Sea of creation

Imaging Deep Space objects in heavy light polluted skies is not easy, however still possible as this image shows taken from my balcony in Singapore that met my primary objective and shows the level of detail that can still be achieved.

 

Objective: to capture enough detail in the Pillars of Creation to show star formation

 

The image is in narrowband presented in the Hubble colour palette and consists pf 3 sets of monochrome images, each in a specific wavelength of light. These “channels” are then stacked and brought together into an RGB colour image

Red - Sii - 120 subs of 120 seconds

Green - Ha - 150 images of 120 seconds (Data used for luminance channel)

Blue - Oiii - 120 images of 120 seconds

All at Bin 2 and captured over 5 nights.

 

Equipment

 

OTA: Celestron Edge HD11

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro

Guidescope : Williams optic GuideStar 61

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI ASI174MM Mini

Guide and Imaging through ASIAIR Pro

Done