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Melotte15 Inside The Heart Nebula Reprocessed

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« on: September 13, 2009, 11:03:55 pm »

Hi all,

With amazing clear skies all this week, a very rare event for us I was able to do a lot of imaging. Most of it was all in H Alpha due to a very bright Moon.
But last night the 11/12th the moon was just 49% Sunlit so I took a chance on getting color for one of the projects. I was working on Melotte15 which is in the center of the heart nebula that lies in Cassiopeia. Hope you like the image PLEASE CLiCK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE


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The Image was taken between 11th 12th & 13 of September 2009 with a William's Optics FLT-110 Triple APO refractor Atik 4000 ccd camera. @ - 25 Degrees. Guided with a Celestron 80ED and Sac 4.2 ccd camera with phd guiding software On a CGE mount L=HA (420m), R=R+HA =(60m, 60m), G(120m), B(120m) Processed in images plus V3.5 and Photoshop CS3 & maxImum DL.

http://www.webtreatz.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-51

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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2009, 11:16:00 pm »

An absolute work of art Carl, full credit to you on getting such a top class capture!!. These clear nights have been great haven't they.

The link on your post didn't work so I edited it with the new link. Hope you don't mind.  Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2009, 11:20:36 pm »

Beautiful finished image Carl, I think you're giving the HST a run for it's money! Thanks
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2009, 11:31:29 pm »

Hi Lads'

Thanks martin for doing that for me, I've never been so tired  I've imaged every part of the sky this week  loads of processing to do I go to bed at 6am then back up at 7am with the kids a well. I just love been out under the stars.what a week. Again thanks for the comments lads.

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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2009, 12:03:39 am »

...now, that's what I call dedication!!!.  Wink

Any NEO hunting Carl?
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2009, 12:39:37 am »

Thats a beautiful bit of work Carl, one worthy of Sky & Telescope or APOD.
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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2009, 09:30:39 am »

Marvellous image Carl!  Smiley

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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2009, 10:14:48 am »



Any NEO hunting Carl?

Hi Martin,

I'm just weighing on some new gear for the 14" OTA then I should be good to go.

Thanks for all the comments Lads,

Carl.
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2009, 10:19:30 am »

Nice one Carl!
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I go to bed at 6am then back up at 7am with the kids a well
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There have been a couple of days this week when I haven't actually got to bed ... Mars & the Moon once twilight is setting in. That's autumn for you - "daylight saving time" plus a high morning ecliptic.
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« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2009, 10:36:00 am »

Superb image Carl
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« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2009, 09:09:14 pm »

Top shot Carl  Cool
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2009, 10:59:10 am »

Hi all,

Well I wasn't to happy with the way the first image turned out. I thought I could get a better result from 15 hours worth of data. So I reprocessed the image. The dark halos are now gone around the stars. I did a lot of extra work on the H Alpha luminance to bring out more detail I used Noel Carboni local contrast enhancement in photoshop actions witch did a great job of bringing out lot's more detail in the H Alpha luminance. Anyway here is the final result. Your comments are always welcome.


PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE

http://www.webtreatz.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-55

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