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Title: IC1340 on Fri 30 May
Post by: MarkS on Jun 01, 2014, 23:21:07

IC1340 is a part of the Eastern Veil Nebula.

Modded Canon 550D on Celestron C11 with 0.8x TS corrector and IDAS LPS-D1 filter. 12 x 5minutes at ISO 800.

(http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2014/c11veil30052012small.jpg)

Larger version here:
http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2014/c11veil30052012.jpg

Mark

Title: Re: IC1340 on Fri 30 May
Post by: MarkH on Jun 02, 2014, 06:25:50

That's nice Mark.

Title: Re: IC1340 on Fri 30 May
Post by: The Thing on Jun 02, 2014, 19:28:47

There's some nice detail in the large version, good stuff.

Title: Re: IC1340 on Fri 30 May
Post by: MarkS on Jun 02, 2014, 19:45:23

Quote from: The Thing
There's some nice detail in the large version, good stuff.

Thanks. The average guiding accuracy was 0.8 arcsec RMS. On a better night I would have achieved even better and even finer detail.

Mark

Title: Re: IC1340 on Fri 30 May
Post by: julian on Jun 02, 2014, 19:46:43

That's a very nice image Mark

Title: Re: IC1340 on Fri 30 May
Post by: Fay on Jun 08, 2014, 22:19:38

well done mark. am i right in saying you cooled this camera?

Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: MarkS on Jun 01, 2014, 23:21:07