Barnard's Loop, M78, NGC2112

[ollypenrice]

I'm a great fan of E.E. Barnard, the mighty telescopic observer and pioneer astrophotographer, so here's the upper part of his loop along with M78 and the little cluster NGC2112.

Tak FSQ85 at 328mm plus M78 at 950mm in the Meade 127. HaRGB. Atik 4000 mono (Ha) and OSC.

Olly

[barkis]

Oh!, that's a tremendous piece of work Olly.

I would dearly love to see a Mosaic of this in it's entirety, but it seems time is a constraint for this time around I'm informed.

This is very nice though.

Ron.

[ncjunk]

Stunner olly! Very nice pic

[JCJC]

Absolutely superb Olly, awesome detail in M78.

Jordan

[MikeD]

Great work Olly, like Jordan said M78 looks awesome.

Mike.

[dogfish]

Wow! Some scale there! Like Ron, I'd love to see a mosaic.

Martin

[adamsp123]

superb image Olly a very nice composition.

[Tim]

Very natural looking result Olly. A mosaic on this scale would be stupendous!

How did you combine the images?

[ollypenrice]

Thanks all. TJ, the Ha was added in blend mode lighten in 2 stages, first at 15% and then at 30%. (Ps version 7.0)

Olly

[BobinKy]

Great image.

[johnh]

Impressive as usual, great work.

John.

[MidnightSun]

WOW...! Impressive indeed..! Nice one.