Cocoon nebula

[Gordon]

I was going to try to capture the conjunction last night but it was too low in the sky. So I did a quick capture of the Cocoon just for the heck of it.
Shot in narrowband with 2hours of total data.

Processed with StarTools.

[Juno16]

Pretty darn nice Gordon! Especially for only 2 hours!

I only remember seeing solar images from you. You are quite versatile!

Great process too!

[bobharmony]

Nice detail in the interior, Gordon. I'm surprised you got so much from two hours.

Bob

[les_robot]

Hi Gordon,

Very nice.. Thanks for sharing your image..

Clear Skies,

Les

[messier 111]

Very Nice image, the.

[Ylem]

Love the colour

[Kerry C.]

Gordon, I like this photo. Also, to see it processed in StarTools gives me hope that I’ll be able to learn this processing software as well as you. Thanks for sharing...
Kerry

[Astrovetteman]

Hey Gordon, that's great for only two hours TOT! You got a heck of a lot of detail.
Well Done!!
Tom

[Greenman]

Gordon, I like this photo. Also, to see it processed in StarTools gives me hope that I’ll be able to learn this processing software as well as you. Thanks for sharing...
Kerry

Kerry, it takes a bit of time to get the hang of, took me about five sessions to get the process into my thick skull. Once you get it the default settings give pretty good results. The detail, to perfect the process, well I’ll be learning that for the foreseeable.

[Greenman]

Really nice image Gordon, good to see you posting more shots.

[BABOafrica]

Gordon, after all the wonderful work you have done for us over the year, I declare your image the winner of today's TSS award!!!

BABO

[MariusD69]

Looks great! Well done!

[Gordon]

Gordon, I like this photo. Also, to see it processed in StarTools gives me hope that I’ll be able to learn this processing software as well as you. Thanks for sharing...
Kerry

Thanks Kerry!

StarTools isn't really that hard. I can volunteer the data for a processing challenge and you can give it a try.

[Gordon]

Thanks everyone!

I'm getting a lot of "pressure" to do this as a TSS APOD......

It's funny how "self critical" one gets when it's there own data.

I will have to think about it.

[Gmetric]

Pretty awesome for just two hours. Nice one Gordon.

[Graeme1858]

Thanks everyone!

I'm getting a lot of "pressure" to do this as a TSS APOD......

It's funny how "self critical" one gets when it's there own data.

I will have to think about it.

It gets my vote Gordon. And a worthy winner it would be. It's an excellent Cocoon nebula image.

Regards

Graeme

[Juno16]

Congratulations on the apod Gordon!

[Makuser]

Hi Gordon. A beautiful Cocoon Nebula Excellent reflection nebula color and the central star. This is great work for just 2 hours of data. Thanks for sharing this with us Gordon, and now it's your turn to receive the TSS APOD Award today.

[jrkirkham]

Congratulations on the APOD.

[JayTee]

Gordon,

Your image rightfully deserves the APOD. Congrats.

Nicely done,
JT