Swan Nebula - M17 (Hubble Colors)

[Greekastronomy]

-> Telescope: LX200GPS 14" - Hyperstar 3

-> CCD: ATIK 314L+

-> Guiding Telescope: SkyWatcher 4"

-> Guiding Camera: Meade DSI 2

-> Guiding Software: PHD Guiding

-> Filter: Baader Ha (7nm), O3, S2, Hb (13nm)

-> Processing: MaximDl / AstroArt / PS CS3 / PixInsight

-> Exposure: 18 Hours

-> Date: 23, 24 May & 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17 June 2010

-> Place: Athens Greece

HOO: Hellenic Online Observatory

GAC: Greek Astronomy Club

http://www.greekastronomy.gr

[Psychobilly]

Your images are always something special and this one is no exception...

Theres so much fine detail coming out in the nebula...

Thanks for sharing them with us...

Peter...

[GuillermoBarrancos]

Wow! So much depth and detail. Just amazing.

It's like your sucked right into it.

[russ]

oh boy that is something special

Fantastic detail and structure. And the Hubble colour palette works a treat.

[Ant]

Blimey - thats good.

I really like that, the effort put into that one has really shone through...

Fantastic image.

Ant

[Briggsy]

Oh my.

That is beautiful

[Coco]

Superb image..

Is my calculation correct? this is 356mm x f/1.9 = 676mm

Guy

[Llamanaut]

that is one fantastic image, M17 is fast becoming my favourite messier

[Dangerous-Dave]

Awesome shot. I can't even see M17 from 55N!

[Coco]

Lttle ATIK 314L+

Glad I bought one

[Beyond_Vision]

An astonishingly good image Anthony. The fine detail is quite remarkable, a real masterpiece

Regards

Kevin

[Paxo]

Only one word - Stunning!

Steve..

[barkis]

I really like this image a lot. It has so much detailed structure to it.

The processing is wonderful Anthony, and it makes this a very special piece of Imaging.

I would see this as an APOD candidate. Beautiful.

Ron.

[Rossco72]

Yet another fantastic shot Anthony.

Your pics are always a treat.

[ks414]

A fantastic image. Thanks for sharing with us all.

Kev

[GuillermoBarrancos]

Oh. And I vote this one to be picture of the week!

It really is amazing!

[adamsp123]

Superb, what exquisite detail showing, well worth the effort

[Earl]

Amazing image!!

if i may be so bold, the stars look a bit pnk / lilac is that my screen?

[Tim]

Earl, thats the colours produced by the narrowband filters, most Hubble narrowband images are similar.

Antony, that is one of your finest images yet I would say, very nice indeed.

Tim

[Greekastronomy]

Thank u all very much for all of your inspiring and wonderful words. I am happy that u like the Swan Nebula. I wanna inform you that this is my first image with the new CCD ATIK 314L+ camera that i have won in the annual competition of ATIK before 1 month. Many new wonders of the Universe will follow and i am happy to share them with all of you. Thanks again!

[ashworthacca]

Absolutely beautiful.

[SkyHermit]

I don't know how you did that, but i love it. Thanks for sharing your hard work.

[Dalglish]

Sorry to be a bit ignorant, but how does one achieve the Hubble palette?

[Geoffrey]

wow this is orsome Geoff

[ollypenrice]

Dalglish,

The Hubble Pallette assigns S11, Ha and O111 filtered images respectively to the red, green and blue channels. It is intended to bring out structural details in a false colour image. What is excellent (among other things!) in Anthony's image is the lack of unpleasant star haloes which can plague this combination.

This is quite exceptional stuff.

I think the set point cooling and better physical shape of the 314L will be an advantage in your setup and in Greek summers, Anthony!

Olly