NGC3579 - my first narrowband image (Brian Boyle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Carina (Car) · Contains: NGC 3576 · NGC 3579 · NGC 3581 · NGC 3582 · NGC 3584 · NGC 3586 · NGC 3603

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NGC3579 - my first narrowband image

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NGC3579 - my first narrowband image

Just received a ZWO1600MM Pro + filters in the post. So I thought I would give it a trial run last night - albeit in rather indifferent conditions (think cloud most of the night and 4-5 arcsec seeing).

I also tried my f/6 focal reducer on the RC8, which made set-up a little more interesting.

Not really knowing what I was doing I simply gave Halpha, SII and OIII all the same length of time on NGC3579. I chose this simply because it was in the clearest part of the sky when I started. But turns out it doesn't have much SII - or much SII that's spatially differentiable from Halpha.

SO the Hubble palette makes it go a bit green. All in all, even though it is my first effort, I am a little disappointed in this, and would love suggestions about how I could to better.

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Description: With the green dialled back. Thanks to John.

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Description: One more time, with a little less "processing"

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Description: And this version is for Matthew... using his tip for the Hue curve in CurvesTransformation. I could go on and on, and the colours are now just a matter of taste - albeit with a little bit of info. Frankly, I almost think the greyscale of the Halpha image is the most spectacular. Perhaps I should just stick to that. nyway, its been a great learning experience for me today. Thanks toveryone for great suggestions.

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Description: An alternative final version, move over Kermit and Khaki...l

Liberty in the Sky with Diamonds.

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Description: A new revision, tbased on all have have learned win the past month from my friends on Astrobin.

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RA (center)	11h13m37s.92
RA (top/left)	11h17m23s.20
RA (top/right)	11h11m48s.40
RA (bottom/right)	11h09m50s.51
RA (bottom/left)	11h15m30s.36

Dec (center)	-61°16′49″.8
Dec (top/left)	-61°09′35″.2
Dec (top/right)	-60°52′04″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	-61°23′41″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-61°41′29″.2

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