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[Pete_xl]

Some days ago I had shot OU4 with my 130/910 mm apo and 0.79x reducer. But it was too much focal length and also I messed up the framing, So OU4 was stuck at the outmost edge of the frame and I did not like it. Furthermore the effort of isolating the Squid had been to much to let it be like this.

 

So I used the 80/480 mm TS Photoline triplet apo with the 0.79x reducer (380 mm) last night to give the two beasts some room.

 

The Bat & The Squid (Sh2-129 & OU4) by pete_xl, auf Flickr

 

On Astrobin:

 

Tech. data:

 

 

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Camera: ASI1600mmp

 

80 x 200s Ha (480 mm)
63 x 300s OIII (910 mm)
30 x 30s red, green, blue (480 mm)

 

Cheers 

Pete

[kyle528]

Impressive!

[44maurer]

very nice, this target is so odd to me, always think it’s a PS of 2 diff images. 

[petert913]

What kind of odd physics and chemistry is taking place there ???    The squid really does look squid-like.

[stargazer60]

Beautiful image, it is amazing how nature light years away can mimic life here on your small blue planet, or at least trick our eyes into making us believe it looks like something from here on earth.  Great work enjoyed looking at it.  

[Stargazer3236]

The Squid is much like Minkowski 2-9, the Butterfly nebula. But if you take the image of the Squid and look at it face on, then you would get an appearance much like the Ring or Helix nebula, looking down the tube rather than across it.

[Pete_xl]

Impressive!

Thanks Kyle!

[Pete_xl]

very nice, this target is so odd to me, always think it’s a PS of 2 diff images. 

Hi Brian, in fact the O-III data for this image are from my bigger scope as I wrote. The effect would be the same if I had shot it with only one scope. The OIII is really limited to that fish, there is no mixing with Ha.  And I held back the stars on purpose what makes the effect stronger.

[Pete_xl]

Beautiful image, it is amazing how nature light years away can mimic life here on your small blue planet, or at least trick our eyes into making us believe it looks like something from here on earth.  Great work enjoyed looking at it. 

 

 

The Squid is much like Minkowski 2-9, the Butterfly nebula. But if you take the image of the Squid and look at it face on, then you would get an appearance much like the Ring or Helix nebula, looking down the tube rather than across it.

With every image I make I am happy again to have the opportunity to dive deep into this phantastic cosmic wonderland.

 

Thank you both for your comment!

 

Pete

[Pete_xl]

What kind of odd physics and chemistry is taking place there ???    The squid really does look squid-like.

Sorry for my childish try to make a silly pun in English, petert913 don't know if you read it (it was about bat-bed-squid nonsense)....deleted it already 

 

No chemistry in there just my NB filters, APP for the preprocessing with PS and LR for the non-linear processing.

 

Cheers

Pete

[elmiko]

Another spectacular image Pete! The details and color are spectacular!
Mike

[Pete_xl]

Another spectacular image Pete! The details and color are spectacular!
Mike

Thank you very much, Mike!

 

Cheers

Pete