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NGC1333, vdB 12, 13 and others - LRGB from Petts Wood

Started by Roberto, Jan 07, 2022, 16:17:44

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Roberto

Hello All

I thought I was not going to be able to finish/acquire enough data for this one with the horrible December we had.  In any case,  here's my second attempt at NGC1333 in the Perseus/Taurus border.  Acquired through my two refractors as usual.

Details here:  https://www.astrobin.com/23p1rc/D/

LRGB



OSC data only



Roberto

Carole

That's quite remarkable for your location, I struggled with this even in Bortle 4.  I guess the long hours of data helped reduce the noise.

Carole

ApophisAstros

As usuall Roberto very pleasing to the eye , super.
Roger
RedCat51,QHYCCD183,Atik460EX,EQ6-R.Tri-Band OSC,BaaderSII1,25" 4.5nm,Ha3.5nm,Oiii3.5nm.

Roberto


MarkS

Hi Roberto,

As usual that's a fantastic result!

Mark

Roberto


Fay

It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Hugh

Very nice Roberto ~ lovely detail.

As a general question to imagers; as a non-imager, whilst I appreciate the detail given about how the image was made, is there any other info imagers can give that will expand on the images to place them more in a spatial context.  Width of image in light years, distance of image?  Facts which might enlighten those of us who are not deep sky object astronomers but who will appreciate that information.

I know I can Google that but it might just enrich the overall impact.

Thanks

Hugh

The Thing


Roberto

Thank you Hugh, Duncan.   Hugh, yes, it makes sense to provide more background on the actual object being shot.   In this case, NGC1333 and the van den Bergh blue reflection nebulae are in the border between Perseus and Taurus and Aries.  NGC1333 appears to be an active region for formation of stars according to the blurb from Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1333   It is at some 1000ly from us...

For an amazing picture of the star forming complex in the IR, see this picture from the Spitzer telescope:  https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2005-24a1-ngc-1333-in-the-infrared   I wonder how good the JWST will capture these star birth regions?!

Roberto

RobertM

As others have already mentioned, absolutely fantastic images Roberto !

Best wishes
Robert

Roberto