A couple from last month and this: Copernicus and LBN603

[Roberto]

Hello All

LBN603 in Cassiopeia was completed during the Moon cycle in which I took the Copernicus shot.  Details in the Astrobin link.
Thanks

Roberto

LBN603 https://www.astrobin.com/380191/C/?nc=user


Copernicus https://www.astrobin.com/377359/?nc=user

[The Thing]

Gosh, very nice stuff Roberto.

[Carole]

Been trying to see these on a Smartphone over the weekend, nice to now see them on the PC monitor.  Very nice images Roberto, I still find it incredible that you can do these images from Petts Wood, maybe it is that Hutech LP filter.

Lovely images Roberto.

Carole

[Roberto]

Thank you Carole, Duncan.  Weather has not helped me finish a couple more targets I have been working on:  IC417 and NGC225.  I was quite happy with LBN603 as it is a combination of a relatively bright dust nebula with dark patches within it.   

Carole, the Hutech LP filter definitely helps and I have been using them since the early 2000s.  My L frames with the filter are typically 600s long but sometimes in the early morning, I can go up as much as 900s.  All colour frames are 300s and my narrowband frames are typically 1200s long.  I think I could go longer in either but with weather constraints the above seem to work from Petts Wood nicely.
Thanks

Roberto

[Carole]

Thanks Roberto, they are the same length subs that I take, but I cannot do 900secs for luminance as it completely washes out the sensor from Bromley, so perhaps my LP is worse than yours and might explain my difficulties and why I have to get to DSC on a regular basis.

Indeed even in narrowband I can only do the brightest of targets from home.

Carole

[MarkS]

That LBN603 is fantastic!

Unbelievable that you got it from the suburbs.  Really well done.

That's a beautiful detailed of the Copernicus Crater as well.

Mark

[Roberto]

Many thanks Mark!