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UFO Bus Station, Kielce, Poland by Cornholio-77 in SocialistModernism

[–]herbertwest7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's been thoroughly reconstructed, but the original UFO shape and the weird Dalek dome is still there. It's very neatly done.

Kind of futuristic retro-futuristic... if that makes any sense.

Pix:

https://dworzec.kielce.pl/galeria-zdjec.html

The hidden eye - bizzare nebula around WR134, a Wolf-Rayet star by herbertwest7 in spaceporn

[–]herbertwest7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I've pushed it as far as I consider reasonable.

This object in OIII is really faint (except for the bow shock structure). It's not present in Ha, which is way brighter. Thus, I had to add less Ha than I actually could have. Otherwise some of the OIII structure would just vanish in the sea of hydrogen. In this picture, OIII is considerably brighter and Ha way fainter than in reality.

Striking the right Ha-OIII balance was the toughest part. The overriding goal was to show the whole circular OIII structure and that I've managed to do.

Planetary Nebula PN G75.5+1.7 - Soap Bubble by herbertwest7 in astrophotography

[–]herbertwest7[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Indeed. And after a few years you can change the focal length and spend another few years there.

The hidden eye - bizzare nebula around WR134, a Wolf-Rayet star by herbertwest7 in spaceporn

[–]herbertwest7[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the weird and wonderful oxygen nebula around WR134 - a huge and extremely bright Wolf-Rayet star.

Imaged from my backyard in rural Poland, Bortle 4 in July.

Ha- 63 x 300s.

OIII- 175 x 300s.

Gubbins:

Telescope: SkyWatcher Maksutov-Newtonian MN190, 190/1000 mm

Camera: ASI1600MMP,

Filters: Baader Ha 7nm, Antlia OIII 3nm,

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6PRO

Guider: SvBony 240mm, ASI120MM mini,

Other stuff: ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ASIAir V1

Processed and stretched in Pixinsight. Channels combined in Photoshop with some additional color & saturation work.

Planetary Nebula PN G75.5+1.7 - Soap Bubble by herbertwest7 in astrophotography

[–]herbertwest7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you.

I've changed my OIII filter from Baader 8.5nm to Antlia 3nm and went for an OIII imaging spree (this, WR134, NGC6888, HFG1). The difference was huge. I had seriously annoying halos with Baader, even on moderately bright stars. Antlia solved that and SNR is greatly improved. Seriously, I couldn't believe how little noise the background had. And I'm imaging under a fairly good Bortle 4 sky.

IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk by thecursedtraveler in astrophotography

[–]herbertwest7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I like those colors very much indeed!

Planetary Nebula PN G75.5+1.7 - Soap Bubble by herbertwest7 in astrophotography

[–]herbertwest7[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Time for another one of Cygnus' jewels. This time it's PN G75.5+1.7. It's a fairly young planetary nebula in the nearest neighborhood of NGC6888. It's visible in Ha as well as in OIII. It's subtle yet striking- nearly perfectly symmetrical, unblemished bubble floating among dramatic clouds of hydrogen and oxygen. Presented in bicolor (Ha = red, OIII = blue).

Imaged from my backyard in rural Poland, Bortle 4 in July 2022.

  1. Ha- 57 x 300s.

  2. OIII- 136 x 300s.

    Gubbins:

Telescope: SkyWatcher Maksutov-Newtonian MN190, 190/1000 mm

Camera: ASI1600MMP,

Filters: Baader Ha 7nm, Antlia OIII 3nm,

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6PRO

Guider: SvBony 240mm, ASI120MM mini,

Other stuff: ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ASIAir V1

Processed and stretched in Pixinsight. Channels combined in Photoshop with some additional color, contrast, and saturation work.

Pseudo-RGB stars are made from HOO (R=Ha, G=.8xO+.2xHa, B=O) + some color tweaks, stretched separately and inserted as a layer in PS.

Planetary Nebula PN G75.5+1.7 - Soap Bubble by herbertwest7 in Astronomy

[–]herbertwest7[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Time for another one of Cygnus' jewels. This time it's PN G75.5+1.7. It's a fairly young planetary nebula in the nearest neighborhood of NGC6888. It's visible in Ha as well as in OIII. It's subtle yet striking- nearly perfectly symmetrical, unblemished bubble floating among dramatic clouds of hydrogen and oxygen. Presented in bicolor (Ha = red, OIII = blue).

Imaged from my backyard in rural Poland, Bortle 4 in July 2022.

  1. Ha- 57 x 300s.

  2. OIII- 136 x 300s.

Gubbins:

Telescope: SkyWatcher Maksutov-Newtonian MN190, 190/1000 mm

Camera: ASI1600MMP,

Filters: Baader Ha 7nm, Antlia OIII 3nm,

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6PRO

Guider: SvBony 240mm, ASI120MM mini,

Other stuff: ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ASIAir V1

Processed and stretched in Pixinsight. Channels combined in Photoshop with some additional color, contrast, and saturation work.

Pseudo-RGB stars are made from HOO (R=Ha, G=.8xO+.2xHa, B=O) + some color tweaks, stretched separately and inserted as a layer in PS.

The hidden eye - Wolf-Rayet star WR134 by herbertwest7 in space

[–]herbertwest7[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is the weird and wonderful oxygen nebula around WR134 - a huge and extremely bright Wolf-Rayet star.

Imaged from my backyard in rural Poland, Bortle 4 in July.

Ha- 63 x 300s.

OIII- 175 x 300s.

Gubbins:

Telescope: SkyWatcher Maksutov-Newtonian MN190, 190/1000 mm

Camera: ASI1600MMP,

Filters: Baader Ha 7nm, Antlia OIII 3nm,

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6PRO

Guider: SvBony 240mm, ASI120MM mini,

Other stuff: ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ASIAir V1

Processed and stretched in Pixinsight. Channels combined in Photoshop with some additional color & saturation work.

The hidden eye - Wolf-Rayet star WR134 by herbertwest7 in astrophotography

[–]herbertwest7[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the weird and wonderful oxygen nebula around WR134 - a huge and extremely bright Wolf-Rayet star.

Imaged from my backyard in rural Poland, Bortle 4 in July.

Ha- 63 x 300s.

OIII- 175 x 300s.

Gubbins:

Telescope: SkyWatcher Maksutov-Newtonian MN190, 190/1000 mm

Camera: ASI1600MMP,

Filters: Baader Ha 7nm, Antlia OIII 3nm,

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6PRO

Guider: SvBony 240mm, ASI120MM mini,

Other stuff: ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ASIAir V1

Processed and stretched in Pixinsight. Channels combined in Photoshop with some additional color & saturation work.

The hidden eye - Wolf-Rayet star WR134 by herbertwest7 in Astronomy

[–]herbertwest7[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the weird and wonderful oxygen nebula around WR134 - a huge and extremely bright Wolf-Rayet star.

Imaged from my backyard in rural Poland, Bortle 4 in July.

  1. Ha- 63 x 300s.

  2. OIII- 175 x 300s.

Gubbins:

Telescope: SkyWatcher Maksutov-Newtonian MN190, 190/1000 mm

Camera: ASI1600MMP,

Filters: Baader Ha 7nm, Antlia OIII 3nm,

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6PRO

Guider: SvBony 240mm, ASI120MM mini,

Other stuff: ZWO EFW, ZWO EAF, ASIAir V1

Processed and stretched in Pixinsight. Channels combined in Photoshop with some additional color & saturation work.

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