

[BobMax1200]

Beautiful.(I am from Norfolk)