VDB152 Dark nebula

[Carole]

I and a non OAS member (Lorenzo) went to Cairds campsite this weekend, boy it was hot, and we are doing it again next weekend - we must be mad.

The Moon was rising at 2am and 2.40 but a small crescent.  Skies were mostly clear but Saturday better than Friday night.

Never done a dark nebula before so decided to spend both nights on the same target taking Luminance only on the WO/Atik314L camera and LRGB with the ED80/Atik460EX (dual rig).

It's been a while since I did any broadband with the Atik314L and the stars were much larger than those on the Atik460EX so I think I will only do narrowband with the Atik314L in future.

Luminance 8 x 600 (Atik314L) + 5  x 600 (Atik460EX) on Friday
Luminance 9 x 900 (Atik314L) and 9 x 600 (Atik460EX) on Saturday
RGB 3 x 200secs binned x 2 on Friday (All Atik460)
RGB 5 x 300secs binned x 2 on Saturday (all Atik460)
Total Luminance 5h 55m, total RGB 1h 43m

Grand total 7 hours and 38 minutes

[ApophisAstros]

I do like that , especially the brights stars shining through the dark nebula.
Roger

[Carole]

Thanks Roger,

especially the brights stars shining through the dark nebula.

yes in my opinion that's the only attraction to imaging this dark nebula.

Carole

[MarkS]

That's an excellent result on a very tough target!

Your colours look perfect.  Overall, very well done!

Mark

[Carole]

Thanks Mark, I do tend to go blindly ahead with targets I fancy doing without knowing how difficult they are beforehand.

Carole