Seagull Nebula - SHO

[STEVE333]

Even though this target is fairly low in the Southern sky (Dec = -11 deg) which limits the time on target each night it is fairly bright which helps. We had a rare three nights in a row opportunity which I couldn't resist. That said, here is my SHO rendition of the Seagull Nebula.

By the way I used Starnet2 on the individual stretched images and it worked flawlessly.

IMAGE DETAILS:
W.O. Star71 telescope, ASI1600MM camera (-15C, Gain = 140), iOptron CEM40 EC mount, Chroma 3nm SHO filters, StarLite Focus Motor, EFW Filter Wheel, Orion MMAG Autoguider, WEme USB Extender

S2 16x600 sec, Ha 14x600 sec, O3 16x600 sec (Total Exp 7hr 40min); Master Flats & Dark

Software: APT, PHD2, PixInsight


Thanks for looking.

Steve

[Juno16]

That is a fine image Steve. I really like the color. Pretty stars too.

I am amazed that you can image a target at 11 deg DEC. Man, that is very, very low!

Thanks for sharing.

[starfield]

Lovely shot. Really like way you got the blue's to pop.

[STEVE333]

That is a fine image Steve. I really like the color. Pretty stars too.

I am amazed that you can image a target at 11 deg DEC. Man, that is very, very low!

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Jim - I'm at a Latitude of 37 deg which means this target with a Dec = -11 deg only gets to 42 deg above the horizon at it's highest point! Definitely means that most of the imaging is through lots of atmosphere! The guiding was surprisingly good considering.

Lovely shot. Really like way you got the blue's to pop.

Thanks - I boosted both the O3 and S2 images quite a bit to bring out the colors. Really happy with the result.


Steve

[Jockinireland]

Thats a nice image Steve, I particularly like the gentle variations of density that show in the Oiii

[messier 111]

you did a fine job on it , thx .

[MariusD69]

Wonderful image! Well done, Steve!!

[STEVE333]

Thats a nice image Steve, I particularly like the gentle variations of density that show in the Oiii

Thanks David. This is one of my "softer" processing jobs and I also really like the subtleties in the blue region. I only processed this one time! Usually it takes me several attempts. I hope to stick with the softer processing (but it will be an internal struggle!).

Steve

[Gordon]

Congratulations Steve on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD.


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[Jockinireland]

Thats a nice image Steve, I particularly like the gentle variations of density that show in the Oiii

Thanks David. This is one of my "softer" processing jobs and I also really like the subtleties in the blue region. I only processed this one time! Usually it takes me several attempts. I hope to stick with the softer processing (but it will be an internal struggle!).

Steve

Haha! I hear you. I really like the subtle gentle almost pastel type images but then In mid process I'm like, "nah, needs a bit more drama" and boom! another Psychedelic Monkey Head!

Congrats on the APOD - properly deserved!

Take care

David.

[starfield]

Congrats on the APOD, Steve. I do like the softer approach. Recently discovered Local Histogram Equalization myself and really have to restrain myself from going too wild.

[Juno16]

Congratulations Steve!

[ic_1101]

Very nice capture Steve, congrats on the APOD!

[STEVE333]

Congrats on the APOD, Steve. I do like the softer approach. Recently discovered Local Histogram Equalization myself and really have to restrain myself from going too wild.

Thanks. I know what you mean. I use LHE to sharpen up the Luminance image used with LRGBCombination. However, Amount is set to 0.15 to prevent overdoing it!

Steve

[Ylem]

That's amazing Steve!

[OzEclipse]

Beautiful image Steve. Congratulations on the VROD.
Joe

[Unitron48]

Great image of an incredible object. Really like the color contrast. Congrats on a well deserved APOD!

Dave

[BABOafrica]

Thanks - I boosted both the O3 and S2 images quite a bit to bring out the colors. Really happy with the result.

Steve

Yes, the boosting definitely works like a charm.

Beautiful rendition.

BABO

[Mac]

That's a real beauty Steve. congrats on the APOD

[Larry 1969]

11 degrees! Wow!
You had a lot of atmosphere to deal with but pulled off a very nice image! Congratulations on your AOPD!

Larry