Wolfgang Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) Hello Everybody I didn´t get to image much recently but last week I got some data from the remote observatory in Namibia. M8 is a composite of 6 Channels IR SII OIII blended with a shorter RGB, the main information is from the IR SII OIII images which interrestingly looks quite natural itsself, anyway I added RGB to show the outer blue parts of the lagoon. The Second image is a plain LRGB of NGC 253 Both images were taken with the N12 on a DDM 85 in remote operation. http://www.astro-pics.com/m8tvm.htm http://www.astro-pics.com/253tvm.htm I hope you enjoy them. Wolfgang Edited August 9, 2013 by Wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm2004 Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 NGC253 is fantastic and M8 has strange color, but very interesting! Best regards, Cristina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattssporre Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Lovely images Wolfgang! Have you been to Tivoli recently or is this data from past visits? I note that you shot M8 in IR - that is interesting. I have been thinking along the same lines. Which IR filter do yo use? How did you color map it into RGB? I guess you mapped OIII to blue (and/or green) and SII to red? BRMatts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerhardB Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Hi Wolfgang, Great images! Adding an IR-channel to the M8 image is an interesting and fresh approach to this well known object. Best regards, Gerhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 NGC253 is fantastic and M8 has strange color, but very interesting! Best regards, Cristina Hello Cristina Thank you very much. Wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Lovely images Wolfgang! Have you been to Tivoli recently or is this data from past visits? I note that you shot M8 in IR - that is interesting. I have been thinking along the same lines. Which IR filter do yo use? How did you color map it into RGB? I guess you mapped OIII to blue (and/or green) and SII to red? BR Matts Hello Matts Thank you very much. The images were taken remote last week. IR is indeed interesting, I used the IR filter from the Astrodon Johnson set. I mapped SII to red, IR to green, and OIII to blue, unexpectedly that produced a quite balanced looking image without wierd star colors. For the final image I just blended the RGB with about 50 percent in Photoshop. Anyway I think using IR on some object really leaves some room for experimentation. Regards Wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Hi Wolfgang, Great images! Adding an IR-channel to the M8 image is an interesting and fresh approach to this well known object. Best regards, Gerhard Thanks a lot Gerhard I think I might look into this a bit deeper in the future. Regards Wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josch Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Interesting that it says when clicking the link to Tivoli under information about the remote site and mount the Fornax 51 can track 500mm without guider. The other links on the Tivoli site to other observatories seem to be dead as well, at least for the moment. Josch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy_h Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hi Wolfgang Two fantasic images, especially M8 is awesome. Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afesan Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I always learn with your images, Wolfgang.. M8 is an interesting and different approach...¡, NGC253 is simply stunning¡¡ BR Antonio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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