In a moment of madness on a hazy night.......IC 63

[Daniel]

Hi All, yet anothtter coner image from the weekend, amazed I got anything with this since it was quite hazy all weekend, im looking forward to trying this under better conditions, the colours are gorgeous!

anyway, it's very faint, but here it is 76x90s ISO320 full frame and closeup.





Daniel
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[MarkS]

Daniel,

I'm amazed that you anything at all - that's a really faint object.  It's crying out for dark-site astrophotography.

Mark

[Fay]

Yes, you did well there, Daniel, especially from your garden!!!!

[RobertM]

I don't know how you managed that Daniel but if you're getting this type of result with 90s then I would either try longer or many more exposures.  At this rate you could even image the Witch head nebula (if it was visible) from your location.

[Rocket Pooch]

Blimey it took me 7 hours to get this on my ED80 in france, so yours is amazin.

[Daniel]

Thanks guys, I think I might be able to go to about 2 minutes if the sky was perfectly clear, or maybe even 4 minutes if I step down to ISO160, been doing a few images at 160 recently and it definitely helps me retain colour better.

You've got a whole lot more structure in the nebula than me there Chris amazed you got so much with the ED80!

Daniel
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[JohnP]

Really good Daniel - I tried this myself from the London Suburbs & it was crap.... See here:

http://jpastronomy.co.uk/graphics/2008/ic63-oct08.html

You did great to capture so much & yes colours are lovely....

John

[Daniel]

Thanks man, actually I read your comments underneath that image and i think i know why i got it now, you mentioned the nebula was actually quite bright but it gets washed out by Gamma Cassiopeia, the hyperstar tends to keep stars quite small (sometimes a bit too small, would have liked a beefier M45) so maybe it's not being affected as much.

Daniel
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