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Colourful M1 Crab Nebula


Guest VikN46

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Total of 4.2 Hours so far. I need much more though as only managed 1 SII sub.

Not sure about the colour, but this is what came out, looks like an oily rainbow puddle to me :)

HA 8 x 900s Mapped to Red

OIII 8 x 900s Mapped to Green

SII 1 x 900s Mapped to Blue

Bin 1x1

No darks or flats

40 x Bias

SW Equinox 80 APO and Flattener

EQ5 Pro Synscan GOTO.

Guiding: SW 9x 50 finder guider and QHY5.

Atik 314L+

Baadar HA 7nm, OIII 8.5nm and SII 8nm

Using: Artemis capture, PHD, DSS, CCD Sharp, Nebulosity 3 and Photoshop CC.

16116248240_9084634376.jpgM1 Crab Nebula by VikN46, on Flickr

And it cropped

16116444500_85e6277892.jpgM1 Crab nebula Crop by VikN46, on Flickr

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I am not sure about the colour, like you say it looks a bit garish. I think with the right processing that will be a stunner.


Nice one Vicky. :)


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