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Jellyfish Nebula IC443

First light with Samyang 135mm F2 lens imaging at F2.8Atik460EXNewly Rowan belt modded HEQ5Ha 12 x 600 secsRGB 17 x 150 secsOiii 10 x 300secs (but doesn't really add to the image)Bortle 8
2020

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 well
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
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
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 20m

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

Tulip Nebula Sh2-101

Data from 3 different years combined together

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 mins

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 FRHEQ5

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, HEQ5EQMod

Lion Nebula Sh2-132

Astro campsite SQM 21.05Ha - SWED80 & Atik314L 29 x 600secs + FR x0.8Oiii - WOZS71 & Atik460EX 16 x 600 + FR x 0.8HEQ5Total imaging time 7 1/2 hours

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 signal

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

Jellyfish nebula IC443

A real struggle with light pollution, from SE London, so bad that I added some Ha data from 2015Ha 2015 Atik 314 3hours 20 mins (Bottom left corner only)Ha 2017 9 x 900secs Atik460 + 7 x 300secs binned x 2 in Oiii and SiiBoth with WO ZS71NEQ6

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 2017

Milky Way

Taken in costa del sol Spain2 Nights imagingFifty 50 lens on Modified Canon 1100D

upper frame 29 x 1min and lower frame 5 x 4mins

NGC7822 also known as Cederblad 214 and SH2 -171

Part of a larger complexDual RigHa 2 x 900 + 9 x 600 William Optics Zenithstar 71 & Atik 314LHa 6 x 600 ED80 + Atik 460EXHa total 3 hoursOiii 8 x 300 Binned ED80 & Atik460EXSii 7 x 300 Binned ED80 & Atik460EXTotal of all filters 4 1/4 hoursHEQ5

Cone Nebula

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 filters
Taken from Les Granges, Provence, France 2013 - Bortle 3

Rosette Nebula

Ha image:

Atik460EX (First Light) WO ZS71 + x0.8 focal reducerHa from March 2015 and Oiii Sii from 2014

Rosette Nebula NGC 2237

in Monoceros,

A Super Nova remnant Imaged over 3 nights. 13.1.12 21 x 300 secs 15.1.12 23 x 300 secs, 16.1.12 40 x 300 secs - total 7 hours , Modified Canon 450D & CLS filter, Home back garden, captured in APT with dithering/PHD/QHY5

Western veil Nebula

DSLR, one of my Early images. Published in Astronomy Now Magazine

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