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Omega Nebula (M17)...

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Omega Nebula (M17) sent on July 24, 2024 (9:50) by Giancarlo Melis. 11 comments, 581 views. [retina]

Visibile anche al binocolo, la nebulosa "Omega", catalogata da Charles Messier come M17, è una delle nebulose ad emissione più luminose osservabili. Situata nella costellazione del Sagittario, verso est-sud-est, alle mie latitudini raggiunge la sua massima elevazione di 34° circa alla fine di giugno, per poi ricalare nelle settimane successive, fino a diventare nuovamente inosservabile. La sua luminosità l'ha resa uno dei soggetti più fotografati in passato, tanto da avere spesso un posto nei classici libri di astronomia. Da bambino è sempre stato uno di quei soggetti nei quali mi perdevo, osservando le immagini stampate sui vecchi libri; M17 dista da noi circa 6.000 anni luce. L'immagine che vedete ora, è in realtà ciò che fu nel periodo in cui aveva inizio l'età del bronzo, fiorivano le prime civiltà urbane in Mesopotamia e in Egitto, e iniziava a diffondersi la scrittura con i primi geroglifici e le rappresentazioni cuneiformi. La nebulosa Omega, chiamata anche nebulosa Cigno, nebulosa Aragosta e nebulosa Ferro di cavallo, è una zona HII, ovvero una zona ricca di nubi interstellari di gas ionizzato, in questo caso parliamo di idrogeno i cui atomi, a causa delle radiazioni ultraviolette delle vicine stelle massicce, perdono l'unico elettrone, diventando protoni con elettrone libero (vengono appunto ionizzati). La lunghezza d'onda emessa in HII è tipicamente rossastra. Contrariamente a quanto si possa pensare, l'elevata luminosità di questa nebulosa non la rende facilmente fotografabile, poiché la differenza di intensità fra il nucleo e le flebili nebulosità esterne mette alla prova la gamma dinamica del sensore di ripresa, pertanto è molto facile bruciare il nucleo o perdere i dettagli dei filamenti esterni. L'immagine che ho caricato è stata ripresa con l'ormai collaudata strumentazione: astrografo Celestron RASA 8 (400mm f/2), la camera di ripresa ASI 183 MC-Pro e il filtro a doppia banda stretta IDAS NBZ. La camera di ripresa ha una dinamica modesta, perciò con lunghe esposizioni le stelle vengono saturate, per risolvere il problema io effettuo una ripresa breve dedicata alle stelle e una ripresa lunga dedicata alle nebulosità. Questa immagine è il risultato dell'integrazione di 30 scatti da 10 secondi ciascuno per le stelle e 160 scatti da 2 minuti ciascuno per la nebulosa, per un totale di quasi 5 ore e mezza di esposizione in banda stretta (a f/2).


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avatarsupporter
sent on July 24, 2024 (10:15) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

You are always a guarantee Giancarlo. Really congratulations ;-)

avatarsenior
sent on July 24, 2024 (10:46) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Antonio, very kind. :)

avatarjunior
sent on July 24, 2024 (23:09) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Magnificent image.. it could be the only reference for anyone who wants to try to photograph the M17 nebula, congratulations

avatarsenior
sent on July 25, 2024 (9:10) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Splendid work Giancarlo, very rich in color and detail....
congratulations Gp

avatarsupporter
sent on July 25, 2024 (17:51) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

always great works :-)

avatarsenior
sent on July 26, 2024 (9:39) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I'm glad you appreciate it. Thank you.
@Paschalis Exaggerated :)

avatarsenior
sent on July 28, 2024 (11:43) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Splendid work, truly incredible. Among other things, seeing these works done with a camera like mine (I have the QHY counterpart) I find it very inspiring to push me to improve myself continuously and bring out the best in the instrumentation.
Congratulations really :D

avatarsenior
sent on July 28, 2024 (12:06) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Gianluca.
The 183 is a gem, it must be understood, it must be able to exploit.
Its pixel size (2.4?m) makes it perfect for samples around 400mm under a good sky.
Being an old-fashioned sensor, not backlit, it suffers from a tremendous side amp glow, but with a dark master of a few frames made every season the problem is totally reduced.
It has a reduced full well capacity, and this leads to saturating the stars much more quickly than it happens on other cameras, but even here, a handful of short exposures dedicated to the stars is enough, and in the processing phase everything merges with the long exposures dedicated to the rest.
In short, like any tool, you have to take measurements and try to make the most of its good characteristics.

avatarsenior
sent on July 28, 2024 (16:51) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I admit that in 3 years of use I have never thought of a double exposure to counteract the saturation of the stars. You never stop learning
Thank you so much for the answer :-)

avatarsenior
sent on July 28, 2024 (16:59) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

But do you know that it is something that has also occurred to me recently?
I shoot with the help of ASI Air Plus, so when I plan the shot, by now, I feed it the following sequence:
1) 30 x10sec
2) N x Msec (depending on the subject)
Then on PixInsight I give everything to FastBatchPreprocessing or WeightedBatchPreprocessing and I get the two masterlights to work on.

avatarsenior
sent on July 30, 2024 (12:23) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I will certainly treasure it, I resume with Ekos, so I too just need to plan the shooting properly. Until now perhaps I have been less aware of the limit as with my EQ5 I have big problems in terms of guidance and beyond 90-120s I can hardly go with the 480mm of the telescope, the guide in Dec I have to disable it and in RA it is limited.
Thanks anyway for the advice!


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