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Hello,
I am new to this group, and am new to narrowband imaging.  In fact, I'm working on my first narrowband image, a bi-color image of NGC6888 (Crescent Nebula).  I feel as though I have good Ha and OIII data with round stars and a sharp image.  However, I am struggling with putting them together into a color image.  It seems as though when combining the images the color gets completely washed out.  I've tried mixing different arrangements, all with the same result. 

You can see the Ha image here:  http://www.buckeyestargazer.net/New%20Image%202.html  It is 2hours in 15min subs through an Orion Eon 80ED, mounted on an LX200GPS.  The OIII image can be seen here:  http://www.buckeyestargazer.net/New%20Image%203.html

Any advice as to how to combine the images would be most appreciated.  Perhaps the best thing would be for someone to take the raw Ha and OIII images and see what they can do with it, then tell me what they did.  I'd be glad to send the images to someone willing to do that, but I realize that's a tall order!  Thanks in advance for any advice.

joel



Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:16 pm

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Hello, I am new to this group, and am new to narrowband imaging. In fact, I'm working on my first narrowband image, a bi-color image of NGC6888 (Crescent...
jkeshort
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Jul 14, 2009
10:16 pm

welcome to the group Joel. I tried to look at your images but they weren't loading. But let me say a few words that may be of some help: I wrote the original...
Richard Crisp
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Jul 14, 2009
10:27 pm

Richard, Thanks for the link to the article, it was helpful. One question about the histograms. You say that the histograms of the OIII and SII channels...
jkeshort
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Jul 14, 2009
11:19 pm

you can send the raw files to me if you like.   just the stacked and calibrated images, no processing other than flats/darks/biases. It makes it easier all...
Paul Kent
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Jul 14, 2009
10:34 pm

my comment relates to how to make full use of the color gamut available to you it is common to find Halpha many times more abundant in an object than [OIII] or...
Richard Crisp
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Jul 14, 2009
11:40 pm

Richard et al, Is there some systematic (or automated) way to stretch histograms so they look similar to each other? Bob Hertel...
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Jul 16, 2009
4:32 pm

I tried using equalize histograms in paint shop pro. It didnt work on the final image jpg, perhaps if I used raw tiffs.....   back to the drawing board   ...
Paul Kent
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Jul 16, 2009
5:22 pm

I am pleased to share my first narrowband image, NGC6888 in Ha and OIII. Details and the image are here: http://www.buckeyestargazer.net/New%20Image%201.html...
jkeshort
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Jul 17, 2009
7:26 pm

good job there joel. The S[II] for this object is very faint....HaO3O3 makes a lot of sense if clear skies are almost non-existant.   look forward to seeing...
Paul Kent
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