A couple of pictures I finished just before 2022 ran out. I received a new camera and spent a couple of weeks in December dialling it up for my telescope/flattener arrangement so the luminance is a combination of data from two different cameras. Acquired with my usual tandem refractor setup (152mm f/7.5 and 92mm f/5.3).
van den Bergh 4 and environs - LRGB
https://www.astrobin.com/5z190m/E/ (https://www.astrobin.com/5z190m/E/)
Dates: 23 Nov 2022 · 25 Nov 2022 · 30 Nov 2022 · 26 Dec 2022 · 29 Dec 2022
Frames: OSC - 130×300″(10h 50′) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 19×600″(3h 10′) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 40×600″(6h 40′) bin 2×2
Integration: 20h 40′
Avg. Moon age: 9.67 days
Avg. Moon phase: 21.91%
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/8xnqJfYf3PXJ_16536x0_3BVH9X20.jpg)
IC2162 and friends - LRGB
https://www.astrobin.com/5phbwe/E/ (https://www.astrobin.com/5phbwe/E/)
Dates: 24 Nov 2022 · 23 Dec 2022 · 26 Dec 2022 · 27 Dec 2022 · 29 Dec 2022 · 30 Dec 2022
Frames: OSC - 92×300″(7h 40′) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 12×600″(2h) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 34×600″(5h 40′) bin 2×2
Integration: 15h 20′
Avg. Moon age: 3.92 days
Avg. Moon phase: 22.47%
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/J_jEL_vNMQSQ_16536x0_3BVH9X20.jpg)
Thanks
Roberto
Nice Roberto. I have never heard of VDb4 before. A challenge from Petts Wood I would have said.
IC2162 I do know, and have imaged before, I believe it is in between Orion and Gemini. I have not seen it done in LRGB before though.
Well done.
Carole