@Mike Lewis told me he was working on capturing the Monkeyhead Nebula. I recalled it from it's rather unusual name. I asked Mike where it was, and he said that it was near the Jellyfish Nebula that I had been capturing. So last Friday night before the comet rose in the sky, I thought I would spend some time imaging the Monkeyhead Nebula. I know Mike was capturing it in Mono, so his detail and coloring will look cooler then what I can capture with the color Astro camera. But I hadn't captured this yet, and thought it would be fun to give it a go.
In fact, I recall seeing this one a year or so ago, but it was one of those ones, that I just couldn't capture with my old gear. But now that I have upped the gear game, I am now able to actually capture the Monkeyhead Nebula!
These are 2 starless versions. I will post a version with stars later, but without the stars in the image, we can better see some of the really cool intricate detail in this, like for example, that golden cross area in it. It was so weird to see an area colored gold like that.
135 - Lights @ 180 secs - Just short of 6 hours
30 - Flats
30 - Dark/Flats
10 - Darks
No Filter
iOptron Gem28
ASI2600mc Pro
ASI120mm mini - Guiding
Askar Fra500
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Processed in PixInsight
Finished in Photoshop
By no means perfect, but this is the level of detail and quality I could only dream about a year ago. I mean, who would have thought that I could ever get this kind of detail???? It's really a bit mind blowing for me to take in.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
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#2 - A Crop to show of the Detail, not my presentation view.
In fact, I recall seeing this one a year or so ago, but it was one of those ones, that I just couldn't capture with my old gear. But now that I have upped the gear game, I am now able to actually capture the Monkeyhead Nebula!
These are 2 starless versions. I will post a version with stars later, but without the stars in the image, we can better see some of the really cool intricate detail in this, like for example, that golden cross area in it. It was so weird to see an area colored gold like that.
135 - Lights @ 180 secs - Just short of 6 hours
30 - Flats
30 - Dark/Flats
10 - Darks
No Filter
iOptron Gem28
ASI2600mc Pro
ASI120mm mini - Guiding
Askar Fra500
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Processed in PixInsight
Finished in Photoshop
By no means perfect, but this is the level of detail and quality I could only dream about a year ago. I mean, who would have thought that I could ever get this kind of detail???? It's really a bit mind blowing for me to take in.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
#1
#2 - A Crop to show of the Detail, not my presentation view.
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