Spider nebula IC417

[Carole]

Part of the Spider and the Fly complex, but the Fly is out of the FOV.

Bit off a bit more than I could chew with this one, I never realised it would be such a difficult target.

Took Oiii and Sii but they didn't add anything so I left them out.
Both sides of the Meridian, and I did something I never dared to do before, went out and left the kit running twice for 30 minutes at a time to drop off and collect family from my sons Gig, scope was catching on the pier when I got back the first time.  Only lost 1 sub.

This is HaRGB.
SW130PDS & Atik460L
Ha 14 x 900
Red 6 x 150secs binned
Green 7 x 150secs binned
Blue 6 x 150secs binned
Total 4 1/4 hours (it would have been over 6 hours had I used the Oiii and Sii).
Captured in Artemis and processed in Astroart, Registar and Photoshop

[MarkS]

That's a good result on an unusual object.

Well done!

Mark

[Carole]

Thanks Mark, I think it could do with a few more hours to make it smoother, but I don't think the results are going to warrant the effort.

Carole

[ApophisAstros]

Good image considering location and its short visibility.
Well grabbed.
Roger

[Carole]

Been having a look at other images available on this target and not feeling so disappointed now.   
Perhaps I should have looked first!!!

I was only looking at one exceptional one Duh!

Carole

[The Thing]

Like.
You are good at this lark Carole, and considering the light pollution to the south of Bromley you get super results.

[Carole]

Thanks Duncan, I'm on a roll at the moment, but run out of targets that I haven't done before.

Carole

[JohnP]

Blimey Carole you are certainly coming up with new targets I've never heard off. Yet again amazing results from Brombles...

John

[Carole]

Thanks John.  Yes, I get ideas from other forums and astrobin.  I get a bit bored doing the same targets repeatedly unless there is a new aspect to them, like a different scope or camera, or its a logn time ago and hopefully skills have improved.

Its certainly a challenge from Bromley and quite a few others I would have liked to have tried but weren't suitable due to being broadband and they will probably have disappeared by the time I can get to DSC. 

Carole

[Carole]

Managed to improve this a bit (even though I tried really hard first time around), guess a couple of nights sleep in between makes a difference.