VERY faint object - taken from home, just didn't want to waste the lovely clear skies we have been having lately.
It's quite noisy but to be expected in the circumstances, I must try this again at a dark site.
I decided as I went along that I needed to increase the length of Ha exposures, hence the different lengths.
Plus a meridian flip in the middle of it all, a bit of a mission to process with the RGB being binned anyway.
Ha 900 x 14
Ha 600 x 2
Ha 1200 x 4 (total Ha 5 Hours 10mins
RGB 9 x 300 binned x 2
RGB 15 x 200 binned x 2
Total RGB 1 hour 35mins
Grand total 6 hours 45 mins
Atik428EX, SWED80, HEQ5
Mapped HaRGB
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/gD7HMoM_L2fj_1824x0_wmhqkGbg.jpg)
Very good image Carole! This is a really cool object and the star field is full of colours.
Roberto
Thanks Roberto, it was quite difficult to process, I might go back and have another tweak.
Carole
Another good and interesting subject. You are on a roll Carole.
Think you have got me into a whole different catalogue!
Like this one,
Roger
Thanks Duncan and Roger.
Carole
Very good Carole
- must be very feint.
Noel
Quotemust be very feint.
It certainly was Noel, I could just about see the "eyebrows" of the Dragon after a 900sec sub
Carole
Good one Carole ~ really can see the dragon!
Hugh
Thanks Hugh
Dragons! That's not one I'm familiar with.
It's come out well - nicely processed.
Mark
Thanks Mark, had to push the processing a bit to "find" it, and not happy with the large stars, so looking forward to having another attempt from a dark location.
You should take a look on Astrobin at the global stream and see the images that others post, every now and then you will find a one that is new to you, and you can save it to your bookmarks. That's where I get all these lesser known ones from.
I think I will do it with the Atik460EX next time for a bigger FOV.
Carole
I took another looking at the processing:
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/6nHya6CzCYQu_1824x0_wmhqkGbg.jpg)
Like the new one , hopefully have a chat at Kelling to see what you did to make it better,
Roger