RCW19

Dan Thompson

RCW19

We've been stuck at the house due to snow and (mostly) ice here in East Tennessee, so I thought, what the heck! Why not enter a contest! Here is my take on the RCW19 object. This one was a challenge because I'd never seen the object before, so I didn't really know what to expect from the outcome. I processed this as a blend of SHO (main body) and RGB (deep reds at the edges) to give the image a feeling of more depth. Fun project!

SPECIFICATIONS

Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Planewave CDK24 (CHI-1-CMOS)

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

QHY 600M

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

El Sauce Observatory, Chile

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

02 Jan 2024

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

HSO

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Pixinsight and Photoshop using SHO and RGB pallets

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Source data - Telescope Live, Processing - Dan Thompson (@danthompson_TN)