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NAN and Pelican Nebulae
2nd image with Samyang 135mm F2 lens and Atik460EXHa only so far16 x 600secs Baader 7nmHEQ5Bortle 8Planning to get colour as wellNAN and Pelican Nebulae
2020
Sh2-115
Needs a dark sky, but stuck at home in Bortle 8 during Coronavirus lockdown.Atik428EX and SW ED80 + x 0.8 FRHEQ5Ha 600 x 13Oiii 300 x 13 binnedRGB (for stars) - 150 x 3 each channelTotal approx 3 1/2 hours.Bottom right is a planetary Nebula, I think it is Sh2-116 Sh2-115
2020
M42 and Horsehead
Wasn't going to bother to process it, but being at a loose end during the Coronavirus lockdown I decided to "give it a go".Atik460EX and Samyang 135mm F2 lens.Ha 600secs x 3RGB 2 x 100secs each (unbinned as anything binned blew out the sensor with this fast lens). Total imaging time 35minutes M42 and Horsehead
2020
Lion Nebula Sh2-132
This was quite a faint object.Taken over two nights at an Astro camp in East SussexDual Rig used but the FOV was a lot smaller so at this stage not addedWilliam Optics ZS71 & Atik460EXBaader filter HOOHEQ5Ha 2 x 900 secs + 14 x 600 secs (2h 50 mins)Oiii 1 x 600 secs (2h 30 mins)Grand Total 5h 20mLion Nebula Sh2-132
LDN 1251 and LDN1235
Two fish in one pane.Somewhat ambitious for my Samyang lens and the faintness of the targets.Taken over 1 1/2 nights at a campsite in East Sussex.Lum 30 x 600 5 hoursRGB 5 x 300 each filter 25mins eachtotal imaging time 6 hours 15 minsAtik460EX and EFW Baader filtersSamyang lens 135mm F2.8 LDN 1251 and LDN1235
Cat's Eye Nebula
Cat's Eye Nebula
NGC6543
Taken at Astro camp in East Sussex during a first quarter MoonBoth short and long subs were taken for all filters due to the bright centre.Ha 11 x 600Oiii 6 x 600Plus shorted subs of 30secsRGB for stars 150 secs each 5 & 6 of each plus 30secs subsAtik428EX, Skywatcher ED120 + FR x 0.8HEQ5Total imaging time amounts to 3 hours 45 minsNGC6543
WR134 in Cygnus.
Low for this time of the year, and was sinking fast, so had to capture over a period of 3 days in my severely LP location. The blue flash was really difficult to extract, in fact the entire image was difficult to process. Definitely one to repeat in dark skies.Ha 20 x 600 Baader 3nmOiii 8 x 300 + 4 x 900 + 5 x 600 Baader 8.5 nmRGB (for stars) 4 x 150secs binned in all channels.Total 6 hours 20 minutesWOZS71 & Atik460EX + x 0.8 FRHEQ5WR134 in Cygnus.
Rosette Nebula 2 panels
I was planning to do a mosaic of this, but only got 2 panels done and have now sold my SW130PDS so it will never get finished as I only have refractors now.7 & 8th January 2019Dodging between trees and either side of MerianHa 9 x 600secsOiii 5 x 300secs binned x 2Sii 4 x 300secs binned x 2RGB (stars only) 2h 30minsSW130PDS, Atik460EX, HEQ5EQModRosette Nebula 2 panels
NGC6820
HOO Dual RigAtik314L/WOZS71Atik460EX/ED80Both with x0.8 focal reducerHEQ5Ha 29 x 600 = 4 hours 50minsOiii 17 x 600 binned + 5 x 300 = 3 hours 15 minsTotal imaging time = 8 hours 5minsOiii taken with Atik460/ED80 and Ha taken from both cameras.There is some blue signal in there, but it seems to be swamped by the stronger Ha signalNGC6820
Witch head
Witch head
Experiment for FOV and to see what I could capture
IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Atik460EX & WOZS71Ha 13 x 600secsOiii 10 x 300 binned x 2Mapped HOO IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Antares Region
Antares Region
Modified Canon 1100D & ioptron Skytracker
Zoom lens at roughly 100mm f5.6 = 5 x 4mins + 32 x 3mins + 15 x 2mins
Zoom lens at roughly 120mm f5.6 = 24 x 4mins
Nifty 50 lens at f3.5 5 x 5mins + 22 x 4mins
If I have totted it all up correctly and not left anything out it should be a total of 4 hours 19 mins.
Cost del sol Spain: 2017
Bat and Squid
Struggling with this, I had heard the Squid was faint, but that's an understatement.I have imaged this at two different Astro camps collecting a total of 5 hours 38 minutes so far.At Kelling Heath I did 20 minutes binned in Oxygen and it still only partly shows up.Baader filtersHa 7nm total of 12 x 600secsOiii 8.5nm total of 2 hours 50 minutes in 600 and 1200 secs binnedSii 8nm 10 x 600 binned.Mapped HSOAtik 460EX and WOZS71HEQ5Sept 2017Bat and Squid
Praying Ghost Nebula VDB141& Iris Nebula NGC 7023
Luminance 12 x 900secs, Red 4 x 600secs, Green 3 x 600 secs, Blue 6 x 600secs,Using Olly's equipment, Atik11000, Takahashi FSQ106N and Mount Tak EM200, Baader filtersPraying Ghost Nebula VDB141& Iris Nebula NGC 7023
Taken from Les Granges, Provence, France 2013 - Bortle 3
Western veil Nebula
Western veil Nebula
DSLR, one of my Early images. Published in Astronomy Now Magazine