NGC6992 close up, mark 2

[rich_t]

I've not been able to capture more data recently so thought I'd reprocess my NGC6992. The last one was pushed to much I think and the stars seemed to take over. I seem to miss this kind of thing until I look at other people's images and then go back to my own.

The stars were shrunk a bit using the erosion filter in astro art. This was a bit aggresive so I up'd the resolution, applied the filter and reduced it back to the original resolution, anyone else do this kind of thing?

Cheers,

Rich.

[Coco]

Thats a very very nice image...

Thanks for sharing the work flo' also..

Guy..

[blinky]

Oooo Thats lovely!

[Psychobilly]

An exquisite image

[rich_t]

Removed the red/blue hot pixel pairs and adjusted background level slightly.

Thanks very much,

Rich.

[barkis]

Whatever you did, worked Rich. That is a very lovely Picture of the Eastern Veil. It has a sensuous misty quality.

Ron.

[Craig H]

That is both spooky and beautiful.It has very 3d quality, lovely image

craig.

[moocher]

Thats nicely processed, nice and subtle. I like it alot!!! What scope/ camera?

Alan:)

[rich_t]

Thanks Alan, it's my SXVF H9 camera with a Meade LX90LNT SCT + focal reducer on an EQ6 mount. Exposure was 105:24:24:24 (RGB binned 2x).

Cheers,

Rich.

[Tim]

Ooo thats pretty!

Very nice colouring and processing.

I dont use it, but noels star reducing action I think increases the size of the image, applies a shrinking filter, and then drops the image back to its original size.

For large bloaty horrible stars, you can do the reverse, drop the image down to 8 bit jpg, select the bad star, apply Photoshops "pinch" filter, and then apply the result over the top of the original layer , preferably with a mask to just alter the affected stars.

Again, this is a great pic

[RobH]

That's a very fine image indeed Rich. Lovely and smooth with a really ethereal feel to it.

Regarding star reduction, I use the minimum filter in photoshop, and usually significantly increase the image size before doing it, then drop back down afterwards.

Cheers

Rob

[ncjunk]

Lovely Image, I thought my camera was broken when I first imaged this with all the different colours.

I like the detail in this one.

Neil C

[ASIGN_Baz]

I wonder if I can see this from -35 south. It's a fascinating object. Looks dim though. Is it hard to find and see?

Baz.

[rich_t]

Thanks for the comments and the star reduction advice.

Baz - From -35 south it should get to around 24 degrees above the horizon I think. I can see it with the LX90 at low power and a UHC nebula filter. Remove the filter and the light polution wipes it out.

I used the goto on the LX90 to find it, it's in Cygnus near the star 52 Cygni.

Cheers,

Rich.

[Tim]

Baz, here in the UK it is high and easy to find, and with an OIII filter is absloutely gorgeous. I do hope you manage to get a look at this one, visually it compares to the photos with a large aperture scope.

[ASIGN_Baz]

I can't wait! Cool! Thanks guys.

Baz.

[albedo0.39]

Top quality image... really sweet. Misty...spacey...very much in the chillout zone !

[Johnboy2011]

Awesome

[ollypenrice]

Subtle and eerie. Very attractive indeed.

Ollu