Vdb 126 in Vulpecula

[MarkS]

An unusual object this time:  vdb 126 in Vulpecula
A packed area of the Milky Way with a distinct dark lane and a small amount of reflection nebulosity.

Modified Canon 350D on Tak Epsilon 180ED with IDAS P2 light pollution filter. 6 hours of 5 minute subs at ISO 800.  Taken on Wed and Thurs nights 30 & 31 July.



Larger version here:  
http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2014/vdb126_31072014.jpg

Mark

[JohnP]

Nice Mark - Guessing that was a tough one to process - John

[Fay]

Makes a nice change Mark.

[MarkS]

Nice Mark - Guessing that was a tough one to process - John

Yes, it was tough to process and I'm not certain I've made the best of it.  It ideally needs a few more hours of data. 

[Mike]

Really nice Mark. Unusual subject.

[RobertM]

That's lovely Mark, only the large version does it justice though.  Yes a tough process but then it was well worth the effort !

Robert

[MarkS]

I now have over 15 hours of data for this.  Time for a re-process!

Mark

[MarkS]

So here is the final result - 13 hours of total integration time.

The extra exposures gave me the headroom to get the final image as I wanted it - with better colour balance and more subtle variations in the dark lanes.  

See what you think:


Bigger image here:
http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2014/vdb126v2.jpg

Mark

[Mac]

Looking good,

I do see hints of the loch ness monster though,
Head top right of the dust lane, going down the neck to the body.



Mac.

[Carole]

Funnily enough Olly Penrice has posted the same image this week on other forums and he describes it as a running brontosaurus.  Never seen this object before and then twice in one week.

Carole

[RobertM]

Funnily enough Olly Penrice has posted the same image this week on other forums and he describes it as a running brontosaurus.  Never seen this object before and then twice in one week.

Carole

I would think he's been at the beer again

[MarkS]

Funnily enough Olly Penrice has posted the same image this week ...

Interesting - I'll look out for it. Come to think of it, it does slightly resemble a Brontosaurus!

[The Thing]

The other way round its a dog chasing stars.

[MarkS]

Version 3 brightens up the whole image, improves the colour balance and removes a residual blue gradient along the bottom edge.

http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2014/vdb126v3.jpg

Mark

[Carole]

Looks great Mark, but better watch out for the "not allowed to improve your image and reprocess it" brigade.

Personally I don't know why they think it's a problem and shows new imagers how the same image can be improved which helps them learn. 

Carole